5D and the sun power!

Roberto Tafuro

Roberto Tafuro

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Hallo to everybody! that's my first thread here! I have a question for you... a friend of mine has made a reportage in south africa with a 5D, but the second day the 5D's LCD dies. The causes are the hot temperature and the fact that he has sometimes points the sun with the lens. I've a 5D from about one year and it never happened to me, but in the manual they suggests to not point the lens directly to the sun. Now my question is this : if i'm doing a pan i've to be aware of the sun or the issue comes when the sun is in the picture for a long period of time? At this moment i've only made studio production with the 5D, but in the summer i've to shoot two videoclips and i want to know how to move correctly to not broke the camera.
Thank you for the time!
Bests,
Roberto
 
Hi Roberto, I just put a link up on the 5D forum where I shot several shots directly into the sun and I've also seen many other videos where people shoot directly into the sun and nothing happend to the camera.
I don't know about your friend or the other footage I've seen out there but when I shot this footage I shot it with a .6 ND filter and a polarizer filter on at the same time.
I don't know if the camera could do that without it.
 
Thank you Carlos! That's an inportant thing to know. I usually use ND so i think that the issue may occurs in hard situations and without precautions. I think at snow landscapes or desert scenarios.
Thank you again for your time!
Bests,
Roberto
 
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