Heat Injury....

[Marco Naylor]

I have a shoot out in the NM/TX desert. Temps will range in between 95 -105. Wondering if anyone has ever had the Red poop out due to overheating. If so what is the recovery time?

Also any advice on avoiding overheating as well.

There will be trailers w/ AC and we have a big umbrella to cover camera at all times.

Thanks CB

[Dustin Cross]

I have had a couple problems shooting Texas and Vegas last summer. Just keep the camera shaded and have something cool on the camera. Those refreezable ice packs work. I just use a cool bottle of water squeezed under the top handle. Rotate two half full water bottles out of the cooler every 15 min or so works.

Dusty

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Shot in CO and AZ last summer - heat as high as 118F in AZ did cause the fans to run full blast all the time. Heat up to 106 in CO and pretty much the same results, but I wasn't as worried about it. No extra cooling used and hardly any complaints from the camera, no issues to report. I did make sure to keep direct sun off of the camera though as that could really cause it to get HOT! Sun shade or umbrella for the camera works great, helps the operator (me) out a bunch as well. I also draped a white t-shirt or towel over the camera on occasion, especially for hand-held stuff when in the intense sun.

Ice packs for the camera make me nervous as they could cause condensation if enough humidity is present. Don't really need moisture running down the side of the camera and getting into a port or a vent.

[Noah Kadner]

Shot in Northern Mexico desert two month ago. It was not that hot- maybe 90 tops. But we had an umbrella over the camera at all times. No overheats- we were lucky.

Noah

[Antoine MARTEAU]

Shot in Senegal, dust and heat no problem! No sound so I could keep the fan on Hot...
Grey body might help with the heat?

[Andrew clemson]

We shot in the desert for 12 hours the other day at about 45 degrees, which i think is over 110 fahrenheit.

Had a couple of "body hot" warnings later in the afternoon, but no shutdowns or corrupted data, everything worked fine. Made sure to have a sunshade or flags over the camera whenever possible, and to be fair we did have a landcruiser parked nearby with the AC going so that we could let the cameras chill out for half an hour over lunch.

Light weight white material is always useful to reflect some of the sun, not least to protect the operator!

If anyone has any definitive Ice-Pack type solutions though Id love to hear them.

[Stephen Pruitt]

Cool packs will be essential. We were caught unprepared and had to put ice into baggies on the top. . . which, of course, eventually leaked here and there. Fortunately, we had no issues with the water, but that "overheating" indicator is a terrible thing to see. You WILL need cool packs.

Stephen

[Marco Naylor]

Thank you everyone for sharing!!!

[Jordan Livingston]

We're about to shoot in Mojave, CA June 24 - 26, and we're told to expect temperatures around 110-F. We are an indie / skeleton crew, and the camera will be outside in the field for most the 12-hour shoot day.

I'm pretty concerned about the ice packs / water bottles leading to condensation and water damage, and I'm also concerned that going from the air-conditioned motor home out into the heat might cause internal condensation (I've toasted laptops due to this problem in the past). We WILL have shade under a pop-up tent, as well as umbrellas, but that's about it.

Any cooling best-practices you can recommend? Perhaps shutting down the camera after a certain period of time? If we have two camera bodies, which is a possibility, should we alternate them every so often, or would it be better to use one first until it craps out and then switch over?

Thanks,

[Jarred Land]

all good suggestions here.. one other thing to remember is once the camera is out in the heat, in the environment that you are shooting in, do a black calibration... this will make sure the sensor is calibrated at the expected working temperature..

You may or may not see a difference afterwards, but its there.