Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wish, my fingers get pretty numb quickly as both the camera body and lens are metal and drop to air temp very quickly, and just suck the heat out of your fingers. I do use hand warmers,and also double up with thin gloves for feel, and covered by mittens with a finger flap, which helps quite a bit. Unfortunately the other day I did not have the mittens on and the wind just dropped the temp down quickly. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:31:41 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS Bald Eagles - now AC on a camera ;-) Is there any camera out there with a heating device on the controls and trigger? Just wondering as I remember my numb finger not being able to feel where that b... trigger was when on top of the Empire state last Feb - Nikon is bad in that respect Amities Philippe Le 26 janv. 14 ? 18:54, grduprey at mchsi.com a ?crit : > Jayanand, > > Thanks for the link. It has always been a dream of mine to visit > the Chilkat area of Alaska. Although Bald Eagles are now becoming > very common on the Mississippi River, with numbers well into the > hundreds. Just south of where I was last sunday the numbers are > around 900 birds, although not as good of a photography location as > L&D14, which is almost ideal. We even get them here in Cedar Rapids > on the Cedar River. I counted around 50 birds yesterday. I spent > about 20 minutes shooting yesterday, as that was all I could > tolerate with a temperature of 10 F and a 25 mph wind, plus the cold > camera and lens, even with gloves my fingers were numb in just a > minute or two. Kind of crazy, but worth it when you get the just > right image. > > Cheers, > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:01:59 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada > Central > Subject: [Leica] Bald Eagles > > For Gene and Howard in particular: > > http://www.photosafaris.com/blog/wp-slideshows/chilkat-2013-trip-photos-slideshow/ > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information