bnsf

Was asked to film a wedding in a couple of months and I would like to know if any of the Sony RM10 IV users experienced a overheating issue while filming?

I plan to shot the wedding in 4K HD along with the reception. Purchased an electric battery adapter so it would not drain the battery along with a feelworld lut 6" monitor.

The microphone I will be using is a Sony ECM-XYST1M. For the video card will be a Lexar 1667X 64gb with a read speed of 250 mbs.

Camera will be mounted on a Sirui SH-25T tripod with a BCH20 Video Head factory mounted on the tripod.

I know the running time is 30 minutes before the camera turns off but I should have around 4 hours of filming available on this card.

Please let me know if you have experienced any overheating issues with this camera.
Thank you

61jhawk Loc: Tarrant County, Texas

I have done some 10 - 20 minute long segments with no problem but did not have all the attachments that you plan to use, just a mic and a tripod.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I have never experienced any overheating problems with my RX10IV.

Dennis

jacksonaxes Loc: Reno,Nv

Never had a problem with mine filming Sprint car races.

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That Sirui 25SHT tripod is widely known to cause overheating ;-)

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

My wife has not had any overheating issues with her RX10IV. But, she doesn't shoot a lot of video!

You have what looks like a first rate set of gear! You might practice with that mic. It is an adjustable "shotgun" but those have limits. For the really critical part of the wedding, you might look at a wireless mic. Both Rode and DJI make very good ones. Sony does too, but it is not quite as good.

Do you have an editing plan?

Basil_O Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Now THAT is funny. Thanks for the laugh.

I am not sure about the overheating question
as nobody I know with that camera has had an issue. That is not to say it will never happen. The best way to find out is set up your rig and do a test shoot well in advance of the wedding. Will the external power source still force a 30 minute cut off? That would be my bigger concern

bnsf

This camera like many other cameras has a 29 minute thermal protection that shuts the camera off to prevent the sensor from burning out regardless if you are using AC/DC power. But the newer Mirrorless Cameras will allow you to shot videos for as long as the battery has voltage left in it or SD Card has room for the video.

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Since the 30min limit is an import tariff issue and not a technical issue, I doubt that a deeper power bank will actually change anything.

That fact leads me to wonder whether engineers are moved to optimize heat dissipation for a device that will not be running continuously for long periods.

The concept of relying on an RX10 as a production camera seems shaky to me.

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I have a camera with no 30min limit ... but it can just barely do 45min from its internal battery. Yet it has a fan blown cooling system in case you run it on an outboard power supply. To me thaz a warning about using outboard power to force too many 29min runs from a not really videocentric camera.

bnsf

Will try it and see what happens. Don't have a Video Camera anymore or I would be using it.

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Bring back up, even a lesser camera with built-in mics, just in case you need to film during any RX10 cool down delays.

markwilliam1

markwilliam1

Never!

gwilliams6

For wireless mics, get the twin Synco kit, just as good sound quality as the Rode ones, but cost much less. I know as I have both the Rode and the Synco ones. I used the Synco G2 kit as I taped my own wedding in Ukraine back in 2021, I mic'd up both my bride and myself, with the receiver on my Sony A7SIII which was on a tripod and recording.

https://www.amazon.com/SYNCO-2-4GHz-Wireless-Lavalier-Microphone-System-Transmitters-Compatible-Smartphone/dp/B08MDTV1TX/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2SAHUAOTKSQVD&keywords=synco+G2+wireless+mic+kit&qid=1691695805&s=electronics&sprefix=synco+g2+wireless+mic+kit%2Celectronics%2C195&sr=1-4&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685

If you dont need the LCD screens, you can get the earlier Synco G1 version for less. Sound quality is the same.

https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Lavalier-Microphone-System-Transmitters-1Receiver-Mirrorless-Smartphone/dp/B08HZ8M83S/ref=asc_df_B08HZ8M83S/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475874092271&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9630539324336774005&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027222&hvtargid=pla-1029635182074&psc=1

Cheers and best to you.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

We have a set of DJI Mics — two transmitters and a dual receiver — with additional lapel mics connected to them. They are phenomenal for weddings, interviews, filmic dialog... as good wireless systems go, they're dirt cheap at $329 for the receiver, transmitters, charging case, and accessories. ADD lapel mics if you want them (they hide better and sound better). A bonus is that the DJI models include internal recorders in each transmitter for backup audio, in case there is interference or a dropout. It's nice to know that you have audio on both your camera and your transmitter, in case one distorts!

THE most important thing to remember about audio is that the intensity of the "desired sound source" dissipates as the inverse the square of the distance from the source. If you have full volume at one foot from the mic, you have 1% of that at ten feet! What you get then is a mix of noise and the source. To hear that, you have to crank up the input gain on the camera and/or the editing software... NOT pleasant to hear. So get your microphone CLOSE to the sound source. Within one foot is ideal. Three feet is about the maximum distance from a subject that I tolerate.

That all sounds very challenging, I know, but that's physics! Good audio is at least 60% of good video. Unless you are very close to the wedding party in a very quiet church, try to mic the bride and groom, or at least the groom and the pastor/priest/rabbi/officiant. It makes a HUGE difference!