Extreme cold weather operating

[Alan G. Kelly SOC]

Hi Community,

 

I was an assistant for years so I experienced plenty of cold weather work but beyond the obvious practices does anyone know the actual failure data for our gear? Eg: At what temp will the oil in our gimbals fail? Anyone had a spring on their arm fracture? etc.

 

Curious to hear any stories.

 

Thx

 

-AK

[brett.mayfield]

i remember seeing photos of some very icy rigs and sets floating around in here somewhere. maybe theres a way of using heated lens wraps to keep your gimbal warm.

saw this as well http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=23686&hl=cold

 

brett.