deepbluejh wrote: Zenon Char wrote: deepbluejh wrote:
What a huge, embarrasing, self-inflicted wound for Canon. It didn't have to be this way. They could have crushed the entire market at this price point and stood toe to toe with the A7SIII. As is, just another slap in the face for Canon video shooters.
Has the artificial FW time limit been proven?
The testing by the guy in China all but proves it, yes..
Cliffnotes for those who didn't bother to read the article.
1. The CPU does not have proper cooling. In fact, it doesn't even have its own heatsink.
2. The CPU, while its the hottest part of the camera, does not even get that hot before it enters "shutdown" mode.
3. Improving internal cooling had no effect on recording time limits
4. External ambient temperatures had no effect on recording time limits
5. Recording without memory cards to an external recorder exploits a loophole and allows the user to bypass artificial recording limits imposed by the firmware.
Bottom line, the recording limits of this camera are in no way a result of the thermal limitations of the camera. It is software based.
Do we know about the guy in China. Who is he? You trust him? I'm only asking as there where other videos I watched where someone used a thermal measuring device and it did heat up. The fellow from China said it didn't heat up and that change he made did not make that much of a difference.
I'm only asking because people on forums where asking how they going to resolve the heat issue with this small of a body. According to this guy bad design, no heatsink, etc and yet it does not heat up. How is that possible?
It very well may be that some fishy going on Something does not make sense to me at this point. I'd like a second opinion like Lens Rentals.
Aug 11, 2020 at 11:25 AM
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