Safe Operating Temperatures

[Tanner Stauss]

In the Ops Guide, it says operating temp is 0 deg C to +40 deg C. What does +40 mean? What is the max recommended operating temp before the fan kIcks on and the camera is getting pissed? I generally see it between 50-60 deg C.

 

[Glen Powell]

In the Ops Guide, it says operating temp is 0 deg C to +40 deg C. What does +40 mean? What is the max recommended operating temp before the fan kIcks on and the camera is getting pissed? I generally see it between 50-60 deg C.

I always took the 'Max operating temp' to mean the ambient air temp around the camera - not the camera temp itself… Pretty much if the air temp is +40ºc I'm not taking the camera out anyway.

 

[Jaakko Rinne]

0° to +40°C means the environment you use the camera in. If the core reaches +75°C the fans will kick in on high automatically. Don't know what the sensor's limit is, since the core is what hits its limit first.

 

[Tanner Stauss]

So what does +40 mean? To me that just says over 40, how much over 40?

 

[Robert Andriessen]

to me it sounds like 40 above 0, not above 40C. It's just to make clear that it's not -40C

 

[Glen Powell]

+40ºC is 40º above 0ºC… Metric isn't rocket science.

 

[Tanner Stauss]

Ok, yeah, that makes perfect sense. So it's not talking about internal operating temperatures, just ambient temperatures. Got it.

 

[Michael Dalton]

Ok, now that that's settled, what do you guys normally run yours at. Filming some long stand ups I got worried when it hit 60c. Can we run it longer then this? I usually run the fans at 35%, and then 75% during breaks.

 

[Jaakko Rinne]

Like I said, when the core hits 75 the camera will automatically throw the fan on full. So I wouldn't consider anything below that to be hazardous. Just realize that on a long interview take with the fan set on low, if the core hits 75 you'll get a massive blast from the fans. There's a lot discussion on fan noise here.