D70 works in cold weather???

[Danntbt]

It really depends on the relative humidity when it comes to fogging, was in Beijing, roamed around early in the morning at around 5AM, temperature was down to about -4, but it was so dry, at around 20% humidity, as dry as the dry box we use...so no fogging at all. Spare batteries is a must. On the other hand, had fogging problem in chiangmai, and shanghai where it was closer to 8 and 4 min respectively. My G3 with microdrive (card error) played me out and batteries ran out of juice very often.

 

[kitkat]

Bought a few digi cam (G2 / D70 / coolpix) to Moscow (arnd -25 degrees) ... i find it is not a problem.

Condensation is not an issue as the humidity is low. The only issue is that you may need to bring more batts.


Of course ... nothing beats FM2 if u need a backup.

 

[snowbrigade]

Fm2 Fm2 Fm2 Fm2 Fm2 Fm2 !

 

[timlim]

it's not just the temperature alone that matters, but also the wind factor. strong wind cools down the camera (and you) much faster than calm air. those of you who have lived in wintery countries will know that 5 degrees on a windy day feels much colder than -5 without wind!

in my experience, one way to preserve batteries for cameras and other electronics is to keep it close to your body and under your jacket/windbreaker when not in use, the idea being that your body heat will keep the item warmer. but not next to your skin of course - you have to be careful about moisture from your body condensing on the camera.

 

[Dee7t]

While you're out in the cold, NEVER ever put the whole camera into the jacket you wear to warm your baby up(mechanical or digital or whatever).
I was silly enough to do that some 10 years ago in Nepal. When it finally warmed up and came alive with my body heat, the lens frozed with condensation the second i took it out to take aim. lens ended up with a bad case of fogging and fungus about a year later.

Solution to the problem: take at least one spare batt. keep it in your pocket or jacket you wear and keep it warm. the cam sleeps mostly because it's beyond the operating temperature of the batteries. a quick swap of warm batteries from your jacket to replace the frozen one in the cam will fire it up most of the time.

 

[ironargon]

WIth today's technology, your camera and battery will last much longer than what you would expect. In such condition, we will probably be limited by frozen fingers or thick padded gloves.