HVX heat issue

Bob Fagan

Bob Fagan

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I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with their camera. I have on three occasions placed my camera in a bag, with power still on in camera mode, and when I went to take it out maybe an hour later, it had heated up considerably...(like the heat of an apple laptop's bottom when running for a couple of hours). I mean it's really hot.

I know I know...turn the camera off, but I've been in situations where I've wanted to keep the camera on so the settings won't have to be reloaded, and I'm trying to figure out why it would get so hot when it's not even recording. It's almost like the battery is draining it's charge through the camera.
 
As I understand it this is quite normal.
It's like that noise you hear when the camera is not powered up.
I don't recall the in's and out's, but don't worry it's normal.

Perhaps some one else could explain why this is.

Just wanted to calm the nerves....

Kind regards
THE HONET LIAR
 
Even though the camera isnt recording, the computer inside is still on, using battery to make the picture. Its kind of like saying "The computer gets hot even though no applications are running." If it is getting that hot, i would say either leave the case slightly open or something, because heat is bad.
 
Bob.
Here it is, take a peek under the third HVX pic.



Hope this helps to eliminate your concerns.

Kind regards
THE HONEST LIAR
 

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Bob Fagan said:
...I've been in situations where I've wanted to keep the camera on so the settings won't have to be reloaded, and I'm trying to figure out why it would get so hot when it's not even recording.
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What settings would need to be reloaded? All the settings stay the same, unless you're changing scene file parameters, in which case you need to save them via the scene file menu, and then they'll remain the same even when you power down.

I would not recommend leaving the camera on while its in the bag; all electronic devices generate heat that needs proper ventilation to dissipate.
 
Thanks for the info...

Thanks for the info...

Stas_Tagios said:
What settings would need to be reloaded? All the settings stay the same, unless you're changing scene file parameters, in which case you need to save them via the scene file menu, and then they'll remain the same even when you power down.

I would not recommend leaving the camera on while its in the bag; all electronic devices generate heat that needs proper ventilation to dissipate.
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Generally the main setting I need the same is the frame rate when I have it cranked up to 48 or 60. If I turn off the camera, the frame rate reverts to 24fps. I don't want it on this setting all the time so I don't want to save it over. I guess I need to set it up to a user button, but just didn't think it was such a big deal until I started getting these heated up cameras. The situations where I need to put it in the bag has been on a boat and I'm waiting for another shooting situation so I don't want to have it out in the open and I don't want to have to fiddle with the fps setting because the shoots happen fast.

In any case, thanks Honest Liar for the info on the heating situation being somewhat normal. I didn't know it was such a hot chip, especially with no LCD turned on, no hard drive spinning, but kind of makes sense it's still doing processing cycles. (What, no sleep mode?:-).
 
As you can see the link i posted does not exist any longer.
However l had a copy of it so there it is as a pdf instead on page 2.

Kind regards
THE HONEST LIAR
 
Bob, just save your settings. Always save your settings -- I put that in all-caps, bold, and underlined in the forthcoming The HVX Book -- ALWAYS SAVE YOUR SCENE FILE SETTINGS. If the battery dies on you, or you turn the power off, your scene files will revert to the last-saved state. If you're making changes that you like, just save them (using the save/init menu item at the bottom of the scene file menu) and they'll stay that way permanently.
 
You can save and reload to and from an SD-card, right? Sounds healthier then leaving it on all the time...
 
Bob Fagan said:
Generally the main setting I need the same is the frame rate when I have it cranked up to 48 or 60. If I turn off the camera, the frame rate reverts to 24fps.
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Bob,

This is saved by using the User set save. I have my camera set for 5 different VFRs and 24, I did this with the User Set Save.

Hope this helps,

Jan
 
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