I am editing thus giving my name truth, just so you guys know :)

BTW, has anyone had any trouble with the FX-1 or Z1 in extreme cold weather (very few chances that anyone would have had a Z1 in extreme cold) or for that matter had any experience with the FX-1 or Z1 in extreme cold weather without problems.

Any idea on the operating limits are for these cams.

Is there any kind of equipment that is made for extreme cold weather recording?

Dave

The nice thing about Extreme cold nights (usually 10 below or more) is that it's VERY clear. The impurities in the air are often less due to the cold - or at least that's what I've been told.

The worst I've had to deal with was something like -45 or -48 or something like that. I only went outside to say that I've been out in -45 or so weather. (This is not with windchill by the way)
Not to brag or anything :-)

Dave

I remember as a kid once trying to get to school in -35 on my bike.

Quickly found that the chain had frozen....

There is no such thing as it being too cold, only wrong clothes for the temperature.

Quiz: What does a polar fox do when the temperature drops below -75F?



It shivers.

But only to stay warm :O)

Cannot speak specificaly about the DHV cameras but had a fair bit of experience testing electronics at low temperature, I mean low enough to make the PVC cables go rigid (and me too). Condensation is your worst enemy of course, lubricants getting too viscous is another and batteries don;t fare very well at all, heard stories of cameramen ( and camerawomen?) keeping batteries in the front of their undies to keeo em functioning.
I think whatever advice you get for electronics in general in your area applies equally well to cameras. Although one tip, once it gets cold enough electronics will not work, unlike too hot nothing dies, it'll recover when it gets warm again. However if you keep it running then it's own heat should keep it going even one of those Portabrace covers would help a lot.

If you want to hear and see real cold, watch the episode of the BBC series 'Weatherman' where he goes to the coldest town on earth, just walking down the street and his glasses exploded from the cold. If it goes below -60degC for two days they close the school. Now they're one tough race of people, they survive on a diet of horsemeat and black tea.
Bob.

Bob, you didn't actually mean -60 degrees Celsius/Centigrade, did you?

Sure did, current weather here:

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/24688.html

- 54 centigrade and smoky.

Bob.

Bob,

That's nuts! Did you see the extended forecast?

Friday the high temp will be -65 C
Mondy it will be -2 C.

Sounds like a heat wave is coming.


Dave, do you have to keep your car running at night?

If I did, I wouldn't be ediiting video, I would only be paying for gas. No, we have what's known as a block heater. You plug your car in at night and it's not a problem for starting it in the morning. However, I had a 79 Toyota Celica GT, and that only just died for me about 3 years ago. It was the best little car I'd ever had. Plenty of room for a nice BIG battery, and let me tell you, I had something like 800 Cold Cranking Amps in that little 4 banger car and I never once had to plug it in, in all the winters it had seen.

Bob, Sounds like you've got me beat for cold weather, but then again, that's not really something I would want to win at ;-)

Frigid,

I guess we can't call you Friggy, because that was another name for the old Nordic love goddess Freya (the same one called Venus in warmer climates).

I don't think Bob is surviving on horsemeat and black tea, the "here" probably referred to the location of the coldest town on earth. Nah, Bob probably lives in the desert (or is it the asphalt jungle)?

Speaking of tea, the best tea for video editing is Barry's Gold Blend from Ireland. Unfortunately it is not allowed to be commercially imported into the U.S. at this time, not until Barry's gets their "United States Bioterrorism Certificate", which may take a while.

This is no joke at all, they were stopped cold at the border. New concern.

Fortunately I found an Irish mule to bring a bunch in for my personal consumption. :O)

Course, I appreciate you not calling me a love goddess. I mean I'm sure I'm good and all, but it's still appreciated.

For sure Bob doesn't live in the coldest place on earth!
The weather here (Sydney) is temperate although pretty hot at the moment.
Having a small office and 4 PCs running doesn't help though.
One day I'll get to travel to the other hemisphere at this time of year and have a white Xmas.
Bob.

Well, then I guess I do win the competition, how unfortunate