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Cold and Wet Weather Red Prep?

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I will be on a 4 day shoot coming up.....anyone have any suggestions as to special concerns for RED ONE in a Cold/Wet environment? I have shot a bunch of Red projects already, but under more controlled scenarios...

temp will be in low to mid 30° f (0° c - 4° c) with humidity near 100% although not raining per se.


thanks,
Eric
 
Go to Cosco, and get a bundle pack of "Hot Hands" to keep on stand by. You most likely wont need them.

Where are you shooting?
 
The temps you mention are not a problem. I just spent last weekend with #1294 freezing my ass off in Boston, temps in the 20's with a good wind chill happening as well. Camera worked fine and we were outside for most of those days. As for rain? I haven't had the camera in the rain yet but I'd keep a tarp near by.
 
Are you guys using insulation for the camera? How are you keeping it warm? Im still looking for a good porta brace
 
Red One is a pretty nice camera in cold. I've now shooting several days outdoors and the temperature has been around -6C to -9C and it has been also snowing.

First of all, my experience suggest one should not insulate the camera in cold. The camera takes about 60 to 70W and that heats up the camera nicely. Just think of a light buld of 60W to get an idea how much heat the camera generates.

If your put your hand on the camera in cold, you'll find out that the temperature is much above 0C but much less than 37C. My guess is that somewhere between 15 to 20C. The very positive effect is, the batteries last longer, for the heat losses are smaller. That is, if it's warm outside and the camera heats up, resistive losses get higher and further power goes just to heat up the camera. In cold as the camera keeps cool and consequently resistive losses are smaller and also the fan runs at a smaller speed.

When it has been snowing I've had just a plastic cover above the camera but have kept the air inlet and outlet open to the fan. Furthermore the cover is not that tight. This seems to work fine. The camera keeps dry and the possible water quickly disappear. For instance, yesterday my lens which had no shield was covered with a couple millimeter layer of ice but the camera itself was dry.

Finally, one should still keep the batteries warm and likely it is a good idea to keep the Red raid warm as well. Hope this helps.
 
Make sure you have plenty of those moisture absorbing packets (can't think of their name right this second) and put a couple in EVERY case at all times...

Don't forget about condensation build up if you go from cold to warm environments...
 
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