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Noted Joe. Thanks.
How long was it in the bag before you found it in this condition?
How long was it in the bag before you found it in this condition?
Noted Joe. Thanks.
How long was it in the bag before you found it in this condition?
@jsrockitt and BillBingham2: If I'm out with any of my film cameras I leave them in the bag unless I'm taking a picture. They wouldn't overheat if I'd left them switched on while in the bag anyway.
Which is what the OP had done with the digital camera as the OP wasn't using it at the time, and it still heated up so:
Film cameras 1 Digital cameras 0.
lol.
Simply set the camera to turn off automatically after 2 minutes. It's in the menu somewhere.
Your camera was on and probably trying to continually autofocus in a dark, insulated bag.
I wouldn't sweat it Joe. My Nex-7 has a message printed on the camera behind the flip down screen that says: The surface of the camera may get warm when the power is on for a long time. This is not a malfunction.
Use the auto off function and you'll be fine. Start up can't be that long that it'd be a problem for you while out shooting. Can it?
I have my auto off set and I still shut it down myself most times.
One rainy day in Reims I put my E2, complete with 15mm soft release, under my jacket as we walked down the hill into town.Perhaps while it was in the bag it, the shutter release might have been activated and it was trying to take a series of very long exposures. That would heat the sensor up. I've done that with my cameras and drained the battery. Having a soft release exacerbated the problem.
thinking about it...maybe the battery is bad...i had the original new battery, the 's' model in there.
@jsrockitt and BillBingham2: If I'm out with any of my film cameras I leave them in the bag unless I'm taking a picture. They wouldn't overheat if I'd left them switched on while in the bag anyway.
i don't like using that auto turn off...prefer to shut er down on my own...this has been a first time blunder on my part and hopefully the last time as well.
Why not? You can still shut it off on your own and this would have prevented your issue. Turning the camera on and off between shots is generally faster than waking it from sleep in my experience.
Unfortunately, I've found it's pretty easy to inadvertently switch on Fuji cameras when replacing or removing from the camera bag...at least it's pretty easy for me to do so.
Unfortunately, I've found it's pretty easy to inadvertently switch on Fuji cameras when replacing or removing from the camera bag...at least it's pretty easy for me to do so.