06.11.2017
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my Sony a1 was overheating big time – not sure how it’s marketing because it’s about as expensive of a camera as possible without buying an fx9,…
[…] Andrew-lazarev.com theorizes that your camera isn’t overheating at all, or it’s overheating on purpose, and they make a pretty good case. The reason Sony would do this is to promote more expensive cameras. On their website, it says that normal cameras aren’t made for nonstop videoing and you must buy a Sony video camera if you want that. However, as mentioned in Andrew Lazarev’s article, objects don’t cool down instantly, and yet if you turn your camera off and on again, the overheating message vanishes for yet another 40 minutes. Also, some of the more expensive cameras have an option deep in the settings called “Do not turn off the camera by overheating.” It does give you a warning about danger, but if the overheating was so urgent that it required your camera to shut down, then they wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) have created this option at all. […]
great article I would’ve not thought about it being marketing related, really plosible thanks I was having doubts to buy the Sony a6400
a6400 doesn’t overheat – it has passive cooling interface.