Murphy's Law
The camera will turn on properly and work just fine in my office. Will work just fine in the car.
Will work just fine, in fact, until I am standing in the middle of a field, knee-deep in the snow, at -20°F. Then, then the bloody thing will commence with an automatic emergency full-battery shutdown and not turn back on no matter how many times I lick the metal battery connectors or rub them on my increasingly frozen, denim-clad thighs.
02 FEB
2006
2006
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It doesn't like -20 weather. I'd refuse to work in that temperature to - put it in a nice warm bag and let it hibernate until the summer. :D
Then it will get the same lecture the dog did: "We are an ALASKAN family and you will get your butt in gear and learn to love the cold and the dark and the snow. You are not to be embarassing me with your silly notions of winter. Can I get an AMEN?"
Well, there are operating temperature ranges on those things for a reason. (particularly when you're talking about temperatures that may result in the camera achieving superconduction and being able to capture images faster than it can take in light).
I know one "cheat" is to carry the camera inside your jacket as close to the body as possible. Of course, you'd also want to keep it in a nice dry plastic bag so that way you don't get an insane amount of fog when you drag it out.
Lest anyone think I am actually abusive to my camera: if I am going out for more than the minute it takes me to jump out of my car and take a few snaps, the camera snuggles in close under my coat(s). And before going back inside to warm temperatures I place it in a plastic zip lock bag to help regulate the abrupt change in temperature and humidity. I do believe this particular problem is either with the battery connector or my generically-named spare batteries, and is persnickety at any temperature, indoors or out.
And lest anyone think I am actually abusive to Lacey: The dog is forced to endure fleece boots and a horridly embarrassingly clashing green and orange sweater before I throw her into the deep snow. And I never leave her for more than an hour.
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