Acclimating the camera to cold

[wadazomo]

Hi,
I am nervous to take the camera outside. It's in the teens to 20's outside. Is there a way to acclimate the camera to the cold and how do you keep it from fogging up when you return to warmth? Missing some reat shots.

Thank you

wadazomo

[ororockcrawler]

In the cold I usually hold the camera and inside my coat, plan the shot, set up and click, its been about -15 to -20(5 to -4 Fahrenheit) Celsius the last couple weeks(5 to -4 Fahrenheit).

When I bring it inside I leave it in a camera bag that was outside with me and cold, I leave this closed tight and let warm up slowly, I also use the silicon pouches you get in packages to absorb moisture in my camera bag as well

[sybren]

Even better than your camera bag is to place your camera + silicon pouches into a sealed plastic bag before bringing it in. It'll warm up faster (a good camera bag is quite a good insulator too) and the silicon will not be able to draw moisture from the room, so it'll draw from the camera instead.

[wadazomo]

Great ideas, thanks. And no I am not colder than Canada so your tips should be favorable. I am off for plastic bags and silicon packets

wada