Heat question - middle east project

[Arthur Woo]

I'm speaking with a director who is leaning towards shooting RED over Alexa for a project in the Middle East. He said he's heard that Epics overheat due to the weather conditions there. Never having shot there, I can't confirm if this is true for older or current models of Epic.

We would be using Epic Dragon - what's the likelihood of overheating? I've heard from other redusers that Dragon can withstand hot conditions. Any tips appreciated!

 

[Nick Gardner]

Shot in the extreme heat of the middle east and africa, never had any overheating issues. Ever.


Nick

 

[Patrick Tresch]

I've been shooting in hot conditions with the FanPlate with great success. If you are interested http://www.mecasax.ch/products/fanplate
Also protect your camera from direct sunlight.

Patrick

 

[Hal Long]

I've shot in the desert in CA and AZ in 100+ degree heat with a standard Dragon-M. My experience is that the camera will need to cool itself and the fans will need to run on high at times. 15-20 minute takes aren't a big deal as long as you have time to let the fans run for a few minutes on high to keep the T/E in the Green. At full blast, the fans are loud for synced sound. Never had the camera shut down on me.

 

[Jeffrey Loewe]

I'm speaking with a director who is leaning towards shooting RED over Alexa for a project in the Middle East. He said he's heard that Epics overheat due to the weather conditions there. Never having shot there, I can't confirm if this is true for older or current models of Epic.

We would be using Epic Dragon - what's the likelihood of overheating? I've heard from other redusers that Dragon can withstand hot conditions. Any tips appreciated!

I've shot in deserts all over with the Dragon and never had an issue. I can't speak for an Alexa. But the Dragon can do it. My only recommendation is take a spare fan for your camera. I always keep my old MX fan on me still just incase the 2.0 upgrade goes out.

 

[Phil Holland]

Shot in 118 degrees broad daylight with Weapon last week and a slew of other hot days. Not Epic however. Max I shot with Epic I think was 106 or so. Been a while.

Since Adaptive Fan Mode has been added to the firmware no real issues with running in the heat.

 

[DC Chavez]

I shot in a glass factory on an upper terrace (where the heat rises to) for a few hours. Adjust your fan settings to maintain a consistent core temperature. It also helped me to black shade at a higher than normal sensor temp as well.

 

[Nawaf Alsabhan]

Last summer in 2015 I shot in the Saudi Desert at 65 Celsius (149 F)
Black shaded at 6 Am (105 F), then at around 10 Am the weather became hot (149 F) and the fan started rising and people around me were freaking out, I took 10 minutes to black shade again, and the camera became stable.
The Canon 5D for behind the scenes did turn off and we were unable to use it for 20 mins.

People forget to black shade, and claim it overheats.

Camera was Epic Dragon, just remember to black shade, and when not shooting turn it off and put it under an umbrella or shadow.
If you can't black shade for whatever reason, put the Fan to Auto between each shot, it'll blast the fan and the T will be green in 2 mins, then put it back to Adaptive with 65 C or 70 C.