overheating a6300 shooting stills: I thought I would put this up since I have seen overheating discussed about the Sony a6300 shooting video but I don't recall seeing very much about...

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

I thought I would put this up since I have seen overheating discussed about the Sony a6300 shooting video but I don't recall seeing very much about it overheating when shooting stills.
The other day while shooting with the a6300 it shut down after 80+ stills. This was in Florida at 9:30 A.M. and the camera was on a tripod. The temperature outside was around 79 degrees and the camera was in the sun. I have spoken to Sony and I can send the camera in for them to check out.
But I thought I would put it out there for anyone considering this camera they might want wait for the a6500 or go with the a6000. The a6300 does take outstanding photos and this is the first time I have run into this in the 7 months of owning it.

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

Isn't that one manufactured by Samsung???

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

The Sony a6300 can be found on Sony's website and it's available at Adorama, B&H, etc. Samsung has nothing to do with the a6300.

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

You missed the inference... over heating...catching fire...blowing up... I guess if it needs explaining it didn't cut the mustard, sorry.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Is it a heating due to an resistance-current effect in the canera circuitry or a current flow effect in the battery. Try doing a test: lots of shots then fast feel of battery. There are different anode-cathode designs for Li-ion batteries and one design is said to especially susceptible to heating (IR^2). WikiPedia has a Li-ion battery article. I last looked at it a year ago and would hope it has been updated.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

The Sony a6300 had a firmware update several weeks ago to address the overheating problem when used in video mode.

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

big-guy wrote:

You missed the inference... over heating...catching fire...blowing up... I guess if it needs explaining it didn't cut the mustard, sorry.

Totally missed it and only realized it after I put up my silly quick response. That's actually funny. I tried to pull my stupid response down yesterday afternoon as soon as I realized what you really meant but it was too late. When someone (me in this case) puts up a stupid response UHH should let you pull it down, otherwise, like that one it lives on forever.......

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

John_F wrote:

Is it a heating due to an resistance-current effect in the canera circuitry or a current flow effect in the battery. Try doing a test: lots of shots then fast feel of battery. There are different anode-cathode designs for Li-ion batteries and one design is said to especially susceptible to heating (IR^2). WikiPedia has a Li-ion battery article. I last looked at it a year ago and would hope it has been updated.

What I did with camera was take it inside and cool it off for a few minutes. Then it occurred to me to change the battery. The camera was then fine and I shot another 40+ shots. No question both the camera & battery were both hot when it shut down. Before I send it off to Sony I'm going to do a lot of shots to see how it's doing. No point in sending it off if it was a one day problem.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jmsail365 wrote:

What I did with camera was take it inside and cool it off for a few minutes. Then it occurred to me to change the battery. The camera was then fine and I shot another 40+ shots. No question both the camera & battery were both hot when it shut down. Before I send it off to Sony I'm going to do a lot of shots to see how it's doing. No point in sending it off if it was a one day problem.

Probably that *battery.* Still work rarely heats a camera to the point of shutdown, unless it's an old POS Kodak 14n...

Some older Canons do shut down after 12 minutes of video, but the newer ones go 29:29:29 (MM:SS:FF).

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

jmsail365 wrote:

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There was a firmware upgrade that was supposed to take care of the overheating. Mine has never overheated and it came with the new firmware.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

I never keep my cameras in the bright sun for any extended period of time. The black surface of the camera will absorb heat and the camera can get very hot. I've had this happen to me once in about 20 minutes on a tripod in bright sunshine, and haven't left my camera in the sun since. I don't know if the camera would have fired or not. As hot as it was, I just moved it into the shade to cool off.

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

Bobspez wrote:

I never keep my cameras in the bright sun for any extended period of time. The black surface of the camera will absorb heat and the camera can get very hot. I've had this happen to me once in about 20 minutes on a tripod in bright sunshine, and haven't left my camera in the sun since. I don't know if the camera would have fired or not. As hot as it was, I just moved it into the shade to cool off.

My first reaction was the camera was just out in the sun, got hot and as a result shut down. I will definitely avoid this in the future. However, once I went on line and saw that the a6300 had a problem with overheating when shooting video I thought I'd put the problem out there for anyone considering the a6300. As another poster mentioned Sony has tried to address this although I'm surprised they didn't figure this out before they brought the camera out onto the market.