I've looked around and I can't find any. I was using mine today to shoot a lot of continuous outdoor footage, without cutting much in between. After about 15 minutes with a 16 GB card, the cam started to overheat. It was already hot since it was about 95 degrees out, and I was worried that the heating of it already would slow down footage. A lot of the footage had to be shot while driving so I could just turn it off, since location movement was a factor.
I turned it off once it started to overheat, waited a minute, then turned it back on, but it immediately overheated again. I used a cooling gel pack around the camera, which was recommended to me, but that does nothing! It still kept overheating a few seconds each time I tried turning it back on. I feel like my T2i was a rip off, and I need something better for shooting in hot weather conditions. I know I want to make movies, and not suppose to shoot a scene in one 12 minute take, but mine was overheating only after shooting for a couple of minutes at a time, after shooting for about 12 minutes straight that is, then starting over. I couldn't even start over for longer than two minutes after waiting a bit!
Any other DSLRs or cheap cameras under say $1000 that can shoot 24fps at 1080, where you have full manual controls over the settings like the T2i? I'm looking for one can shoot just as good. I was told the T2i can shoot better than the HV series of canon, so if that's true, than I might need something more, but don't know. I also want a camera that doesn't come with any dirty tricks to be aware of such as overheating after 15 and not being able to cool down any time soon. I tried researching all I could before I bought and still no one, nor no website I came across told me about the overheating before I bought. It seems with every expensive piece of technology there is always a con that comes with it, that is not explained often, and I would like to limit that for my next cam.
I also forgot to ask. I was told that the canon T2i shuts off after every 12 minutes to prevent overheating. However, if a DSLR does that not have that problem, is there one that can shoot 45 minutes straight with a 16 GB card?
I turned it off once it started to overheat, waited a minute, then turned it back on, but it immediately overheated again. I used a cooling gel pack around the camera, which was recommended to me, but that does nothing! It still kept overheating a few seconds each time I tried turning it back on. I feel like my T2i was a rip off, and I need something better for shooting in hot weather conditions. I know I want to make movies, and not suppose to shoot a scene in one 12 minute take, but mine was overheating only after shooting for a couple of minutes at a time, after shooting for about 12 minutes straight that is, then starting over. I couldn't even start over for longer than two minutes after waiting a bit!
Any other DSLRs or cheap cameras under say $1000 that can shoot 24fps at 1080, where you have full manual controls over the settings like the T2i? I'm looking for one can shoot just as good. I was told the T2i can shoot better than the HV series of canon, so if that's true, than I might need something more, but don't know. I also want a camera that doesn't come with any dirty tricks to be aware of such as overheating after 15 and not being able to cool down any time soon. I tried researching all I could before I bought and still no one, nor no website I came across told me about the overheating before I bought. It seems with every expensive piece of technology there is always a con that comes with it, that is not explained often, and I would like to limit that for my next cam.
I also forgot to ask. I was told that the canon T2i shuts off after every 12 minutes to prevent overheating. However, if a DSLR does that not have that problem, is there one that can shoot 45 minutes straight with a 16 GB card?
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