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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Using Sony A7r II at cold temperatures - a real life experience | |
xpfloyd wrote:
Awesome trip! And very nice images. Especially like that husky shot. Also good to hear the a7rii is not as fragile as some would have us believe
bjornthun wrote:
If the Sony A7R II were so fragile, the what about old film SLRs like Olympus OM-1 and Nikon FM2? I never had second thoughts about taking those into the freezing cold.
Joshua, thanks for the nice write-up. Great images!
jhinkey wrote:
Who ever thought the A7 series camera bodies looked fragile and toy-like?
If so, my FE2, FM2N, etc. were mere toys that were lucky to survive the mountains.
Thank you very much, guys!
Bjorn and John, newer cameras are pretty much computer-like electronic devices in addition to some mechanical parts. The feeling of them being fragile stems from that, I believe. Maybe it is more the stigma of being almost fully electronic than anything else, is what causes us to think that they are more fragile, more prone to failure under those cold shooting circumstances. Cameras of yesteryear are mostly mechanical and as such they seem to be less prone to failure. However, I also couldn't shake the feeling that my previous Canon gear would be less prone to failure but whether it is true or not remains unknown.
Several years ago, I took my Canon gear to Hokkaido, Japan in the winter, too. The shooting temperatures were similar and I exposed both gear to roughly the same conditions. Both fared well under those shooting conditions but again, it was probably more the feeling or more MY feeling that the Sony would be more prone to failure. But now, after the trip, I developed a newly found level of trust with my gear.
Vcize wrote:
Just curious, did you have the plastic hot-shoe cover in?
My A7r2 experiences all kinds of problems in temps warmer than you were shooting in (10-20F usually causes the LCD to stop working among other things). However I've heard the hot-shoe is a weak point and I don't have the plastic cover for mine, I'm wondering if that's the difference.
Yes, I did have the plastic hot-shoe cover on both of them. I could see that that indeed could cause some issues.
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