On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Roger Key wrote:
>
> In th E-500 manual under 'Operating Environment' the temperature range is
> given as 0 - 40 degrees Celcius. This would seem to severely restrict winter
> useage on ski trips. Does anyone have experience of using an E-1, E-300, or
> E-500 in below freezing temperatures?
Last winter I put my E-1 outside for a few hours when it was about -30C to
see how it would behave. The LCD became extremely slow and the BLM-1 battery
gave out after a few minutes of use (it was fully charged). I'm sure if the
E-1 had an external cold weather battery pack like the OM's did it would work
fine in extremely low temperatures. The Li-Ion battery is the weakest part
for cold weather use. I'm thinking of using something like a Quantum battery
plugged into the external 9V battery port but I just can't bring myself to
cutting up a $100+ external power supply just to get the cable!
-mark
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