Giulio Zanni Posted January 30, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 30, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am just back from Hokkaido, Japan, where I photographed winter landscapes in very harsh conditions with my two Monochroms type 246 bodies and the following lenses: 24/3.8 elmarit, 35 1.4 FLE and 75/2.5. I thought to drop a line about the performance of the camera in very cold and snowy conditions. The bodies are weather sealed but the lenses not. I photographed all day long with an average temperature of -20 celsius. I was very anxious about the performance of the cameras. They both performed smoothly. Some time I had to boot the camera by removing the battery and reinserting it again as the live view was functioning as play mode instead. The battery lasted for all day and I had to replaced it only once. The lenses were fine and the focus ring did not become stiff. All my equipment was in an ONA bag, so not particularly weather proof. I did put the bag in a plastic bag everytime I was going from cold to hot and waited for a couple of hours before opening it. All in all I am satisfied and I believe that this was my ultimate weather test for my cameras. Friends with Nikon had more problems that I had. Here is a link to the gallery of images http://www.giuliozanni.com/p955548714 Giulio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geotrupede Posted January 30, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 30, 2016 Good photos. I really liked them G PS regarding temperature, just battery is key ad having good gloves because the metal body is not that pleasing to hold at -20C... I have been in Latvia a while back and the sea was iced. it must have been -20/-25. I dad no problems with the (then) M8, apart the battery but I had several batteries so was all fine. In fact I had more problems myself to stand the cold weather! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker Posted January 30, 2016 Share #3 Posted January 30, 2016 Nice calm pictures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pjay Posted January 31, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 31, 2016 Lovely images, with more than a hint of Japanese aesthetic. A colleague related seeing his son-in-law shoot film in extreme cold in northern China some years ago.When the roll of film needed to be changed, two things happened - plastic parts inside the camera shattered with the cold, and the photographer needed treatment for frostbite after glove removal. Another benefit of shooting digital! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick parker Posted February 1, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2016 I'm glad they fixed this with the type 246 the original monochrom tends to freeze up in cold weather. Doesn't even need to be freezing cold situations, just cold. M6 used to be "the" extreme cold weather camera. The R4 R6.2 and R7 also were mediocre performers under such conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmourilyan Posted February 11, 2016 Share #6 Posted February 11, 2016 Lovely photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphh Posted February 11, 2016 Share #7 Posted February 11, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lovely images Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsedov Posted February 11, 2016 Share #8 Posted February 11, 2016 These are amazing photographs. I grew up in cold weather (Russia), but have been living in Southern California for the past 15 years or so. I really need to go somewhere where there is a good amount of snow to do this kind of pictures. I'm really jealous in a good way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Zanni Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted February 12, 2016 These are amazing photographs. I grew up in cold weather (Russia), but have been living in Southern California for the past 15 years or so. I really need to go somewhere where there is a good amount of snow to do this kind of pictures. I'm really jealous in a good way. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
icqcq Posted February 18, 2016 Share #10 Posted February 18, 2016 Officially jealous: the images, the camera, the trip, the weather.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaren Posted March 9, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 9, 2016 Great shots and even great snow! Love the boat shots you made, and great to see that your Mono kept his ground in such extreme conditions.There can be only one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted March 11, 2016 Share #12 Posted March 11, 2016 Excellent Work and images ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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