[rollei_list] Re: Cameras in Antarctica

And wasn't it a Kodak Retina (pre-war?) with a Compur
shutter that was used by Hillary in the 1953 Everest
climb?

John

--- Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> I had one other thought about low temperature
> operation of Cameras, 
> but don't have the references at hand.  I'm sure
> anyone can find them 
> if they are interested.
> 
> David Breashears did an Imax film from the top of
> Everest.  He had a 
> specially built, lightweight, camera available,
> which was also cold 
> adapted.  I have talked to him here during a book
> signing and recall 
> that he had to take off his gloves to change the
> film cartridge.  I 
> have a photo (somewhere) of him doing that.
> 
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
> 
> 

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