R1 Overheating issues

[OldDudePhotog]

I have not performed the update, did not know it was out. I'll check it out

 

[plusnq]

I still get the overheating issue in hot weather with precapture turned on and shooting fairly constantly at Water Polo outdoors in direct sun. Yesterday with 34C (93f) I could shoot for two games before the camera shuts down. There are about 45 minutes of game time per game and 9 minutes of rest during each game. The camera will recover in about 10-15 minutes in the shade. I haven't had any issues with precapture turned off. Cooler weather or indoors shooting doesn't seem to be an issue. I haven't upgraded the firmware as I always wait a month or two before updating. Even with this issue, in these conditions, it is still the camera I go to first for Water Polo.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I have updated my camera, I have a track meet next weekend that will last all day long. It will likely be a good opportunity to test precapture and heating as long as the weather is warm.

 

[docsmith]

I still get the overheating issue in hot weather with precapture turned on and shooting fairly constantly at Water Polo outdoors in direct sun. Yesterday with 34C (93f) I could shoot for two games before the camera shuts down. There are about 45 minutes of game time per game and 9 minutes of rest during each game. The camera will recover in about 10-15 minutes in the shade. I haven't had any issues with precapture turned off. Cooler weather or indoors shooting doesn't seem to be an issue. I haven't upgraded the firmware as I always wait a month or two before updating. Even with this issue, in these conditions, it is still the camera I go to first for Water Polo.

I am curious, are you seeing any image degradation prior to shutdown?

 

[plusnq]

No.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I shot a track meet last night and used precapture, but the weather was only in teh 50s so it was not a good test. I did not see any heating at all.

 

[Kbow_photo]

Did the 1.0.2 firmware update that, "Optimizes the timing of the camera's display of its internal camera temperature warning indicator," help?

I havent had it out, I have a big event next week at Long Beach which it will get heavy use. Ill get back to you.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I used mine the other day but the weather wound up being thick clouds and low 70s and all was fine. I believe the weather is supposed to be warmer this weekend where I have another track meet to shoot and will report back on what I find.

 

[OldDudePhotog]

I shot the track meet last Saturday and was outside in direct sunlight from 10 am to 6 pm, the weather ranged from 70 in the morning to 86 in the afternoon. I was using precapture most of the day and shot about 15k pictures. I never saw the temperature bar during this event, and was shooting pretty consistently throughout the day. The camera body felt noticeably warm in my hand all afternoon, and I feel like I would have seen the temp bar with the previous firmware. The only thing to report is the camera did lock up one time while shooting but a power cycle with the switch brought it back. The viewfinder was stuck as if it were trying to take a picture and no button presses would do anything to change what I was seeing in it.