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I can't believer how many people expect a still camera to shoot video for hours on end. I guess no one is happy with with just having the ability to shoot short bits of video to improve their presentations and such. For some reason they assumed that a video features means that it is on part with a full on movie studio camera that can shoot for hours. I think it is time for people to pull their heads out and get realistic.

The other thing I don't get is everyone that has used a digital camera for any time knows that the warmer the sensor gets the worse the noise guts. There has been no change made to any sensor currently in use that eliminated this. So again why they feel that these things can shoot for hours is just crazy.

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Gionni Dorelli said:
Once I let it on recording for the 29 mintes until it stopped recording on top of my desk with 24 celsius.
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On the top of your desk there would be no movement, so the SSS would not be active, and the heat rise would not occur.
 
Overheating is caused by multiple factors including battery drain and sensor use.

Even with SSS turned off the camera overheats, but it takes longer. Sony has documented this.

Also, if you are outside in the winter, you will get much longer times, and it may never overheat!
IanML said:
Gionni Dorelli said:
Once I let it on recording for the 29 mintes until it stopped recording on top of my desk with 24 celsius.
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On the top of your desk there would be no movement, so the SSS would not be active, and the heat rise would not occur.
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I tried 2 bodies A55 and both of them had the same issue.
With 22 Celsius i managed to shoot about 10-12 minutes of video with SSS of.
I dont think that both of them are faulty.
And as i said , when i tried to shoot again, i only took about 2-4 minutes...
If i wanted to shoot another 10-12 minutes i had to wait about 10-15 minutes!
 
toxotis700 said:
I tried 2 bodies A55 and both of them had the same issue.
With 22 Celsius i managed to shoot about 10-12 minutes of video with SSS of.
I dont think that both of them are faulty.
And as i said , when i tried to shoot again, i only took about 2-4 minutes...
If i wanted to shoot another 10-12 minutes i had to wait about 10-15 minutes!
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Point taken, it should be made clear to all professional movie makers that the 600 quid A55 is not ideally suited for making multi-million dollar feature films.
 
Gionni Dorelli said:
ViCorp said:
Kind of sad that Sony has this kind of problem. I was watching a roller derby tournament online the other day. The crew ws having some troubles initally getting the video to work, so being nosy I asked whay kind of video camera they were using as using a video camera for this isn't the hardest thing to do. I was told they were trying to use a Canon 5d MkII for this. My reaction was "Good luck with that! Hope they don't melt the camera down doing it." Not only did they manage to get the video feed off the thing to work but they did so two days in a row from 9 am to 8pm on day 1 & 9 am to 6pm the second day. While I realise the diffence in build bewteen the two cameras, it is a shame Sony can't even get their DSLR to record for more than a half hour without freaking out.
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You may have got something "lost in translation" though.

Canon 7D cannot film longer than 12 minutes and the 5D a little longer than that, before over heating as well.

though those guys may have filmed all day with those canon's, truth is that they cannot shot continuously, they have to pause between takes.

to that extent the a55 can do better than both canons, since it can shoot longer than both. the 29minutes limit on the sony, is for custom reasons and not over heating. devices that can shoot video longer than 29 minutes are considered camcorder by some customs around the world and have higher import duties.

once you reach the 29minutes limit with the a55, you can just restart shooting immediately. with the 7D if you reach the 12 minutes limit, you need to wait for it to cool down.
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I didn't say they were recording all day, just using the video feed off the sensor to broadcast the bout into the internet. The site they were streaming to saves the feed automatically so they didn't need a memory card in the camera. My point was the fact they sensor was running all that time (with the occasional battery change) for such a long time without becoming hotter then the sun & dying. I was just amazed they could pull this off at all. I don't think the a55 could do this. Here is a link to one of the videos:
http://www.justin.tv/derbynewsnetwork/b/279469299

Not the best video quality (or derby broadcast. LA or Rose City do it in near HD quality) but at least it is somewhat watchable.
 
ViCorp said:
Gionni Dorelli said:
ViCorp said:
Kind of sad that Sony has this kind of problem. I was watching a roller derby tournament online the other day. The crew ws having some troubles initally getting the video to work, so being nosy I asked whay kind of video camera they were using as using a video camera for this isn't the hardest thing to do. I was told they were trying to use a Canon 5d MkII for this. My reaction was "Good luck with that! Hope they don't melt the camera down doing it." Not only did they manage to get the video feed off the thing to work but they did so two days in a row from 9 am to 8pm on day 1 & 9 am to 6pm the second day. While I realise the diffence in build bewteen the two cameras, it is a shame Sony can't even get their DSLR to record for more than a half hour without freaking out.
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You may have got something "lost in translation" though.

Canon 7D cannot film longer than 12 minutes and the 5D a little longer than that, before over heating as well.

though those guys may have filmed all day with those canon's, truth is that they cannot shot continuously, they have to pause between takes.

to that extent the a55 can do better than both canons, since it can shoot longer than both. the 29minutes limit on the sony, is for custom reasons and not over heating. devices that can shoot video longer than 29 minutes are considered camcorder by some customs around the world and have higher import duties.

once you reach the 29minutes limit with the a55, you can just restart shooting immediately. with the 7D if you reach the 12 minutes limit, you need to wait for it to cool down.
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I didn't say they were recording all day, just using the video feed off the sensor to broadcast the bout into the internet. The site they were streaming to saves the feed automatically so they didn't need a memory card in the camera. My point was the fact they sensor was running all that time (with the occasional battery change) for such a long time without becoming hotter then the sun & dying. I was just amazed they could pull this off at all. I don't think the a55 could do this. Here is a link to one of the videos:
http://www.justin.tv/derbynewsnetwork/b/279469299

Not the best video quality (or derby broadcast. LA or Rose City do it in near HD quality) but at least it is somewhat watchable.
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This is the same as plugging an HDMI cable into your A55 and watching it.
 
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