D5100 Overheating problems???

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ChipThome

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Well today I went with the camera probably best suited to my abilities and my checkbook. I ordered the D5100 even after reading and watching a bazillion reviews on it.

Tonight I am glancing through the manual and on page 109 is says a whole bunch of stuff and then "Wait for internal circuits to cool before resuming movie recording". This was in relation to the 20 minute record limit.

Everything I read or watched, good and bad, none of it discussed overheating problems. My assumption was the 20 minute limit was more of probably a FAT 32 thing, limiting files to 4gb. Coming from the Panny GHs, overheating was something that never even entered my mind during this decision.

So am I going to smoke this thing if I try recording 3-4 clips for a one hour show, or hasn't anyone experienced overheating problems yet?
 
I can only say the D7000 with back to back 20 min. recordings has given me no overheating problems what so ever. Couldn't say the same for my D90 with shorter clips. You should be ok.
 
I second that - I leave D7000 in live view all day and it works fine. D5100 is more similar than different so I am sure you will be fine. And the camera won't destroy itself if it overheats - it will just shut off.
 
Thanks guys, I really appreciate your input. When I read "let circuits cool down" in the manual, I just about crapped! Then real quick I figured out I hadn't read that anywhere else. Lots of people crucified for lots of stuff, but no one for overheating.

It was supposed to arrive today, FedEx tracking lies like a dog !!! Now it says tomorrow and yep, still says "to be delivered on schedule" as if it didn't day that all day today!
 
I used my D5100 for over two hours in LiveView while recording a Video of Race thru Redwoods Sunday without even getting very warm.
I pushed the record button as soon as possible after each 20 minutes.

By the way, do not discount the toughness of the new "Plasticy" cameras.
My camera fell off it's TriPod before the shoot and bounced one foot before I caught it.
It did not have a scratch on it and must have landed on the movie-head plate.
 
My experience with dropping the D90 - do some critical focus tests after a blow. The D90 is becoming known for backfocus drift and focus trouble, particularly as it ages. This would be a good idea with any DSLR, since the mirror box/sensor/prism setup has various set screws to adjust the imaging plane. My D90 got knocked flat on its back on a tripod (destroying a great lens), and never focused properly afterwards. (God-damned neighbor's cat!!!!)
 
I've used my D5100 several times since, both for Video and stills.

The TriPod mounting plate must have taken most of the impact.
No, the fall did not knock any sense into the camera.
Seems to me that it works perfectly normal.
 
I was shooting video for about 2 hours on my D3100 in the hot sun on Saturday and it overheated once, needed about 5 minutes to cool down. I have a feeling that the environment was as much to blame as the long recording times.
 
I swear it depends how hard the sensor is being pushed, in the dark it tends to suffer allot more as it tries to draw in as much light as possible.
 
How hard am I pushing the D5100 Sensor when the Church sanctuary is so dark that my Auto ISO is occasionally maxing out at 6400 .
I am shooting HD1080 at 30fps for over an hour and the camera is not even warm to the touch.
 
That's terrific !!! I did one shoot with my GH1s last year that went out 1.25 hours and when I shut them down they were warm to the touch but no more than you would expect an electronic item to be. I wonder why Nikon put the limit in them then, "better safe than sorry" maybe ???
 
Warrantee!
Overheating is very hard on Electrical components, especially Solder joints.
Each (20 minutes) time you restart the Video, it is hard not to notice if the camera is getting hot.
Competition should drive that time limit to one hour or more eventually.
Sony is up to 59 minutes with their latest releases.
 
On my D3100 eventually a timer appears forcing the camera off, then live view will not work again until the camera has cooled sufficiently.
 
Hi,

On two occasions on one day, I have recorded 2 hours each of consecutive 20-minute clips on my D7000 without any consequences, and I've also chatted with Nikon USA support and the anecdotal scuttlebutt is that the cameras can take it, depending upon ambient conditions, but then YMMV.

I have noticed some noise in marginally exposed areas, but I wasn't surprised.

My best,

Mike
 
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