Anyone here use film cameras in extreme environments instead

>>2928224

id rather get my canon rabal killed by rain than my rolleiflex. so, no. now, if i HAD to get a shot, id sacrify my pentacon 6.

>>2928224
I took a film camera to a 800 person campout because no one wants to steal shit they dont know how to use and because it would cost thousands of dollars less to replace if damaged or stolen.

>extreme environments
I guess Id use digital because my digital has a WR body.

>>2928224
I think my primary concern in being in some extreme environment would be the battery not operating at its max capacity due to temperature. The problem further compounded by recharging concerns.

How do people do it with their FF digital cameras when they go on long trips into the wilderness? Solar powered chargers any good?

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I'll take my Minolta weathermatic into the punk show pits with me. Beer and fists roll off the camera easy.

Sometimes ill take my film cameras to the snow..

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>>2928224
>-25C
>had to pass through gun spray several times on a round
>camera coated in a neat glaze
Minolta X-700 stronk. It died eventually to repeated rainstorms though.

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>>2928279
Also took it along for some daytime snapshits, but conditions on those were far less brutal.

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I think I read somewhere that Canadian Rangers use Nikon FM2s lubricated with a special oil to take pictures in the north for the extreme cold.

>>2928248
sick

Something like 7d would work in almost any situation that won't kill photographer.

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Just rent xD

Nikonos

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>>2928224
Yeah, I only ever bring fully manual shutter cameras with me when I go canoeing or to deserts, usually a vivitar v2000. I don't have to worry about it ruining much electrical stuff seeing that I don't use ttl light meters, and I'm willing to sacrifice shit 5$ lenses

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Yep. My Bronica has seen Midwestern blizzards and West Coast winter storms (torrential downpours). When I had a Mamiya 6 I shot the Olympic craziness in Vancouver, shot through 3-4 PNW winters, and took it on numerous trips including Vietnam during the wet season and the deserts of Utah in the middle of summer. My Stylus Epic has been through extreme winter conditions (down to -30), taken into mosh pits, and I just shot with it in a typhoon today. My Nikonos has gone on multiple river and beach trips and been down to ~15m underwater.

My A7 on the other hand has seen a touch of rain and that's it. It's nice having equipment that you know can A. handle crappy conditions and B. Be easily replaced if something goes wrong. I was hesitant to take the Mamiya 6 out when moisture was a potential problem...which is part of the reason why I eventually sold it. I don't like worrying about my gear.

>>2928279
learn how to meter and expose properly