What to do with RED T

[Roger Alexander]

I've had a couple times on set recently with my Raven where my T for temperature (where you look for T/E) is red and the camera itself becomes extremely slow in responding to the commands and buttons I press on the camera. During these episodes, I usually power the camera down and then back up to try to make it more responsive but it doesnt always fix the T/E problem. Usually, I don't have time to troubleshoot and I have to film when working with high profile talent who are impatient and everything is urgent. I understand when its in the RED I will have more noise in my image.

In one scenario I went from the cold outside to warm inside (and vice versa) so I guess that's expected. Another time I couldn't really justify why it was red. I've done my research on blackshading, fan setting modes etc. etc.

My question is, when you find youself in those situations where you have a red t/e, and your fan is already set to adaptive mode, what else can you really do to try and fix this and get it back into the green? I assume you just have to wait it out until the fan can adjust the temperature to the right range? Do I run a manual blackshade right then and there to try to fix? What do you guys do?

 

[Bob Gundu]

Not sure why your camera becomes unresponsive, but it isn't corolated with your blackshading. Ideally you want to perform a blackshading in the temperature of where you'll be shooting. The T/E indicators are t long you that the temperature the blackshading was performed, is different than the current temp of the camera. So, if you're moving indoors and outdoors often, you could create a blackshading map and save it for each location. Then you can quickly apply the right one when needed.