Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last year I left my M8 in the car during work hours at temps of 0 F to 10 F for ?the entire winter with zero negative effect. ?I have not seen any problems with LCD's in cold, but they definitely do have problems with heat, they turn black, but return to normal after cooling off, in most cases. ?If the other ?electronic components are properly spec'd they will handle cold quite nicely. Gene -------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: -------------- > It snowed 12" in the Hudson Valley last night and the temperature is > hovering around 15 F. This morning's e-mail brought a warning from > the Olympus company about using digital cameras in the cold. > > "Sub-freezing temperatures can damage a digital camera?particularly > the LCD screen. Therefore, a digital camera should not be left in a > car in the winter for extended periods of time. This also applies to > digital voice recorders, as they have LCD screens." > > Has anyone ever had a LCD screen permanently damaged by cold weather? > > Larry Z > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information