With a wind speed of 19 miles per hour and a temperature of –2°F (–19°C), the wind chill (new style) here this morning is –24°F (–31°C). We figured this would be a splendid opportunity to test the Fuji X-T1 to see how well it worked in the cold.
Alas, what we discovered is that the tester does not work in that kind of cold. (The Age Coefficient means you subtract one additional degree for every year you are past the onset of middle age, or 45. So to our staff tester it is –36°F.)
So, the test was a failure. However, that was no fault of the Fuji's.
inside the living room window
Speaking of cold, I read an interesting article in The Atlantic yesterday about people who try to lose weight by keeping themselves cold. They use icepack vests and train themselves to sleep in the wintertime with no blankets. The idea is that the body will spend an enormous amount of energy (and hence, burn fat) to keep itself warm.
As behavior, this seems fringey, but the article did make one very interesting point, which is that for 99.7% of human history, human beings' two biggest problems were finding enough to eat and keeping warm. For most prosperous first-world people today, these things are no longer much of a problem.
I now have the indoor temperature turned up to 72°F, which is excessive, sybaritic, and indulgent (and higher than I usually set it). And I burning approximately zero fat. But I am mighty glad to be inside my little warmed-up box.
Mike
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