"Carl_M" wrote in message
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| "Simon Brown" wrote in message
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| Anyone got any suggestions or hints for using a digital camera when
the sun
| is shining in winter? With my SLR I had filters and stuff, don't
seem to
| exist in the digital world.
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| BTW it eats batteries, thank goodness for rechargeables.
|
| To prolong battery life keep the camera (as much as possible) and the
| spare batteries warm (inside your coat) and switch off the LCD screen.

I carry two spare batteries. That's always been plenty, over a day, with
as many as 200 - 300 photos taken.

Pete