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Who says cameras don't get wet? I've gotten my cameras in powder, in rain, with no ill effects -- I think DSLRs (even ones not noted for weather-sealing) are a lot more resistant than we fear.
Tried out the 16-35mm for skiing yesterday -- required careful planning; got sprayed by snow quite a bit due to the close shooting:
^^^Ditto that! I always admired people who can shoot in extreme weather or terrain.
Thanks. It was cold (high of 8F), but with the sun out + no wind + all the skiing, it was actually pretty warm.
The trickiest thing was choreographing the shot beforehand and making sure the model/skier is good enough to nail the planned line exactly (which my buddy fortunately is). With the wide-angle, he had to get REALLY close to me (within a foot or two) to fill the frame. And I was laying on the snow, so not able to move very quickly. Traveling at 30-35mph, one foot in the wrong direction by the skier could have some nasty results!
I can't even fathom that kind of cold. I shot this around 27F and I thought I might lose a thumb to frostbite:
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Moving around definitely helps -- I would get cold just standing in one place. It is funny how it's all relative based on what you're used to. I grew up in tropical weather, but now live in a ski town, so cold and snow are normal. I have daily conference calls with some English, Dutch, and Italian colleagues, and the other day they were complaining about how it was only 5C; I felt bad telling them that our HIGH temp that day was -5C.
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Moving around definitely helps -- I would get cold just standing in one place. It is funny how it's all relative based on what you're used to. I grew up in tropical weather, but now live in a ski town, so cold and snow are normal. I have daily conference calls with some English, Dutch, and Italian colleagues, and the other day they were complaining about how it was only 5C; I felt bad telling them that our HIGH temp that day was -5C.
