How to maintain your digital camera in winter

You may usually pay great attention to the shooting skills of the camera, but have you ever cared about the maintenance of the camera? How to maintain your digital camera in winter? Let’s take a look!

Anti-low temperature

In low-temperature shooting environments, the battery life will be greatly reduced, and the number of photos that can be taken may be only half of that at normal temperatures. In fact, if you use a special camera thermal sleeve to wrap the camera, you can extend the battery life. Placing the camera in a thermal sleeve can also avoid problems such as slow display speed and color cast on the LCD screen caused by low temperature. The camera thermal cover can also prevent frostbite caused by direct contact between the camera and the skin of the face, and prevent exhaled water vapor from condensing on the camera viewfinder and affecting shooting. If you accidentally slip, it can also prevent the camera from falling directly on the cold and hard ground and causing greater losses.

Photographic lenses are generally coated with grease inside for lubrication, and the barrels of some ordinary lenses are made of non-metallic materials. At low temperatures, grease will freeze and non-metallic materials will become brittle. Therefore, appropriate force should be applied during use to avoid lens damage.

In addition, keep the spare battery in your pocket to keep it warm. When the camera's battery power weakens, immediately replace it with a new one and continue shooting.

Encountering rain and snow weather

If you encounter rain or snow weather when shooting outdoors, how to protect the camera and lens? The body of most digital SLR cameras is black, more It easily absorbs heat from solar radiation, so if the outdoor temperature is not too low, the snowflakes flying in the air will quickly melt into water droplets if they fall on the camera or lens.

Therefore, we recommend adding a professional anti-rain and snow protective cover to the camera and lens, which can not only prevent rain and snow from falling directly on the camera and lens, but also have a certain thermal insulation effect on the camera and lens. . If there is no protective cover against rain and snow, we can also take a simple method, that is, use a plastic bag to make a "clothing" suitable for the camera and lens, and use a hood or rubber band to fasten the front end of the lens, and then you can shoot. .

Maintaining and using your camera in winter is actually not complicated. After mastering the above protective measures, you can safely take your favorite photos in the cold winter.

Anti-fogging

After returning from cold outdoor shooting and entering a warm environment, water vapor in the air will condense on the surface of the camera and lens, and will also appear inside the camera and lens. Freezing phenomenon. In order to ensure that the camera and lens are dry, the following measures can be taken according to the actual situation:

1. If the camera lens has been used outdoors at low temperatures, which is significantly different from the room temperature, the camera and lens should be removed before entering the room. The lens comes sealed in a plastic bag. After entering the room, a layer of moisture will appear on the surface of the plastic bag immediately. At this time, we need to wait for the camera and lens to return to indoor temperature, and when the water vapor on the surface of the plastic bag completely disappears, then take out the camera lens.

2. Before entering the room, we can also put the camera into the camera bag. Do not open the camera bag when entering the room, and let the camera slowly warm up in the camera bag. This process may take 4 to 6 hours or more.

3. If the camera and lens have become foggy, you can use a microfiber cleaning cloth to wipe the water vapor on the surface of the camera body and lens. At this time, do not rush to remove the lens from the body to prevent water vapor from quickly entering the inside of the camera and lens. We can use a dry, clean cotton cloth to completely wrap the camera and lens to reduce continued fogging. However, this method is only an emergency measure and should not be used frequently.

Anti-static

There are a large number of electronic components inside the camera, which are prone to static electricity during use. In addition, the air is relatively dry in winter, and the human body is also prone to static electricity. Static electricity will not cause direct harm to the camera, but it will cause increased dust adsorption. We can reduce lens replacement to reduce dust adsorption, or use anti-static gloves and other products to prevent the generation of static electricity.