Monday, May 10, 2010

We're developing a short video series of bar "tips" written by comedian Kendra Cunningham. Recently, we shot the first installment of the series with the Canon 7D. I'm happy with the way the footage looks, though I'm a little disappointed that the 7D overheats so quickly. The lights heated things up a bit, but I'm guessing the space was no warmer than 75 degrees (within Canon's suggested temperate range). We only had an hour to get the shots we needed, so the camera was on and going for most of it. Keeping the LCD dim/off or going to an external monitor seems to help, but I hope they figure this issue out for future generations of DSLR's. I've read a lot of other comments about this issue on various forums, and some have even suggested shooting with the camera on an ice pack.