on 12/13/04 6:37 PM, David Young at dnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > it was a brisk 32 below (Celsius). The lens refused to > focus! The follow-focus rails were frozen solid. :( > > Has anybody else had experience with any brand of camera at these > temperatures? Problems? Triumphs? Now, I'm curious! > When I was a college student I had a Vivitar zoom lens that got v-e-r-y stiff in cold weather - the coldest I ever took it out was about 10 degrees Farenheit: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/land/lakemich.html Apparently the aperture was working because there were several polygonal flare spots in this photo that I cloned out. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/