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Cold weather performance Nikon Z9
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:00 pm
by bobsmith
Anyone have experience shooting the Nikon Z9 in low temps, 10 deg F or less?
My Z9 is exhibiting erratic behavior in low temps. It became obvious, then unusable in -2 deg F yesterday morning in Monte Vista, CO. This am was 7 deg and similar issues, not as bad. Definitely the battery. If I warm the battery with a hand warmer, it’s better….
Re: Cold weather performance Nikon Z9
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:07 am
by Swissblad
I suggest you contact
Trond Westby or
Morten Hillmer, who have both used the Z9 in freezing conditions in Norway / Svalbard.
Re: Cold weather performance Nikon Z9
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:20 am
by George DeCamp
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:25 am
by Wildflower-nut
may need a new battery
Re:
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:40 pm
by bobsmith
Wildflower-nut wrote:may need a new battery
I have two new batteries and tried both with no change in performance. Thank you.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:52 am
by Scott Fairbairn
I’ve used mine in -10-15 Celsius , not sure what that is in Fahrenheit, but I’ve not had any issues.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:58 am
by Scott Fairbairn
I had an idea that might help, what if you prevent the camera from entering sleep mode? That way it’s generating a bit of heat to keep things warm? Might need more batteries though.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:56 pm
by wdg
I’ve been shooting at -10 to -15F (wind chills worse). I haven’t had problems,
but I’ve (and camera) been shielded from the wind.
Hope not systemic problem as most of my months are spent in below temps.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:53 pm
by Woodswalker
I was out in -20C - -30C (-22F) for four hours on a few different days. The battery life was good and only down a bar or two.