Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the info Jayanand, I will have to try these. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:02:57 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS Bald Eagles - now AC on a camera ;-) 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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