DSLR Recording time?

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bobbylong

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I have been thinking about going from my dvx to a dslr but just heard they have very short recording times. Do most have a certain time limit or do they just overheat and shut down at different times? I was told by a local camera store the sony a33 didnt have this problem and could film for longer, but trying to research i am hearing the manual says it can record close to 30 minutes but most people say it overheats before 4 minutes. anyone have experience with this camera? Is it bad to constantly shoot until your camera overheats?

also i heard the lumix gh2 doesnt overheat and can record around an hour of footage at a time, anyone know if this is true? Is this the same for the gh1 and the lumix g2?

Sorry for so many questions, i just dont see why this isnt a bigger issue to people and a main factor in buying a dslr.
 
Canon dslr cameras are known to have overheating issue. They are also limited to 12 minute (not sure exactly how long) recording at a time.

My main reason to go with GH1 over 7d or T2i was that Gh1 has no recording time limit and it does not overheat.
 
All of these questions are easily answered by a Google search or by browsing this forum. I'm not sure what research you've done, but '(camera name) recording time' is a search that should cover this. The Canon cameras can record up to 4GB, which is usually around 12-15 minutes. Sometimes they overheat and you have to switch the batteries. The Panasonic cameras can record until the card is full, which obviously depends on the size of your card.
 
I've recorded clips several hours long on my GH1. Same can be done with the GH2. The only limit is the card. I've had no problems ever with overheating. I sold my DVX to get my GH1 and it was the best exchange I've ever made :)
 
majikfraug said:
I've recorded clips several hours long on my GH1. Same can be done with the GH2. The only limit is the card. I've had no problems ever with overheating. I sold my DVX to get my GH1 and it was the best exchange I've ever made :)
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A fellow Henderson resident! Hello!
 
bumkicho said:
Canon dslr cameras are known to have overheating issue. They are also limited to 12 minute (not sure exactly how long) recording at a time.
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Both of these statements are false. Canon 5D Mark IIs are not known to overheat. And the 29:59 limitation is not because of anything technical. It's due to tariffs and camera classification.

Bobby - You can record 4GB worth of footage on a FAT32 file system camera. ALL FAT32 file systems whether on a computer or camera have a single file maximum of 4GB.

The reason it's not a big deal is people are using these camera and cinematic fashion so you don't need to shoot for one hour straight when making comedy drama, music videos, etc. The people who need to go an hour straight are the people that want to shoot live events.
 
StormFactory said:
Both of these statements are false. Canon 5D Mark IIs are not known to overheat. And the 29:59 limitation is not because of anything technical. It's due to tariffs and camera classification.

Bobby - You can record 4GB worth of footage on a FAT32 file system camera. ALL FAT32 file systems whether on a computer or camera have a single file maximum of 4GB.

The reason it's not a big deal is people are using these camera and cinematic fashion so you don't need to shoot for one hour straight when making comedy drama, music videos, etc. The people who need to go an hour straight are the people that want to shoot live events.
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No bumchiko's statements are not false...he said Canon DLSRs overheat, and they do with varying results...7D, T2i, and yes 5D. The only one that does not, that I've heard of ...is the 60D. Also I believe the record time is shorter than 29 minutes per clip. You can Google the overheating or look it up on here. Some peoples cameras do and some don't, depending on the environment and record time per shot.
 
pulpfiction007 said:
No bumchiko's statements are not false...he said Canon DLSRs overheat, and they do with varying results...7D, T2i, and yes 5D. The only one that does not, that I've heard of ...is the 60D. Also I believe the record time is shorter than 29 minutes per clip. You can Google the overheating or look it up on here. Some peoples cameras do and some don't, depending on the environment and record time per shot.
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I know that the 7D and T2i have very bad overheating issues. But the Canon 5D Mark II does not. Bumchiko made a blanket statement about all Canon DSLRs. Even you said that you haven't heard of the 60D overheating but if you were to go off of his statement, that would include the 60D. I'm just saying because a couple camera models overheat doesn't mean all the Canon camera models overheat and saying so is misleading.

Bobby - Do not worry about the 5D Mark II overheating. I have run live three-camera shoots using 5D Mark IIs for over three hours at a time non-stop (except for 4GB limit) and not once did a camera overheat shooting over 8TB of footage.
 
I have hired shooters (from his forum) to run both the 5d and 7d. both times in interior interviews of over two hours in length. The 5d has a longer hiccup between creating a new file than the 7d. (at 10-12 minutes mark) but if planned for, the cameras work very well, no problem with overheating and the images rock. Looking forward to doing it all again next weekend!
Brian
 
StormFactory said:
I know that the 7D and T2i have very bad overheating issues. But the Canon 5D Mark II does not. Bumchiko made a blanket statement about all Canon DSLRs. Even you said that you haven't heard of the 60D overheating but if you were to go off of his statement, that would include the 60D. I'm just saying because a couple camera models overheat doesn't mean all the Canon camera models overheat and saying so is misleading.

Bobby - Do not worry about the 5D Mark II overheating. I have run live three-camera shoots using 5D Mark IIs for over three hours at a time non-stop (except for 4GB limit) and not once did a camera overheat shooting over 8TB of footage.
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OK I stand corrected! I thought I'd heard of the 5D getting very hot but it does not shut down like the others....but if you use them like that, then you would know better than me. So it looks like the 60D, GH1 and GH2, and 5DMK2 are the best bets to avoid that problem. The 7d ,t2i, and D7000 (heard of a few issues so far) having different levels of success.
 
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