I was up to my neck in the OM film stuff for many years. I never once saw this!
But when it's so cold this is needed, I'm indoors.
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From: "Jan Sturm" <jan.sturm@xxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9:07:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Michelin Man I Am
That‘s what these were meant for ;-)
https://esif.world-traveller.org/om-sif/phototechnicalgroup/3v_battery_holder_1.htm
https://esif.world-traveller.org/om-sif/phototechnicalgroup/3v_battery_holder_2.htm
Those were the times...
As for Ken‘s trip
Digital: Phone + Solar Charger
Analogue: 3ti and and the famous 35-80/2.8 or some fast primes
just my $0.02 though...
Von unterwegs verschickt / sent while traveling / envoyé en voyage
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On 23. Oct 2019, at 14:33, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I'm just thinking about which cameras to take with me on this 9 day
>> adventure.
>
> Uhm... an OM-3 and an external selenium light meter? Or anything else without
> batteries?
>
> When I shot the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, we had an arctic outflow
> with -20C daytime highs. All of us photographers, from UPI/AP pros on down,
> had battery issues. If you let it hang outside your clothing, you battery
> went on strike. If you put it inside your clothing, everything frosted over
> the instant you took it out.
>
> I met a journalist from Whitehorse, Yukon, who had made a special "camera
> parka" with an elastic hole for the end of the lens. The other optical end
> was stitched tight to an aftermarket eye cup. It was real cute, quilted with
> down, like those puffy jackets. It had a drawstring sleeve you could shove
> your hand into to adjust the camera. He kept those little chemical pocket
> hand warmers in there. I think he was the only photographer who managed to
> shoot the beginning of the men's 30k cross-country, which they had to delay
> twice, waiting for the temp to come UP TO the FIS-designated minimum temp of
> 20 below.
>
> Obligate on-topic content: why look like the "Michelin Man" unless your
> camera matches? :-)
>
> Jan
>
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