[LargeFormat] Re: Shooting LF in below freezing conditions

[Dave Hornford]

I have had to repair things in the -20 - -35 C range without gloves/mittens
and can extrapolate from that experience.
Changing film when it is cold is just a very bad idea. Everything you touch
is the cold temperature and you can't wear gloves.
Think of finding a snow bank and sticking your hands into it. Then when your
hands are numb, fiddle with small things you cannot see.
Resist the urge to do it; I buy Quickloads so I have no reason to.

As Brock says there is very little moisture - I live in a fairly dry
environment, and chuckle when I see some humidity levels in the winter. 80%
humidity at -20 C works out to something like 1 tsp per cubic kilometre of
air. A far cry from Houston in the summer, when 80% humidity is something
like .65 cubic kilometres of water per cubic kilometre of air.  :-)

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
Behalf Of Brock Nanson
Sent: April 24, 2003 10:34 PM
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Re: Shooting LF in below freezing conditions

Static electricity can also be problematic.  The colder it is, the less
moisture there is in the air, even though you're wading through several
feet of moisture in a frozen state!  I've never had to use a changing bag
in the extreme cold, but mine is nylon so I'd imagine it could develop a
charge.  Any experience with that Dave or Tim?