Camera gear and extreme heat
In these temps, I noticed camera gear get's very warm to touch fast. My tripod legs were super warm too. While I was driving back home yesterday, I started to think about this. Most electronics have some sort of ventilation to keep some airflow going through them, keeping electronics cooler. But cameras don't, I presume this has something to do with dusty dirty air floating around the camera sensor.
Keeping this in mind, is there a point at which damage could occur from heat? I'm not talking about sticking your camera in an oven temps (which of course will melt a camera), although it sure felt like an oven, especially at Badwater Basis!
Hottest recorded temp was 134 F, which happens to have been recorded right there at Death Valley.
So let's use that as a reference point if someone was out taking photos during temps around 134 F. Would that harm a camera?
Zabriskie Point - 91 F @ 5:50am
Devils Golf Course - 109 F @ 9:30am
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Nikon Shooter wrote: What a horrible thing, heat!
Extreme heat is not for me!
I'm with you on this one. No thank you. I bet the pool water at hotels out there is so warm.
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