Heat affect on d750
Jun 21, 2018 09:51:35 #
scaudill
Loc: Rock Hill, SC
Hi, still a newby and learning every time I read the blog. How do the members deal with times they have to leave their equipment in there car in the middle of summer? How does the heat affect the camera bodies?
Jun 21, 2018 10:02:45 #
Keldon
Loc: Yukon, B.C.
The padding in most decent camera bags acts a s insulation to a certain degree so leaving a camera in a bag in a car for short periods (hour or so) isnt an issue.
Jun 21, 2018 10:09:24 #
If I'm going to be carrying my gear around in hot conditions, and leaving it in the car for more than a few minutes at a time I grab three or four small size "gel pack" frozen thingamabobs and distribute them around my bag (which is better padded than some of our coolers!). Pro tip: put the gel pack inside a ziplock so that the moisture condensation is mostly on the inside of it. The last thing you want to come back to is a bag with the padding drenched.
When I'm in the field at work, I may be investigating four or five different properties, and looking at a construction job as well, so I often need a second lens and sometimes lighting equipment in addition to a body. If that's the kind of day I'm having, I'll pack the basics into a small Lowe Pro instead of hauling around my big Billingham. Someone more science-minded than I can explain why the smaller volume bag stays cooler, but it does!
Andy
When I'm in the field at work, I may be investigating four or five different properties, and looking at a construction job as well, so I often need a second lens and sometimes lighting equipment in addition to a body. If that's the kind of day I'm having, I'll pack the basics into a small Lowe Pro instead of hauling around my big Billingham. Someone more science-minded than I can explain why the smaller volume bag stays cooler, but it does!
Andy
Jun 21, 2018 10:11:37 #
Hello Scaudill-
I know Canon does a good job with weather extremes but even so I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to my investments. I never leave my gear in the car for 2 reasons. The first being the extreme heat that builds up in a car in a very short time and second - theft. Camera bag in car your just asking someone to lift it off of you unless it's in the trunk out of site. It is inconvenient to haul your bag into a restaurant or the DMV as I did just the other day but it gives me piece of mind knowing my gear is safe.
You may want to do an internet search to see if there are any articles on the subject although I'm sure you'll get other UHH folks chiming in shortly.
I know Canon does a good job with weather extremes but even so I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to my investments. I never leave my gear in the car for 2 reasons. The first being the extreme heat that builds up in a car in a very short time and second - theft. Camera bag in car your just asking someone to lift it off of you unless it's in the trunk out of site. It is inconvenient to haul your bag into a restaurant or the DMV as I did just the other day but it gives me piece of mind knowing my gear is safe.
You may want to do an internet search to see if there are any articles on the subject although I'm sure you'll get other UHH folks chiming in shortly.
scaudill wrote:
Hi, still a newby and learning every time I read the blog. How do the members deal with times they have to leave their equipment in there car in the middle of summer? How does the heat affect the camera bodies?
Jun 21, 2018 10:25:30 #
If you have it in a good camera bag and put it in the trunk it does not get hot nearly as fast. The cab of a vehicle heats up a lot faster than the trunk (provided you have a standard vehicle with a trunk) even if you have a window cracked a little.
Jun 21, 2018 13:16:09 #
scaudill wrote:
If it gets hot, I don't leave any cameras in the car, I always have them in bags and I transfer them into the trunk! A lot of times I put the bag in the cooler that's always in the trunk!Hi, still a newby and learning every time I read the blog. How do the members deal with times they have to leave their equipment in there car in the middle of summer? How does the heat affect the camera bodies?
Jun 22, 2018 05:53:22 #
Jun 22, 2018 07:06:18 #
scaudill wrote:
Hi, still a newby and learning every time I read the blog. How do the members deal with times they have to leave their equipment in there car in the middle of summer? How does the heat affect the camera bodies?
From another forum - "Officially the operating temperature is 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F). But products can usually sustain a higher temperature without any ill effects in the non-operating or off state."
You can put the camera into a cooler to delay the heating for quite a while. But what would you expect to happen? Will the solder melt? Will the plastic be deformed? Car radios and electronics mounted on the dash endure much greater heat for much longer.
Jun 22, 2018 07:08:10 #
Jun 22, 2018 07:21:02 #
In Florida and especially during the summer months the temperature inside a car could be very high, I would say around 120 degrees Fahrenheit. I do not keep my gear inside the car under those temperatures.
The possibility of theft if the camera or camera bag is visible could be high.
Like others, I never leave the camera and lenses in the car.
The possibility of theft if the camera or camera bag is visible could be high.
Like others, I never leave the camera and lenses in the car.
Jun 22, 2018 09:22:40 #
Get a digital thermometer and put it on the floor in the back seat area on the hottest days. Check the temp, then put it in the trunk and see what the difference is. Then, try the idea of the non-ice cooler in the trunk. I always use a digital thermometer/ hygrometer to make measurements for things like AC, indoor/outdoor, car heat, shade/sunlight etc.
Jun 22, 2018 09:43:25 #
WessoJPEG wrote:
Keep a good cooler in your trunk with no ice, keeps things cool.
Jun 22, 2018 10:39:48 #
camerapapi wrote:
In Florida and especially during the summer months the temperature inside a car could be very high, I would say around 120 degrees Fahrenheit. I do not keep my gear inside the car under those temperatures.
The possibility of theft if the camera or camera bag is visible could be high.
Like others, I never leave the camera and lenses in the car.
The possibility of theft if the camera or camera bag is visible could be high.
Like others, I never leave the camera and lenses in the car.
I wish I could always do that, but in the course of my job, it's sometimes unavoidable for an hour or two. If I know I'll be running around with gear, I try to remember to bring those little gel ice backs, and I always have supplies of ziplocks in my truck and my bags. They really do the job.
Andy
Jun 22, 2018 12:12:01 #
No worries here in San Feanciaco. It rarely gets hot enough to cook electronics in a closed up car. More importantly, your camera and anything else of value will be gone when you get back to your car and find the broken side window. We have about 100 car breakins a day in the city by bay.
Jun 22, 2018 16:37:46 #
Any camera parts that are plastic will start to break down or warp in high temperature. In addition, high temperature will dramatically shorten the life of batteries, and will liquefy any grease that is on the shutter mechanism.
If you absolutely need to leave your camera in a car, put it in a cooler (not with ice, just a big insulator).
If you need extended cool, wrap up an ice pack in a thick towel, but don't let the camera touch anything cold. (The cold will cause water to condense inside the camera, which would be worse than the heat.)
If you absolutely need to leave your camera in a car, put it in a cooler (not with ice, just a big insulator).
If you need extended cool, wrap up an ice pack in a thick towel, but don't let the camera touch anything cold. (The cold will cause water to condense inside the camera, which would be worse than the heat.)
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