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From: wally@cornell.UUCP (Wally Dietrich)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Cold Weather Photography
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Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 17:35:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 21 17:35:35 1984
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Keywords: photography weather skiing

There are several things you should be aware of if you want to take photos
in the cold.

The most important is batteries.  If it is very cold, batteries won't
provide enough current for the shutters of many modern (less than 10 years
old) cameras.  Some high-end cameras have mechanically-controlled shutters
that get around this problem.  Of course, the electronics need power too.

Cold weather isn't bad for film, as far as I know.  (Extremely low
temperatures, like below -50 F, will effect the exposure times, but I don't
think there are any other bad effects.)

I don't know anything about instant-print films.  Cold might effect their
development times, since chemical reactions are involved.

For the hobbyist and novice, A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT ABOUT COLD-WEATHER
PHOTOGRAPHY is to look in the SKIING magazines.  Every year or two they run
articles about skiing photography.  Besides the stuff I've discussed above,
they mention filters and other things you might not think about until it's
too late.

                            Wally Dietrich