OK, My love for the T2I is starting to fade a bit. We had a full day shoot that was broken up into four 2 hour demonstrations. We used the Canon XHA1 as the primary camera and used the T2I as b-roll. During the 1st segment the T2I overheated twice. I shot 78 sequences non of them more than :30 seconds long. I think its good to note that we were shooting in a greenhouse and the temperature was pushing 80 some degrees. We then moved over to an indoor conference room that was AC controlled and quite nice. I only shot about a dozen clips in this room and again it overheated. To make a long story short during the next 2 segments, both being in a very cool environment it overheated another 2- 3 times and I never shot more that 30-40 clips in the remaining segments. I also should note that we had lunch break and the camera sat for a good hour before the last two segments. We were able to get everything we needed but it is very frustrating to not know when or if it will overheat. As i said it my last post regarding the T2I, it should NOT be your primary camera. I have decided to contact Canon today and I will let you guys know what I find out. I am hoping it is something stupid like it needs a firmware update or that maybe I just have a bad camera. If anybody out there has any suggestions or info regarding this problem please feel free to post. Thanks.
Joe
This is a problem I have to do more research into, appreciation for the article.
Wonderful information! I have been previously trying to find something similar to this for a little bit now. Many thanks!
You can’t examine the teeth of a gift horse.
I wasn’t in the market for a still camera. I bought a still camera that Canon claims can shoot stills and video. I was plenty aware of it’s limitations; length of recording, compressed shooting format, it’s not a true video camera. I get all that, what I was attempting to do was share my experiences using this camera. I don’t consider the addition of video a gift from Canon. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to believe that it is capabile of doing what Canon claims it can do.