Will my camera use less power and overheat less if I shoot 1080p instead of 4K?

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shosannax wrote:

nnowak wrote:

shosannax wrote:

nnowak wrote:

shosannax wrote:

I have this camera, Fujifilm X-T30ii that I‘m going to shoot a short film project with, that is just for fun, not something really serious.

If it is not something serious, then waiting for the camera to cool down should not be an issue

I can shoot 4K or 1080p. Obviously 4K is better, but in the DPReviews video, they said the camera overheats after 28 minutes of continuous shooting. I won’t be shooting continuously of course, but it gives you an idea.

28 minutes is a lot of recording time. Unless you are recording an interview, you generally do not want to record long, continuous clips.

If I use 1080p instead of 4K, will it last longer, in terms of overheating and battery power? How much longer do you think it can shoot 1080p without overheating and shutting down?

Personally, I would never go back to 1080p, regardless of overheating limits.

It’s not very serious, regardless I wouldn’t want to let my friends down by losing their time.

I won’t record long continuous clips as I said, since it’s a short film project. But still, if I shoot for two hours for example, shooting 4 minutes at a time at most, it might overheat.

And yeah, I wouldn’t wanna go back to 1080p neither. I wish I had the X-T4 or X-S10, lol. Overheating wouldn’t even be a problem.

Thanks btw.

There are a few things you can do to mitigate some of the heat issues. First, keep the rear LCD extended away from the body to improve cooling. Bring a small fan to more rapidly cool the camera between shots. Pack multiple batteries and swap them between shots. A good portion of the heat in a camera comes from the high current draw on the batteries during video recording. If you keep swapping to "cold" batteries, you can limit some of the heat buildup. These tricks, along with your relatively short record times, should ensure a relatively trouble free experience. It also should not be too hard to test some of these techniques beforehand. For example, push your camera until it overheats and then put it in front of a fan and time how long it takes to get back to normal operation.

That’s a lot of useful information, thanks again! I will be trying these out.

Can powering the camera via usb-c with a power bank also help?

Sure, since there will be no internal heating from the battery. A dummy battery would be even better.

If I get one of the new X-H2* bodies, I'm thinking of developing a thermoelectric cooling module.

I looked up dummy batteries from fuji, there is one called DC coupler CP-W126. I think I need an AC adapter because I live in Turkey and I think AC is used here. But right now I don’t know how to use that thing even if I buy it. And I don’t want to fry my camera by doing something wrong.