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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Shooting in -20C

Yes, once it's up and running, keep it running in the cold. It's much better for the equipment to keep its temperatures constant.

And I don't recommend running RED Drives or any other spinning media drives in sub-freezing temperatures. It's notoriously hard on any HDDs. The times I've had to shoot to drives in the cold, I've kept the drive(s) warm with the batteries. When using a drive, I would keep it inside my coat in and internal pocket, use the 6ft cable.

I made my own warmer for the old EVF back when I still owned it. I used a heater I found online that could power from a USB port and wired it up inside the end portion of a coat sleeve I cut from an old coat. I sewed it together on the one end and left a couple holes for the EVF mount and cable.

Black balance is always recommended before starting any important shoot. Sensor temperature can have an effect on it, hot or cold. But if you black balance with the camera indoors and warm and then take it out into the cold for shooting later, it's definitely something to check.

We keep batteries in a vehicle or in an insulated bag. Throw some hot packs in the cooler or bag.

Have had troubles with RED batteries and chargers in extreme temperatures. Batteries don't like to charge properly if frozen or if they're too hot.
 
An Arctic X for the Bomb? Well it has a heater built into it.. However, if it fails to really keep the unit warm, I don't think it would be too big of a deal to make something..

Hope I don't have too though.. I made the Arctic X cause I had too!
 
Haha. I hope you don't have to make one either. I guess we'll see how good the Bomb heater really is. Wish I had one here now to test. I'm shooting in the mountains on monday-tuesday, nights. We're expecting -35F or lower at night with the storm that's hovering right now. Look at how excited I am. --> :-|
 
If the Bomb EVF does fail in crazy-extreme cold, then maybe all that will be necessary is some of that insulation foam + neoprene + wind proof tailoring. Especially since the heater is probably much closer to the electronics.

That would be nice since you'd forgo the added weight and bulk. It can't hurt to have a custom sleeve like that if you know you are going to face some wild temperatures. Better safe than sorry, especially if it comes down to a ~hundred dollar weather suit.
 
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