cony25

For all of those that film not sure if it happens while taking pictures.

The weather was like 97 degrees with about 50 percent humidity.
I was filming in HD, and about 15 minutes into filming, the sony shut down and displayed a message " too hot to function."

This happened when the couple was saying their vows. :(

Luckily, I had a cannon 80d, about 5 feet from here. It took me about 1 minute to set up the canon, then started filming again.
I lost about one minute of footage. This was a close call; I have never experienced this with canon cameras.

Any way to prevent overheating??

Tell me about your experiences shooting in the heat. Now 95 degrees is not that hot. Kind of disappointed with sony.

jlg1000 Loc: Uruguay / South America

You could pour some liquid nitrogen on the camera...

On a second thought, maybe not.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

According to UHH only Canon cameras overheat, never a Sony or Nikon.
So that is an interesting turn of events.

gwilliams6

Most Sony mirrorless cameras let you set the internal temp to high in the menu, so the camera will still operate when hot.

Also a tip, pull your LCD screen out away from the camera body, that will keep some heat out of the camera. It really works.

Another tip, if you use a battery grip that also keeps battery heat out of the camera body. It also works.

Keep your camera out of the direct sun when not using it, if on a very hot day and a long shoot like a wedding.

Also later models have improved passive cooling with better heat sinks and cooler-running processors.

Cheers and best to you. FYI, I have owned Sony A6500, A7RII, A7RIII, A7III, A9, and currently own A7RIV, A1, A7SIII with no real overheating issues.

But in reality ANY brand camera can overheat in the worst conditions of long time exposure to and use in extreme heat and extreme processing like in video capture. That is why some video-centric models from different brands include active-cooling with internal fans.

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cony25

If I set the temperature to "high" while it do damage to the camera?

gwilliams6

No it wont. The camera can get warm, but it wont be damaged. It was engineered to tolerate this setting and temps. The camera would shut down long before any damage is done.

Cheers