[LRflex] Re: R8 - Low Temperature Performance

  • From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkcp@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:08:34 -0600

Gerry Smith at Kindermann says it may be something minor on mine, so I'll 
send it right off to him.
I'll probably never have it out in temps like you experienced Fred.  :)
GaryP

>From: Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL <fredhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [LRflex] Re: R8 -  Low Temperature Performance
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:06:37 +0100
>
>Hello,
>
>When I was last winter in Poland, to take pictures of wolves and bears, I
>had more or less the same
>experience with my R8-camera. (no DMR, just film):
>
>The display on the cameraback quit working at minus 5 C. I suppose the
>liquid crystals were frozen....
>
>The display in the viewfinder worked perfectly at this temperature.
>
>At -10 C  / -17C the camera acted very slow, but exposures were correct.
>
>Kind regards
>
>Fred Hess
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > At -10 to -12C ... no issues at all.
> >
> > At -20C and below, battery life is very short.
> >
> > At -30C the viewfinder display becomes VERY slow to respond, but
> > respond it does.  But, if you change shutter speed or aperture, it
> > might take 2 seconds for the display to reflect that!
> >
> > Otherwise, no problems, so far.
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> > David Young,
> > Logan Lake, CANADA
>
>
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