Olympus E-M1 Frozen
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Cool frozen E-M1 video!
Of course, -3.5ºC (25.6ºF) is well within its claimed operating temperature range, which I think goes down to 15ºF, but leaving it out all night and getting frosted over is a good challenge.
Reminds me of the time I left a Leica R3 out in the car all night, 10ºF or so; no frost on the camera until I brought it *inside* the house. No problem shooting away. This was a film camera, so, a friend of mine pointed out, it was an impressive performance for the film as well. I think it was Kodak Lumiere. The camera continued to fire away as it thawed, despite likely experiencing severe temperature differentials.
This is impressive for the camera but not for the film in your Leica.
Cold temperatures are no problem at all for old analog film. Actually you should store films in the fridge if you want to keep the quality for a longer time (unprocessed exposed or unexposed films). Two years ago they found 100 year old old films from an arctic expedition and it was still possible to develop and use them:
http://petapixel.com/2013/12/27/100-year-old-box-exposed-negatives-discovered-conservators-antarctica/
Yes, getting frosted over is the far bigger challenge here.
When I was in the Arctic making aurora time-lapses, my EM5 was also out for hours in -20-22°C and wind that had accuweather’s “RealFeel” read -32-36°C, and even with non-weatherproof lenses and the EM5 that was not yet freezeproof like the EM1 and EM5m2, everything worked fine as it was a dry kind of cold.
As Beerwish also pointed out, cold is actually good for film, it slows the chemical processes down. People who stockpiled up film for their cameras usually keep it in their fridges.