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« on: April 01, 2008, 12:10:34 AM » |
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-25 with a wind chill of up to 100km/hr Shot this for the Eräsetti Safaris. They are the 2nd biggest safari operator in Finland. Their main office is next to Santa Claus's. Quite cool... I even had a nice chat n a beer with him(Santa) Pity no photos allowed though...  Very nice day even though it was f@#king freezing... all shot with 70-200 on a 5D. Batteries were changed every 20 to 30 shots... My toughest shoot to date... but also one of my most enjoyable     Just above the Arctic Line, Meaning that the average temperature year round is below freezing... |
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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2008, 08:30:31 AM » |
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Heard you mention a couple of times about taking photos in freezing temp... finally got to see the pics! Very nice shots... the 1st 2.. color n contrast.. the 1st one got impact.
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2008, 03:07:46 PM » |
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Thanks Evershine!  This shoot if for their new range of snowmobiles... 800cc 4 stroke monsters... it can go up to 240/kmh   in the beginning they wanted a model release for all the 'models' .. in the end...  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2008, 10:49:17 PM » |
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how come no clouds for the last pic?
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 12:19:14 AM » |
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how come no clouds for the last pic?
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 08:45:09 AM » |
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Ask GOD....  LOL! Thanks for sharing, ukay. Wah! Changing batteries after every 20 to 30 shots? |
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2008, 12:29:50 PM » |
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LOL! Thanks for sharing, ukay. Wah! Changing batteries after every 20 to 30 shots? haha.. yea... 20 to 30 shots.. cos it was freezing!!! super cold!!!! i had difficulty talking after because i was out in the open... shooting at the back of another snowmobile while the rest were riding to capture these shots. MY FACE WAS FROZEN! BAtteries were frozen... even the mites in the camera bag were frozen to death... |
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2008, 05:39:20 PM » |
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haha.so how many batteries did you bring in total?  |
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« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2008, 10:17:37 AM » |
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haha.so how many batteries did you bring in total? i brought 4... but one turned out to be my minolta batt.... so 3 lo... |
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« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2008, 06:09:32 PM » |
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so you took about less than a hundred shots?
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« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2008, 10:46:48 PM » |
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Did you bring a heat pack? Or you did not expect this? I think one way of getting around the problem is to use a small therma bag with heat pack and store your batteries in them.
The coldest i got to was about -5 to -10 i think. I constantly get err99 and i could see that my camera went on and off multiple times by itself. I could see the camera trying to read the card. I thought my camera going to die.
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2008, 09:20:02 AM » |
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so you took about less than a hundred shots?
i took more than 600 shots in total. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2008, 09:24:11 AM » |
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Did you bring a heat pack? Or you did not expect this? I think one way of getting around the problem is to use a small therma bag with heat pack and store your batteries in them.
The coldest i got to was about -5 to -10 i think. I constantly get err99 and i could see that my camera went on and off multiple times by itself. I could see the camera trying to read the card. I thought my camera going to die.
usually i will put the heatpack on the camera on the vertical grip... however in this case... i had to put 3 heat packs in my jacket pocket and the batteries there. No vertical grip as it loses heat too fast. wiht this setup i can get some shots in... but the batteries last at the most 5 mins out of the pocket. if its put immediately in the camera. if not. thats it. |
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2008, 10:56:45 AM » |
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usually i will put the heatpack on the camera on the vertical grip... however in this case... i had to put 3 heat packs in my jacket pocket and the batteries there. No vertical grip as it loses heat too fast. wiht this setup i can get some shots in... but the batteries last at the most 5 mins out of the pocket. if its put immediately in the camera. if not. thats it.
Wah! Now I know that taking photos in cold offers so much challenge. Thanks for sharing guys.  |
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