Its not likely anyone would put a very cold camera next to their body, at
least not the second time :-)
Wayne
> I don't think he meant to keep it next to your body where it'll pick up
warm,
> moist air, but just inside the (open) coat to keep it somewhat warmer than
> the outside air. This has been standard advice for years.
>
> George S.
>
>
> > At 09:04 PM 12/6/2003, Wayne wrote:
> > ><snip>
> > >His suggestion was to keep it under your coat, and just bring it out
for a
> > >brief moment to shoot. Obviously that is really inviting condensation
when
> > >it is 20 below, imo.
> > That is a recipe for disaster, never do that, especially if your are
active
> > outside. The best rule is no sudden changes in temperature. Batteries
> > are the worst in cold weather. Next in P&S's is the lens extension.
> > And yes, plastic bag it before bringing it into moist warmer air.
however
> > if it is really dry, just leave the camera off and let it re-adjust
slowly,
> > and
> > give it time to dry.
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