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Subject: [Leica] WAS Bald Eagles - now AC on a camera ;-)
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:32:57 +0530
References: <D0C7A3F1-4666-4D6D-93EC-7B8481A79218@sfr.fr> <1566933701.1450871390797808655.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs12>

I just used a Foxgloves Grip as my inners and put a warm mitten on top
of it, both in Spitsbergen and in the Antarctic. Worked pretty well:

http://shop.foxglovesinc.com/Foxgloves_Grip_p/fg-g.htm

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:13 AM,  <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
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