The Good News on Heat

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jaydigges

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Im back from a 2 1/2 week trip to shoot with my 7D in Australia... Its summer down there, and I had major concern about heat. My big fear was that I would get into a session with my client and have to stop for an hour to let the camera cool down. thereby appearing unprofessional to someone who had just flown me halfway round the world.

The results couldn't have been better. I saw the dreaded temperature icon appear during my second week of shooting, my heart sank... I kept shooting. letting the camera cool when I could. By the third day of the most intense shooting I just started to ignore the little red icon. Sure I had the irrational fear that I was somehow damaging my camera, but the job had paid for more than half of the equipment I was using, and there was nothing to really do about it.

The camera shut off once... I continued recording for 40 minutes straight AFTER the temp icon appeared. and the camera shut off to protect itself. Now I know the true limit of the camera, which was far past my original fear. I had some confusion with the 'write speed warning'. when I did my original tests (with kingston x133 cards). If you have relatively slow cards like I do I suggest you do not mix pictures and video on the same card and you do not fill the card more than 3/4 full. Otherwise you risk having the camera shut off during a session.
 
Congrats on your completion. Glad it worked out for you. Have you reviewed all of the footage to make sure there was no image degradation?
 
Will it not be better if I decide to buy canon 1D markIV instead of canon 7D because of the isssue. I lived in Nigeria and temp is usually high here, which makes me think it might not be practicable to use 7D for a long shoot.
 
I used my new camera for the first time this weekend here in NSW, Australia.
The air temperature was reasonably hot, over 30 degrees Celsius, but more so humid.

After shooting 3 x 5 minute clips it stopped and put up the overheat icon.
I stopped filming as it wasn't that important to continue.

Worried me a bit as the shooting I was doing at that stage was undercover with a breeze.
I need to try this some more and see how often this happens.
 
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@lanrogun, I use the 7D in Lagos, which is one of the hottest cities in Nigeria. I have seen the temp warning sign several times and nothing worse. What I do is anytime I'm not pressing record, I turn the camera off! Even just activating Live view increases the camera temperature.
I hope I dont break the power switch though because it is getting really often.
 
leepback said:
I love the seal biting the tripod leg or whatever equipment it is, in the last photo.
Click to expand...


This is why it's important that the 7D body has good seals


cheap pun, I know.

I wouldn't equate snowfall to heavy rain though. Condensation is fine, but large volumes of water are another matter. I'm speaking from experience, as I almost fried my camera. It's tough, but it's also smart to throw a $1 rain slicker over the body. Doesn't hurt to be safe.
 
By the way, what would be a good cooling down fast sollution in case it overheats?

Icepacks? Refridgerator?

I'm thinking condensation and circuit swelling might be something to keep in mind.

I know I don't want to do this (go to 03.37):

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