Cold weather shooting with digital

[fike]

I also have had great results with the 30D in cold weather.  Last weekend I shot 350 shots over three days in temperatures that ranged from 8 to 16 degrees F.  I was pleasantly suprised. I didnt' have to swap batteries or anything.  

The one interesting thing I noticed was that the LCD took noticebly longer to display the prview image.  It might take 3-5 seconds to get the image displayed.  I assume it has to do with a very cold LCD.  Otherwise, the camera operated flawlessly in heavy snow and cold weather.

[Agger]

Cool tip from Agger   buy yourself a Polar Buff (headgear / neckwarmer type item) I have 2 of these and have them fitted to my longer lenses as camoflague.

The Buffs come in a few different designs, which is great as you can express your personality, the basic Buff is just a tube with multi coloured design, you can get the Polar Buff which is a fleece tube with the basic Buff attached, it fits over your lens / body (fits on my 10d / 20d with 600 f4 attached) and it keeps your hand warm as well as the battery compartment.

I have never suffered failure from a cold battery desppite shooting in some very hostile conditions    

Hope that helps

[KiwiRob]

I've not had much luck using a 20D in cold weather, at minus 5 mine stops working until it's warmed up again.