Why does the 7d overheat

We shut the camera off periodically to out of concern. Also I had the camera stop working in cold temperatures around This ruined a time lapse I was doing. Good warning John. Post a Comment. Thursday, October 01, Canon 7D problems with overheating? The Canon 7D has only just started arriving in the hands of users, and already there's a bit of a panic about an overheating issue.

Three users on dvinfo. It appears that the camera initially keeps shooting with the warning, but may shut off. Of the 26 samples of this camera onboard, one quarter six failed at one time or another, and while three recovered, the other three never did. If you're shooting stills, or shooting short video sequences say one or two four-five minute sequences then you should have no problems with over-heating. No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home.

Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Shooting out in the arid desert gives us the same issues. While shooting outdoors at a brisk 95 degrees, we got shut down every minutes. Maybe the lens heats up, too. I have a 7D and use a battery grip with AA cells 6 32Gig card and shoot till the card fills during interviews, never overheated and I live in Scottsdale AZ, quite hot here! We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can. Creative Communities of the World Forums The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Canon 7D Overheating Tip. Payton June 26, at pm. I hope this is a real solution and can help others. I am getting to start work on a couple pretty big projects and its sickening to think that my 7D may be defective. I've been filming with the 7D for about 6 months now, and I've had numerous overheating moments.

I film in direct sunlight usually, so I assume this is the issue for me. I don't think your camera is defective, their memory cards just overheat too easily.