Overheating in other products shooting similar formats?

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GavinAbe

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I am pretty new to this forum and the Canon DSLR camera' and still deciding which camera to buy, two thing that has come across in many threads are the overheating and time limitations of recording in HD. So I know this may be a silly
question to ask or even compare a another product, but I came a across a product call GoProHD , they claim there product can shoot over 4hr in HD modes, if they are able to get around the time limition useing similar media how come can Canon not. Any thoughts on this would help me understand

thanks
 
The Canon DSLR cameras aren't designed to shoot video, they're designed to be still cameras. So when you use that great big sensor for extended periods of time, it gets hot.

Secondly, Canon implemented their file recording system such that it only supports a maximum of 4GB of continuous recording. In HD mode, that means it runs out of space after about 12 minutes.

Third, Canon made a world-standard product, and in order to avoid additional taxes in the EU, they capped all recording at 30 minutes, so even in standard-def mode, when it doesn't get near the 4GB file size limit, it will still stop recording at 29:59.

It isn't a video camera. It is a still camera that has an added video feature.
 
Thank you for your info it helps me understand the why and how.
Now to make the choice between the 2 hmm:undecided
 
Also the 7D and 5D are totally different tools than a go pro. Go pros are for action sports mainly...use different senors, fixed (tiny lens) shockproof water proof. The list goes on. Just totally different tools. The canons are used as a cinema camera. Now u can cut the both footage together I'm sure but ud use the go pro as an underwater cam or crash cam or something.
 
Barry_Green said:
The Canon DSLR cameras aren't designed to shoot video, they're designed to be still cameras. So when you use that great big sensor for extended periods of time, it gets hot.

Secondly, Canon implemented their file recording system such that it only supports a maximum of 4GB of continuous recording. In HD mode, that means it runs out of space after about 12 minutes.

Third, Canon made a world-standard product, and in order to avoid additional taxes in the EU, they capped all recording at 30 minutes, so even in standard-def mode, when it doesn't get near the 4GB file size limit, it will still stop recording at 29:59.

It isn't a video camera. It is a still camera that has an added video feature.
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Well I guess Red Cameras aren't designed for video either as they heat up as well........


Truth is you need to understand your tools and use them the best you can.
 
Cieloent said:
Well I guess Red Cameras aren't designed for video either as they heat up as well........
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Red cameras aren't designed for video. They don't shoot video. They aren't made for long-form recording. They're digital cinema cameras that record raw footage, they don't record video at all.
 
thekeygun said:
hmm...I've actually never been around a RED camera that had issues heating up. Didn't realize this was a problem.
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I've read that many RED users bring ice packs with them. Overheating has been a notorious problem since the beginning, but maybe it's not so bad these days.
 
Barry_Green said:
Red cameras aren't designed for video. They don't shoot video. They aren't made for long-form recording. They're digital cinema cameras that record raw footage, they don't record video at all.
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Barry, you should be a Lawyer with such excellent wording you possess. Also, you are correct as they are not "video" cameras :lipsrseal
 
Barry_Green said:
Red cameras aren't designed for video. They don't shoot video. They aren't made for long-form recording. They're digital cinema cameras that record raw footage, they don't record video at all.
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love your perspective on that. I shot a music video about a year back with a borrowed Nikon D300 and an XH-G1; most of the actual video was shot at 8FPS with the borrowed D300 and each frame was tripled in the timeline so it was basically 24FPS, but most the time we had to wait because we got insane amounts of hot pixels after 30-120 seconds of shooting, even at ISO 800 ( i prefer to stay at the sensor native ISO 200 but we needed dim/night shots) so instead of 3 days it took 2 weeks to get it all done noise/hot pixel/issue free.

I never EVER saw hot pixels on my personal D300 but i never took constant 8FPS 'long shots' and kept my D300 shooting that long or at such high sensitivity; since seeing that i have always doubted the longevity and quality of CMOS still-based camera sensors stressed for such times.

I'll never do it again, even though the D300 worked great, it was still such a pain to work with, even today i hate to work with my partners' 5DMkII for long shots (we shoot a lot of action so most of his shots are ruined by pans or skew)
 
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