...and then there's over hot.

[Joel Kaye]

Joel, can you send us a log file?

I'll get the drive back tonight and see if there's a log file on it. If not, can the log be generated later with an unmount? Obviously, the camera shut itself down so I couldn't do it at that point.

 

[Deanan]

Unmounting it later will create the log. Thanks.

 

[Ernesto Salvador]

On a shoot in Vegas last week. It was very hot. 105 or so in the parking garage at night. I got my first heat warning with my Red. Each take was about 4 minutes and we needed audio so I couldn't put the fan on high.

I hadn't planned for the heat, so I didn't have cold packs. Instead I took a water bottle out of the cooler drank about 1/4 of it and the squeezed it under the top handle of the Red. I ended up swapping between two small water bottles both a little more than half full about every 15-20 minutes. I would put the warm bottle back in the cooler. This worked great. I just had to wipe the water from the cooler off the bottle before putting it on the camera.

So cold water bottles under the top handle in a pinch.


Mahalo,
Dusty

Geeee! that sounds risky, there was no danger of the bottle breaking and getting water inside the camera? Is it water proof? the place you put it is safe? sorry I have not worked with RED so I don't know, just asking.

 

[Deanan]

One thing to watch out for is heat radiating from the tarmac or from rocks.

 

[Mike Prevette]

Here's some pics of my custom L.F.S.T. (loose fitting shiny thing) It's just a spaceblanket/tarp thats been striped down, some strategic cuts made in it, and tape to reinforce the cuts. I also added some velcro on the corners to let me sinch it around the camera.

I made it for a shoot for Hyundai I did earlier this month down in Irvine at the El Toro Airfield. I new it was going to be hot and I was going to be on the tarmac all day so i wanted something that would keep the sun off but allow the camera to "breath". I was worried that it was just going to trap all the hot air, but leaving the ends and bottom loose allowed the air to circulate. A few times i put my hand under the blanket on the top of the camera and it actually seemed cooler than normal!

 

[Mike Prevette]

 

[Mitch Gross]

Nice flipflops.

 

[Mike Prevette]

Nice flipflops.

I'm from Alaska, I overheat easy in Seattle's sweltering 70 degrees. You should have seen me in NYC a few weeks ago I was sweating like a pig on set because I was wearing shoes.

 

[Larry Gebhardt]

OK, Guys... along these llines, I have a challenge...I am shooting watercraft running footage for a commercial on Lake Havasu in Arizona the 2nd week in August. We are planning to put a RED camera on a remote crane (18' jib arm), which in turn is mounted on a camera boat and then we will chase the watercraft around the lake. I have a splash housing with a dedicated built in "spinning spray deflector" front that keeps the lens clear (I had it built for an Arri 35mm camera and I am modifying it for the Red). Here is the (heat related) problem...the camera is in a sealed water bag, out on the end of a jib arm, not easily accessible except to get someone up on the "wing" of the camera boat, and swing the arm around to him...we can't do this for every take, so heat buildup in the bag is going to be a problem. I will velcro a reflective blanket over the bag...but what do you suggest doing to keep the heat down inside the bag? Cooling packs? I can't put a bunch of them in as every bit of weight adds by a factor of 5 the counter weight, and soon moving the jib becomes harder and harder. Where on the RED body is the best place to put the cold packs? Over the top front to cool the sensor?...or where in the body is the highest concentration of heat (if anyone knows)?

We are planning to take an EX1 as a backup and I am thinking that we may need to use it on jhe Jib shots...but then the housing doesn't work as the front end will not fit the fixed lens...etc. etc.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. I have to say, we have never had this typr of challenge before in this kind of shooting...but I was reading the thread and suddenly became a bit anxious.

Thanks in advance

Larry

 

[Tom Lowe]

Larry, I also wonder if water condensation might be an issue with those freezer packs, or if the climate is dry enough at Havasu not to worry about it too much. Perhaps wrap the freezer packs in small towels? Maybe try to use extra cool packs to make up for the lack of air circulation? Is the housing large enough that you could essentially pack in some extra cool packs around the body?

Do you have any pics of the splash housing?

 

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

is it so much complicated for someone to designe some small Fridge :biggrin:
So we can put red in it (like water housing ) and will call it (freezer housing):clown2:

 

[Tom Lowe]

LMAO....

You know, Coleman makes those little portable camping fridges. I wonder....

 

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

Tom , you think i am kidding ,, i hope some good refregrators company do
some housing for red .
if i own one i would do so :calm:

 

[Tom Lowe]

Haha, I'm not kidding either.

http://stormprepare.com/Refrigeration.htm

I've seen these 12V portable fridges at Walmart for like 80 bucks. I mean, it seems like you could just take the thing apart, pull out the main components, and make them fit to the Red. I don't know how loud it is, but if you are shooting MOS, that would not matter.

 

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

Exactly is what i was thinking of .
it needs a little tweaking , you need to tweak it in it's original factory
Some holes here and there :construction: and we are done ??
Maybe ET could help in this :turned:
it is a lot money project :calm:

 

[Tom Lowe]

I think this could be done in a simple machine shop or someone's garage. Just make a metal place that interfaces between the fridge's metal plate and the Red body.