S3 and freezing temps

[rocketball]

i will be using my S3 a lot this winter in freezing temperatures. just wondering how the S3 works in these extreme temps. I will be using 2500 mah energizers.:)

[truflip]

it shows on the Canon website:
Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C

im sure it can take more cold than 0°C ..id give it -10.. when your holding the camera at -30°C outside, and the warmth of your hands, the camera can prolly take couple hundred pics :) i will have to test this theory myself when winter hits :eek:

[rocketball]

thanks for the info. sounds like i should be ok then. I doubt i'll be taking the camera out of its case much when its - 30 C anyway LOL. Maybe just for the odd picture or two untill my fingers start to go numb. Most days i wouldnt take anymore than 50 pictures anyways. :)

MMM i heard they were soppose to get snow today in northern ontario, canada. :D

[dhbailey]

Remember also that the temperature limitations are supposed to be for when the camera is that temperature -- you can keep the camera warm inside your jacket and then take it out for a picture and put it back inside your jacket. This allows you to take pictures in temperatures below the lower limit posted on the manufacturer's web-site.

Just be careful about condensation, so there may be other weather conditions which make successful picturetaking impossible. I was using my 20D last summer and we were in a very cool air-conditioned house and went outside to take a picture of something that had happened to my mother-in-law's car and within 2 seconds the lens was so covered by condensation that the picture was unusable. How does that relate to winter? keeping the camera too warm can make it unusable, not for temperature extremes but more for condensation on the lens.

I am looking forward to using my S3 a lot this coming winter, so it will be interesting to see how my rechargeable batteries live up to the colder weather.

[Alnath]

its the batterys you need to worry about not the camera cold weather knocks them out faster than a tyson punch from 20 years ago.

[David Metsky]

I bring my cameras into very cold temps all winter when I hike and ski. All digital cameras will work well in the cold. Aside from the batteries, the only thing that would be affected is the LCDs which can freeze. I turn off my LCD in winter anyways as it eats batteries.

Certainly getting Lithium AAs would be a good start. In real cold they will outperform the NiMH batteries by a big margin. There may even be Lithium rechargable AAs out there. If you're using NiMHs carry a second set in an inside pocket and they should be good to swap when needed. The cold batteries can be revived by warming them up.

I never carry the camera under my coat to keep it warm because of condensation when you take it out. Not only will it damage the camera but the lens will fog up and you need to spend 5 minutes letting the camera temp balance out. Camera cold; batteries warm. It's a pain sometimes to swap batteries, but it's worth in.

All that is at temps from 0 to -20F. At 0 to +32F it's much less of a problem.

-dave-