Post by Electric Eel on Feb 2, 2019 18:23:22 GMT
Just a wee thought for you all - switching your camera on and off particularly in cool/cold conditions will very likely shorten the lifetime of the camera due to the inevitable thermal expansion/contraction cycles it leads to.
In electronics (and particularly cheap consumer electronics - I make the distinction between "cheap" and "inexpensive" below) the usual mode of failure is that a solder joint buried deep within will develop a crack and first you'll know is that the camera image distorts (if you're lucky) but due to the law of maximum inconvenience it'll go off totally just as the eggs hatch.
Cheap: Typically poorly made independent of price
Inexpensive: Doesn't cost a lot.
In electronics (and particularly cheap consumer electronics - I make the distinction between "cheap" and "inexpensive" below) the usual mode of failure is that a solder joint buried deep within will develop a crack and first you'll know is that the camera image distorts (if you're lucky) but due to the law of maximum inconvenience it'll go off totally just as the eggs hatch.
Cheap: Typically poorly made independent of price
Inexpensive: Doesn't cost a lot.