Yesterday I was using my 5D3 with the 70-200 F/4 IS as a hand held video camera to shoot a blues band at an outdoor blues festival. It was a warm day and the camera got a bit warm from being in the direct sun.
After shooting a minute or two of short video clips, I got the bright idea to shoot some stills without stopping the video recording - just wanted to see how that worked. After a few shots, the camera locked up. No LED or LCD display, no response to any controls. Switched off and on again.... still dead.
I took out the battery for a few seconds and put it back in.... still dead. Checked to see if the mirror was locked up and it was not.
I walked back to my gear bag, where my assistant was watching the primary tripod mounted camera, and replaced the battery with the backup battery. Everything worked fine then and I was able to record the rest of the performance. When I wanted to shoot some stills, I switched out of video mode first.
I was suspicious that the third-party battery might have been at fault, so when I got home I put it back in the camera and everything worked fine.
I guess the camera just had a temporary nervous breakdown from being asked to do too many things at once!
I am still pretty new to the world of video - first time this has happened to me. Has this happened to you?
After shooting a minute or two of short video clips, I got the bright idea to shoot some stills without stopping the video recording - just wanted to see how that worked. After a few shots, the camera locked up. No LED or LCD display, no response to any controls. Switched off and on again.... still dead.
I took out the battery for a few seconds and put it back in.... still dead. Checked to see if the mirror was locked up and it was not.
I walked back to my gear bag, where my assistant was watching the primary tripod mounted camera, and replaced the battery with the backup battery. Everything worked fine then and I was able to record the rest of the performance. When I wanted to shoot some stills, I switched out of video mode first.
I was suspicious that the third-party battery might have been at fault, so when I got home I put it back in the camera and everything worked fine.
I guess the camera just had a temporary nervous breakdown from being asked to do too many things at once!
I am still pretty new to the world of video - first time this has happened to me. Has this happened to you?