- So one of the things that drives me nuts
is if I go out and shoot on a hot day
and then all of a sudden, oh the lighting changed on me.
I gotta adjust this exposure and the white balance
all right, there we go, looking better okay, take two.
Basically when cameras overheat while I'm trynna shoot
drives me nuts!
Most cameras have a operational temperature maxed out
at 40 degrees Celsius, that is how much in Fahrenheit?
- [Woman's Voice] 104 degrees.
- A 104 degrees Fahrenheit, don't you hate
how hard it is to calculate?
Take the Celsius multiplied by six divided
by the speed of light or whatever
but basically, 104 degrees Fahrenheit is the cap.
So 104 that's pretty reasonable, it's a pretty hot day
I think the hottest temperature I ever felt was in Las Vegas
I think it was around like 115 when I was there.
You're like in this nice air-conditioned casino
and as you walk out the doors open it's just like pooh!
Like hot air, and it's terrible!
But since the manufacturers suggest 104 degrees Fahrenheit
we're gonna stick to that so I got this incubator.
A lot of people use this to hatch chicken eggs
or reptile eggs, I use it to overheat cameras
so let's do this.
Here's how I wanna do my experiment
I want to simulate you know having this camera
in an air-conditioned car or something
you're driving out to a location
and then you hop out of the car
it's hot outside, how long can you record for?
So that's what I'm gonna do with this incubator
I'm gonna preheat this to 104 degrees
I'm gonna leave this in room temperature
so about 70 degrees, hit record, throw it in there
and let it overheat, see how long that takes.
Now I'm going to assume that since
the camera starts off nice and cool
it's gonna take longer for it to hit
the overheating temperature, right?
First time I did that it overheated
and shut down in 22 minutes.
So now the camera's turned off in the incubator
for a whole hour and then we start it again
but this time the internal temperature's already pretty warm
so I assumed that it wouldn't last nearly as long.
So since the first time I did it it lasted 22 minutes
I was gonna assume like maybe this time it'll last
10 minutes before it overheat
but actually lasted quite a bit longer!
And then I turned it off, left it in there for another hour
so by this point, it's been just cooking in there
for a couple hours now, I hit record again
and then this time again, longer!
And now I realize I have no idea how these cameras work
and how they overheat, maybe one of you guys
could explain that to me 'cause like
all these questions mav, pooh!
Pooh!
Kept popping up over my head.
Good news about the Sony A6600 is that
in room temperature it doesn't really overheat.
I left it rolling in 4K for hours
and I didn't even see a warning sign
but I do always extend out this display here
because this does produce quite a bit of heat
so it's always going to last longer
when it's projected out like that opposed to
right up against the body.
All right, so I've collected a little bit more data here
I feel like a scientist.
I run the same test again with the A6600
and this time it overheated at 26 minutes
which is similar to the first time which was 22 minutes.
So after it turns itself off, I leave it in there
for another hour and this time it lasts 43 minutes
literally to the minute, it's the same exact amount of time
it took the first time we did this test.
So this is consistent.
So after it cut itself, I let it sit in there
for another hour and 20 minutes.
So, 20 minutes of just extra simmering in the heat
and this time it lasted an hour and 37 minutes.
You see this is interesting because that kinda shows
that the longer it's been sitting in the heat
the longer it will last before overheats.
Is this experiment bad for the cameras?
Am I ruining this?
I don't know but technically, I'm still within
the operating range of this camera
but let's move on to a different camera for a second.
This is the Canon EOS R, this is kinda like my daily driver
and I've actually never had any issues
with this camera overheating.
So I threw that in the incubator and for four hours
I was just letting it sit in there
and I was filming out 4K at the highest bitrate possible.
I was trynna get this thing to overheat
but not even a little warning popped up.
So this is the type of camera that you
could really depend on to not have overheating issues.
So this is the Sony FS7, Canon C300 Mark II
and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K.
Whether we all threw these cameras
the operating temperatures cap out are 104
so it's not like we're throwing these cameras in the oven
we're just really simulating a hot day.
Let's start off with this Blackmagic
I have it hooked into a V-Mount battery
and I'm just gonna start rolling it
it's in 4K ProRes 422 HQ.
All right it's in, time-lapse mode!
So we're almost an hour in and it's not having
any issues at all so far, so I'm impressed!
I honestly would have guessed probably about 45 minutes
in it would have started to have issues
but it's cruising!
Now one advantage this camera does have is that
I am powering it externally with a separate battery
which is on the lower shelf.
I'm doing that because the internal battery
does not last long at all and batteries
we all know produce a lot of heat
so having it outside of the body I think might be helping
and also instead of shooting 6K RAW
we're shooting 4K ProRes.
So I think I'm gonna bump it up to 6K RAW now
and it's pretty warm to the touch
and I do wanna see how I handles
if I'm powering it internally
that will probably generate a little bit more internal heat
if it's powered off this battery.
I'm constantly having to stop it and reformat
and then restart the clip though 'cause in this mode
256 gig CFast card only lasts 16 minutes
so I'm constantly cycling it out.
So the results are in Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
is actually a tank!
That's gotta be the biggest surprise so far
I was pretty sure I was gonna be able to get it to overheat
but I couldn't, it just kept going and going.
But next up C300 Mark II
I'm pretty confident that this can make it through
with no problem, let's go.
Okay hold on, so I just checked back on this
and the temperature inside of here has gotten way higher
this is not good, I'm gonna turn this off
it jumped up to a 111, so it's been in there for a while
do the math right here that's how long it's been in there
it's been recording continuously.
I should have realized that this actually produces
quite a bit of heat so just it being
in this little container, the temperature spiked
way past what the incubator was doing.
So this can clearly go past 104 degree limit
and still not have any issues.
It's a good thing that I got this
extra thermometer to throw into here
instead of just relying on the one up here.
Oh, it is showing me a little temperature gauge
it's just showing it as a yellow gauge.
Man, I did not mean to put it in here
and have it go that high.
So I pulled up the manual and it says
if that temperature icon appears in yellow
it just means that the internal temperature
has reached a predetermined level
you can still continue using the camera.
It's not until that symbol turns red until
the camera itself needs to turn off
but even at a 111 degrees Fahrenheit
it was still yellow.
All right let's do this FS7 now
I'm gonna keep a closer eye on that temperature gauge
make sure it doesn't get too hot
barely fits in there!
With FS7 same situation as the C300 Mark II
it handles the heat with zero issues but
it does produce a lot of its own heat
so having in a small container like that
just spikes up the temperature
and I just pulled it out before it got any hotter.
But again, I've used this FS7 in blazing temperatures before
and I've had zero issues.
I used to do a lot of filming with the US military
and we would always find ourselves
in the middle of the desert.
It always sucked and we always knew immediately
which cameras would overheat
and which ones would truck through it.
All right so now let's try these action cameras
I have to GoPro Hero 8 and also the Osmo Action.
I do also wanna try out the Insta360 ONE R
but I don't have it on me at the moment
so I'll test that later but I'm gonna set both of these
to 4K 60 frames per second.
I do feel like the GoPro might have a bit of an advantage
because on the eight the mount is built-in
so you don't really need a housing
opposed to most other cameras where you kinda need
a housing to mount in anywhere
so most of time, this is gonna be in a housing
most of time this is gonna be able to breathe freely
so, let's give it a shot.
Now the results are in and I was wrong!
The Osmo Action has a better heat tolerance
even though it's in this enclosure.
From room temperature the GoPro lasted 17 minutes
and 20 minutes in the Osmo was still recording
but the screen shut off just 'cause it was getting hot
and then finally at 25 minutes it eventually had
to shut down and stop recording.
So not only does it record longer
but it also has that feature to where it shuts off
the screen when it gets too hot.
Gave them both an hour to cool down in the incubator
this time the GoPro lasted 12 minutes
the Osmo Action screen turned off at 11 minutes
and then shut down at 15 minutes.
So with these cameras, if they've been sitting in the heat
they're not gonna last as long
which seems more logical, right?
I still don't know what's up with the A6600.
Now let's try the Canon EOS M6 Mark II
compact mirrorless camera at 4K.
So this camera was a bit of an unusual case
I first tested it in room temperature
overheated in 50 minutes, right?
So it's not that great for a room temperature
I let it cool down, take it from room temperature
throw it in there again overheats in 50 minutes.
So now let it simmer for an hour in there
like all the other cameras heat it again 50 minutes
and that really makes me wonder
how this camera knows when it's overheating
is it just like a timer 'cause it's just so consistent
50, 50, 50, 50, 50.
So yeah, I find that a little bit weird
but at least it's predictable.
I do also wanna test out my iPhone 11 Pro Max
so I just do it in there how long do you guys think
it's gonna last?
I'm going to predict 35 minutes but here's
how long it actually lasted, am I right?
Am I close?
I also did test out the big brother of this Canon M6 Mark II
the Canon 90D and this thing just ran for hours and hours
no signs of overheating, it just kept going at 4K no problem
probably because it's a bigger body itself
it can just dissipate the heat faster.
So the 90D just like the EOS R really solid.
Now like I said almost all cameras have an operational range
from zero to 40 degrees and that's
in Celsius Fahrenheit conversion, right here.
But there was one camera that had a wider operational range
you guys wanna take a guess at which camera that was?
Instead of it being from zero to 40
it was minus 20 to 45 degrees Celsius.
So again Fahrenheit conversion
I can't do that math dude, here it is.
If you guessed Arri Alexa, you are absolutely correct!
You got a love Arri for that
they say it's completely stable and up to that temperature
so this would have no problem in here
but I can't fit it in there
so I was contemplating throwing it in there
but this produces so much heat
it would probably melt this incubator
you really want to let the air flow come out of here
it's like an exhaust pipe, buuh!
But yeah, lemme know in the comments
if there's other cameras you want me to throw in here
to figure out if it overheats or not
and that's it for today, see you guys later.
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