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Sony A55 and A33 Overheating Problems

September 30, 2010 By Eric Reagan

Sony has issued a statement concerning an overheating issue with the new Sony A55 and A33 translucent mirror cameras.

The problem arises from the CMOS sensor overheating in certain temperature ranges.  Sony has put together a chart that provides an idea of max recording times under certain environmental conditions.  You can check it out below.

Sony A33 and A55 Overheating

Obviously, image stabilization is a big problem for shooting long clips.

Frankly, I don’t see this as a major issue that’s any different from other cameras.  I’ve had 5D Mark II and 7D cameras shutdown from overheating on me before, so it’s nothing unique to Sony.

[Sony]

Filed Under: Sony Tagged With: a33, a55, digital camera, dslr, photography, Sony

 

Comments

  1. Sky says

    September 30, 2010 at 2:32 am

    It’s the same as all other DSLRs, and nothing new – problem was known in the day of release.

    But unlike eg. Nikon D3100 – you can disable the stabilization and record up to half an hour of video, while in Nikon without stabilization max what you get is 10 minutes, no matter what you do. And what’s worse – there’s no info about it on official Nikon website!

  2. hector says

    December 15, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    this is from the manual:

    Camera overheating. Allow it to
    cool.
    • The camera has become hot
    because you have been shooting
    continuously.
    Turn the power off. Cool the
    camera and wait until the camera
    is ready to shoot again.

    this no only happens with video, taken pictures for along period of time too.-

    regards! sorry for my english

  3. hector says

    December 15, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    this is from sone esupport, please read carefully:

    Recording high-definition movies or SHOTTING STILLS images continuously at a high speed with the APS-C size image sensor requires a large amount of power. Therefore, if you keep recording continuously, the temperature inside the camera, especially the image sensor, will increase. As the increase in temperature would affect the image quality and overload the internal system of the camera, the camera is designed to turn off automatically.

    AND THIS:

    Note: The continuous movie recording time varies depending on the ambient temperature and the camera’s usage status before recording. If you turn on the camera and keep using it for composing the subject or SHOTTING STILL images, the temperature inside the camera increases and the recording time may be shorter than those listed in the table below.

    HERE THE LINK:

    http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=424&mdl=SLTA33

    Conclusion: Sony has tested very well the cameras, I think a33 and a55 are not
    a problem, we are in a new product with new tecnology inside.- we must change or mind.-

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