This unbelieveable and unbearable heat

I probably have picked the worst time to visit Las Vegas where temperature hovers 110 to 120F. Even at night, it is still 100 plus.

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

And I thought the 90F temperature last month in New York was bad . . .

DMKAlex said:

I probably have picked the worst time to visit Las Vegas where temperature hovers 110 to 120F. Even at night, it is still 100 plus.

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

And I thought the 90F temperature last month in New York was bad . . .

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I am sorry to hear it is so hot there. Hopefully there will be a cold streak and you can get out and shoot.

Off The Mark said:

DMKAlex said:

I probably have picked the worst time to visit Las Vegas where temperature hovers 110 to 120F. Even at night, it is still 100 plus.

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

And I thought the 90F temperature last month in New York was bad . . .

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I am sorry to hear it is so hot there. Hopefully there will be a cold streak and you can get out and shoot.

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Unfortunately, there is no end in sight according to the 10 days forecast. I am returning to NY Sunday.

One thing you could do, is to sink your body into L. Mead....well that's what we did when there was water and it was a nice R&R. I'm pretty familiar with Vegas, being stationed at the nearby AF base....that was like a previous lifetime....back in mid 70's. Silly me, that was different Vegas....appx 35K folk....as today is over 2 million. Those days me and my buddies could walk into Jerry's Nugget and the pit boss would address us by name....never happen today. Those days they had 99 cents steak and eggs. :-D

Well, not going to add salt to the wound....showing you a pic from Crater Lake with snow on the ground....indeed, in June.

But I'll share a little story. Had a bfast at the base one day and took an apple with me and drove to LVG. Don't ask how hot it was.....low humidity tho. I must have been in town 2-3hrs and on the way back to the base, my hand sort of slipped and my fingers simply went through the apple - yep totally cooked. It was a wake up point.

Stay cool and hope you win some cashola while there.

DMKAlex said:

I probably have picked the worst time to visit Las Vegas where temperature hovers 110 to 120F. Even at night, it is still 100 plus.

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

And I thought the 90F temperature last month in New York was bad . . .

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Last time I was in Las Vegas, I was just changing planes. There was some renovation or something going on, so we had to deplane outside to get to the other plane. I think the temperature officially that day was 117, probably significantly warmer on the tarmac. What a shock!

Leswick II said:

One thing you could do, is to sink your body into L. Mead....well that's what we did when there was water and it was a nice R&R. I'm pretty familiar with Vegas, being stationed at the nearby AF base....that was like a previous lifetime....back in mid 70's. Silly me, that was different Vegas....appx 35K folk....as today is over 2 million. Those days me and my buddies could walk into Jerry's Nugget and the pit boss would address us by name....never happen today. Those days they had 99 cents steak and eggs. :-D

Well, not going to add salt to the wound....showing you a pic from Crater Lake with snow on the ground....indeed, in June.

But I'll share a little story. Had a bfast at the base one day and took an apple with me and drove to LVG. Don't ask how hot it was.....low humidity tho. I must have been in town 2-3hrs and on the way back to the base, my hand sort of slipped and my fingers simply went through the apple - yep totally cooked. It was a wake up point.

Stay cool and hope you win some cashola while there.

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I have been coming to Las Vegas on average every other year. Early on it was between business and personal pleasure. Lately, it was visiting retired friends. I have been here in all different seasons, but never been this hot.

I've been thru the Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Red Rock National Park, Dead Valley, Valley of Fire, etc. Noticeably, the water level of L. Mead kept receding. It's a matter of time that it would affect the Dam's ability to generate electricity.

30 years ago, I was looking for real estate investment in Vegas and was turned off with the prospect of electricity/water issues that may come up. But I am sure if I had bought, I would have sold them long before.

Victor Engel said:

DMKAlex said:

I probably have picked the worst time to visit Las Vegas where temperature hovers 110 to 120F. Even at night, it is still 100 plus.

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

And I thought the 90F temperature last month in New York was bad . . .

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Last time I was in Las Vegas, I was just changing planes. There was some renovation or something going on, so we had to deplane outside to get to the other plane. I think the temperature officially that day was 117, probably significantly warmer on the tarmac. What a shock!

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After dinner last night, we decided to visit some casinos where the a/c was always so cold. When we left after midnight, the car still registered 110F. I thought that I would have melted before I reached the car in the garage.

One thing I've done with Christmas lights that you could do with Las Vegas lights is put on a fast telephoto lens wide open and then manual focus so the blur of lights slowly comes into focus over maybe a ten second time span. It's like an abstract art project where your goal is an interesting composition. Then you could bank those shots and use them for something in the future.

if you ducked in and out of an air conditioned space, you could shoot five minutes at a time. 110 at night is really not that bad if you dress for it. I was just out yesterday, loading and unloading musician gear in the 110 degree sun here in Tucson. Before going outside in the heat, I always drink a bottle of Body Armor Lyte, or other electrolyte drink.

Rokinon/Samyang make an 85mm F/1.4 for M43 that's pretty cheap. The colors are a little washed out compared to a good lens, but you can mitigate that by using a "standard" picture profile instead of the "natural" profile were advised to use. If you want to see how the 85mm looks, google "We Come Home - Duncan Stitt" on YouTube. I used the 85mm wide open on a monopod for the lights, and a 20mm prime, handheld, using the neck strap as a third point of contact, for the roving house shots. All shots were with a GX85.

I used a wand on the focus ring of the lens, to make it easier to do a gradual focus transition. The one I used is called LensShifter. You can also use them for zooming.

uncle dunc said:

if you ducked in and out of an air conditioned space, you could shoot five minutes at a time. 110 at night is really not that bad if you dress for it. I was just out yesterday, loading and unloading musician gear in the 110 degree sun here in Tucson. Before going outside in the heat, I always drink a bottle of Body Armor Lyte, or other electrolyte drink.

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I don't know how you can do it in 110F. I have problem walking 200 ft from where I parked my car to the restaurant.

Last night, I parked my car in Treasure Island (free self-parking) and walked to Mirage to say farewell to the soon to be demolished hotel/casino. That 10 minutes walk was very painful.

The heat prohibited me from walking the Strip on this trip to Las Vegas. But I wanted to see the Sphere.

It is one the the newest tourist scenes in Las Vegas. My last night here and the temperature, after dinner was 108F. Not bad, at least is below 110F. I followed the guidance from my search and ended up at the big parking lot looking at the Sphere.

It is really nice to see. Although it is no more than some thousands of seamless curvature TV's, it is still really amazing up close. The music was good too (I duded Les Mis to drown out the noise of the other audience's shouting and yelling). I filmed for about 10 minutes and had to go back to the air conditioned car.

DMKAlex said:

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

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Gee, I was hoping you were going to tell us how the internal fans of the GH6 kept the camera cool enough for you to take a few clips and not overheat.

To the fairest,

Eris

dgbarar said:

DMKAlex said:

I was thinking of using my Gh6 to shoot some footages of the the strip at night. But the minute I stepped out of the car, it's like sticking my heat into a burning oven. My camera was too hot to hold. I immediately lost all interest to do anything. I removed the camera from the car and hope that the heat had not damage it.

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Gee, I was hoping you were going to tell us how the internal fans of the GH6 kept the camera cool enough for you to take a few clips and not overheat.

To the fairest,

Eris

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I did use the camera for about 15 minutes last night (see the Sphere) and had no issue.

DMKAlex said:

I did use the camera for about 15 minutes last night (see the Sphere) and had no issue.

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Hi Alex:

Thank you. I have always been curious about just how long a GH series camera can go in extreme heat as I live in Phoenix--it's hot here as well. My X-H2S will get an overheat warning in about 10 minutes if left on and not recording anything. What I have to do is record several short duration clips and then turn the camera off.

Looking to make a change in cameras to deal with the heat. With an internal fan, the GH7 may be a possibility. Have you tested (or how long do you think) could record at these plus 100º F temperatures?

To the fairest,

Eris

dgbarar said:

DMKAlex said:

I did use the camera for about 15 minutes last night (see the Sphere) and had no issue.

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Hi Alex:

Thank you. I have always been curious about just how long a GH series camera can go in extreme heat as I live in Phoenix--it's hot here as well. My X-H2S will get an overheat warning in about 10 minutes if left on and not recording anything. What I have to do is record several short duration clips and then turn the camera off.

Looking to make a change in cameras to deal with the heat. With an internal fan, the GH7 may be a possibility. Have you tested (or how long do you think) could record at these plus 100º F temperatures?

To the fairest,

Eris

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I haven't used the camera in the extreme heat. After it sat in the trunk for 2 days, the camera was too hot to hold and I took it back inside the house to cool off.

I used it for around 15 minutes when the outside temperature was around 110F and it worked fine.

I have no desire to shoot anything with that kind of heat. Sorry I can't tell you more because I am back at 70F San Diego now. I heard that the hot wave is moving east when I am heading home to New York.

Take a drive to Mt. Charleston..Lots to photograph and probably cooler with the altitude....

Outof focus said:

Take a drive to Mt. Charleston..Lots to photograph and probably cooler with the altitude....

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I left Las Vegas a couple of days ago. I just checked Weather Channel, Mt. Charleston is about 35-40F cooler than Las Vegas. Not sure I want to go there just to avoid the heat. But it seems to be photogenic in the winter where snow covers the terrain.

DMKAlex said:

Outof focus said:

Take a drive to Mt. Charleston..Lots to photograph and probably cooler with the altitude....

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I left Las Vegas a couple of days ago. I just checked Weather Channel, Mt. Charleston is about 35-40F cooler than Las Vegas. Not sure I want to go there just to avoid the heat. But it seems to be photogenic in the winter where snow covers the terrain.

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I like to photograph the abandoned mines...Hard to find with the foliage , but its the thrill of the hunt...NOT TO GO INSIDE...Winter time is pretty easy to find, especially slugging through the snow...

I had just spend 2 weeks on the west coast trying out my new set up. I have the GH6 and the new Dell G15 laptop. I planed to shoot a lot, but between enjoying my new grandson and the heat in Las Vegas, I had a very limited chance of using the camera.

But it did give me a chance to try out the new work flow.

For still, I have switched to electronic shutter and found it a lot better with the action shots that I fired a high speed continuous mode.

The transfer of files to the computer was amazingly fast with the USB-C directly connection to the camera. It also recharges the camera's battery while I work on the video/photos.

The Dell works just fine without much worry of overheating.

I am comfortable with the new setup and look forwards to the fall when have some oversea trips planned.

Greetings from Cambodia, where we had a similar heat waves a few weeks ago

my advice : avoid thermic shock by keeping air con in car, hotel room to a minimum = highest temperature and dry mode

you can use the same trick we used to shoot snow storm in Canada : roll down window and stay inside the car, dont drive and shoot at same time obviously

night and early morning is usually the coolest

i have seen on internet cooling vest with battery powered fans, never tried it

you may consider keeping the camera in a thermos bag with ice pack (ziplocked to avoid condensation ? ) not tested

i refuse assignments outside if above 40 C (110 F i think)

drink plenty of water and electrolytes

ps : none of my flashes work well above 32 C could be the 80 % humidity or high temp

My 100 Riels (two cents)