Camera temp.

epsonink · Post by **epsonink** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:47 am

Is it too cold for your camera to be filming in the snow? Will the coldness hurt your camera?

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:52 am

Keep the camera protected from the wind, cold, and moisture when possible. Especially, keep your batteries warm when they're not in use, even between takes depending on the conditions. Lastly, when taking it inside, from warm to cold, ease it into the temperature change. This will keep condesation from foriming on the lense, or from forming on the interior of the camera, thus causing rust. Hope this gives you an overview of shooting in the cold.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:04 am

Your manual will actualy talk about this, well mine does, and I guess most sonys do, and porbably cannon as well, so ya look in your manual, they give a more detailed version of what browncow was talking about.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:55 am

good tip: if there is frost on the lens, then it is too cold.

But seriously keep your camcorder free from moisture. Treat it like your child. Keep it in its case when not being used. If it is snowing, you should buy or build a device to go around the camera and lens to protect it. Whatever you do, Do not put it in the snow!

Most camcorders can take cold temperatures to some degree. But when in doubt, just do like wannbe foxwoods do and blow the dust off the good 'ol manual.

[Edited on 10/7/2003 by Epsilon]

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:20 pm

Just keep the camera from the damp and it should all be right. Mine has been up mountains, in rain and has fallen into a waterfall.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:51 pm

Most commercial electronics is rated 0 deg C to 60 deg C outside this range performance is not usually gaurenteed. Moisture is more of a problem with cameras becuase of the magnetic tape, get that damp and you will be trouble.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:58 pm

yeah you have to really guard against that

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:28 pm

Don't get it wet, and don't expose it to a raped temp change, like from your heated house to the snowcovred back yard, ease it in and out, like they do deep sea divers, ease them back to reguler presure. Condensation is like the bends to a camcorder.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:39 am

Originally posted by Grant
Just keep the camera from the damp and it should all be right. Mine has been up mountains, in rain and has fallen into a waterfall.

Geeze, how did you manage to drop it in a waterfall? Did it work afterwards?

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:40 am

rugged piece of equmpment, and lots of luck.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:02 pm

LCD doesn't operate properly at low temperatures because it starts to freeze. Your viewfinder may stop working.

Your batteries are likely to discharge quickly, and motors are likely to freeze up.

Condensation is only a problem when you take the camera back into the warm. Introduce it back into the heat gradually, wrapped in a cloth, in a box.

Most camera parts are made from alloys, so rust shouldn't be too big a problem, however it does affect batteries, so make sure you remove the batteries from the camera if you have a severe case of desfrosting.

Water does not damage electrical components IF: There is no electrical current running through the camera, and IF the water has been completely evacuated from the camera before you connect it up and turn it back on.

Condensation cal also affect the film or magnetic tape you're using to record on.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:59 pm

well my camera for example wont turn on if it goes through a sudden temp, moisture or climate change. it will stay off for about 30 minutes until it stabalizes.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:34 pm

I will never have this problem because the cam operatior (me) reactas worse to suden temp changes then the cam does.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:01 pm

yes that would definitely protect your cam.

epsonink · Post by **epsonink** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:56 pm

Does the camera still work after been fallen into that waterfall?

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:16 am

I think he said it did.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:17 am

wow, that's an incredibly durable camera. they should advertise it like that.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:43 am

And it would encurage dumbasses to drop them in water falls and break them, causing the compay to go under.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:21 am

hahaha

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:39 am

Yeah the camera worked for roughly 9 years and then finally gave up on me. Still does function but the picture quality is poor at times. During playback you sometimes have to give it a whack to improve the quality.

It served me so well and proud

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:30 am

that is kinda cool though. your cam has sentimental value. hold on to that cam even after it breaks so you can always remember your trusty camera.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:28 am

That is pretty good to have a camera that survives a waterfall. It's not the water that bothers me, only what it might look like after the grand fall to the bottom. It's nice to have a good quality camera.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:36 pm

If I droped it in and it came out working I would pray that I got footage of the fall into the water, and the pull out.