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<p>Hi Rob,</p> <p>Mine broke the same way even being hardly used - I had to send it for repair to Canon for somewhat $90 CAD (don't remember exact cost). As Bob mentioned above it is know for this problem.</p>

<p>Hi Hening,<br> Yours first and only question was if 1DS would give you 8x11 prints. I never owned original 1D neither 1DS; however Jamie has answered the question in the post. I, personally, was skeptical about digital when the cameras started to show up and my first one was Canon S80 point-n-shoot sporting 8MP small sensor. From that one I was getting beautiful 8x10 and 8x12 prints. I'm sure 1DS will beat S80 hands down in this or any other area.<br> On the other note I have been shooting in Arctic a lot. In February-March 2011 while being a part of the Polar Ring Expedition on our first attempt to cross Arctic from Russia (Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya) via North Pole to Canada (Resolute Bay) I brought the original 5D and 1D MarkIII. The temperature range was from -37C to -48C and both cameras worked great. However, a non-OEM battery pack for 1D Mark III that I bought off e-Bay died after sitting in the Pelican case in cold temperature for 3-4 days not taking charge any more. On the other hand non-OEM batteries for 5D (cheap) had no problem to hold the charge like the original Canon batteries.<br> The second attempt to cross Arctic we took in 2014 (February-March) starting from continental part of Russia in Siberia (Novy Urengoj). This time I brought 5D MkII and 1DX. The temperature was below -35C and quite few days it was steady at -52C. Both cameras worked great, the lenses (16-35, 24-70 and 100-400) had no any issues whatsoever.<br> I always had spare batteries in my internal pockets. Bringing cameras back into the warm (5C - 10C) vehicle environment was not a problem - I put the cameras back in the bag, zipped it and kept it zipped in the vehicle for an hour or two.<br> Happy shooting, Hening.</p>

<p>Hi Stephen,<br> I have been shooting in Arctic for many years and especially in Arctic Ocean in 2011 & 2014 while being on the Polar Ring Expedition (I have pictures on Flickr here and here ) .<br> On both trips temperature was well below zero - in 2014 I've been shooting outside in temperature -52°C often being in and out of the vehicle. I haven't used a sealed plastic bags though I had them. I would just put cameras (5DMII and 1DX) in the camera bag and zip it before I take cameras in the vehicle (inside temp was about +15°C) and won't open it for a couple hours and I had no problem with the condensation (sometime I would get it if the lens is still cold). If I needed to take pictures again I would open the bag outside of the vehicle. I had spare batteries in the inside pockets - haven't had any problems with neither batteries (not OEM replacement batteries) nor with CF cards (Lexar 1033 UDMA 7 32 & 16 GB).</p>