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From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:44:52 -0500
Oh to be that brave (and young) again. The snow hit the DC area last night
and I thought - briefly, very briefly - about venturing out.
Instead I settled for some shots (with the ON-2n) of squirrels on the deck.



On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doing my part to keep the flame burning...
>
> Saturday, I went out for a hike in battery-killing weather. It was
> about -20C and the wind was honkin. Didn't matter how many layers I
> was wearing, that wind was snot-freezing cold. Before leaving the
> house I contemplated my camera options trying to decide what was going
> to fulfill my photographic vision for the day as well as not be a
> problem to deal with while wearing thick gloves and suffering from FBS
> (Frozen Brain Syndrome).
>
> Issue Number One: Batteries. I decided first and foremost that I
> didn't want to mess with worrying about batteries. So, that
> immediately disqualified the digital cameras as well as the OM-2S.
>
> Issue Number Two: Weight. It was going to be a five-mile slog through
> snow, so I wanted to travel pretty light. That disqualified the OM-4T
> which needs the motordrive for film advance.
>
> Issue Number Three: Changing Lenses. With the wind and some snow
> blowing through the air, combined with thick gloves, I didn't like the
> idea of lens swapping.
>
> Issue Number Four: Monochromatic scene. Color is kinda wasted on
> white, gray and gray-white.
>
> So, through a process of illumination, I came up with my winter slog
> setup. The OM-3Ti, with Zuiko 35-80/2.8 zoom and a couple rolls of
> Kodak Plus-X was just what I wanted.
>
> When I started out hiking I got a meter reading, set the exposure and
> other than an occasional verification, never touched it again the rest
> of the day. As you would expect, the camera performed perfectly.
> Everything is controllable with thick gloves and I never once was
> concerned over battery condition or the ability of the camera to work
> once completely cold-soaked. I almost always keep the camera outside
> the parka and after a few minutes the camera was temperature
> nuetralized with the ambient air. The lens did get a little stiffer in
> focusing and zooming, but not enough to be concerned. So, overall, it
> was a good outing. At some point I decided that I was sufficiently
> frozen so I cut off the last half-mile of hiking and shortcutted to
> the jeep. The camera outlasted me at 2.5 hours.
>
> Did I get any decent shots? Maybe. There were two that I think will be
> worthy of some printing effort, but sometimes I use photography as an
> excuse to just get out of the house. I'm thankful for the camera
> options and find it amazing how many ways you can optimize a system.
>
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