Scarlet in hot/humid conditions?

[Harry Charnock]

Im heading to Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in Australia next week. Whilst there I will have to document a Senate hearing outside in a small Aboriginal community, it will most likely go on for up to 2 hours.

For this I'll be using the SDI feed into a PIX240, a 1080p ProRes file will be sufficient for the hearing. Everything else will be 4K.

My concern is overheating, conditions are currently 35ºc with a humidity of 80%-85%.

So my plan is just to roll on the PIX240 for the long take, what I dont want is the fan to kick in and make an almighty noise during the hearing, could be embarrassing (have heard of this happening to someone else on REDuser).

Does anyone have any experience with the Scarlet in similar conditions? Should I turn the fan to manual mode and keep an eye on temp? What is the highest temp the camera should reach?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jeffrey Loewe]

I shot the Scarlet in a "Tropical Butterfly Pavillion" and it was more or less similar to humidity in Hawaii. No problems in the 3 days after or day of.

 

[Harry Charnock]

Thanks Jeffrey, did you have the fans on auto?

 

[Jeffrey Loewe]

I did. No overheating issues. It ran for 2 hours straight on a brick. If you'll be close to the ocean or salt water at all it might be worth throwing some kind of cover on the camera. Salt sucks.

 

[Harry Charnock]

Yeah Im trying to find a jacket in time.

Thanks again.