Here are some tips from our forums community on caring for your camera while shooting in Rocky Mountain National Park in cold weather conditions...
Keep your batteries warm
With a digital you have to keep your batteries warm, place them in the camera for a shot, then pull them out. Or you can rotate 2 or 3 batteries by keeping them warm in your pockets or against your body.
If you remember back to high school, those little atoms move about in relation to the temp. The warmer it is the faster they go. Warm batteries will allow for electron flow easier than a cold battery, hence short or long battery life, so don't worry about the camera much at all. Once they hit a certain temperature electron flow becomes very inefficient, hence your battery looks like its dead. In fact the charge is still there and when the battery warms again it should have a charge. This also explains why you should keep extra batteries in the fridge instead of in a drawer.
Another trick is to turn off your image stabilizer until you need it and to manual focus when you are composing shots, then turn these features on right when you shoot.
Condensation
Avoid condensation by keep your camera and lens close to the outside temperature. Once your camera gets cold you need to keep it cold. When you are done shooting outside that you put your camera into a plastic bag before taking it in to somewhere warm. This will cause the condensation to happen inside the bag rather than inside the camera itself. If you are getting in and out of the car, store the camera in the trunk where it will stay cold.
Other suggestions...
- Cover your tripod feet with tennis balls
- Push your camera to overexpose in snow scenes by .5 to 1.5 stops
- Dress much warmer than you think you need to if you plan to spend any time waiting for good light.
Topic sources
http://www.rmnpforum...er-photography/
http://www.rmnpforum...ur-camera-warm/
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