Bringing T2i from really cold to really warm

Canuker

Canuker

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Im not sure if this is a stupid question or not but im going to ask anyway.

Say im filming outside (-20 celcius) and I bring my camera directly indoors (19 celcius...almost a 40 degree difference in temp) should i be worried about any condensation issues with the camera? i.e. water getting in the lense.

My first thought was no. i didnt even consider this until my comm tech teacher warned me about it. Initially I shrugged it off, i just though of the countless ski and snowboard filmers who use t2i's and other HD DLSR cameras. Then i figured i should just ask...because i really dont want to hurt my baby (t2i)
 
Well some people say you should keep in inside your photo bag for like 30min since it will warm up slowly and not too fast. But I can't really tell since I haven't shot skiing enough.
 
Dont worry about it. Yes, your lens will fog up. If you have a filter on, then only the filter will fog up. Or at least thats how it has been with my experience. Once your inside, just take a micro fiber cloth and wipe it down and you should be good to go.
 
Ive had mine out at -30 for hours for timelapses and shes still trucking. It gets fucking soaked when i bring it in. I get so worried every time it's dripping but nothing bad so far.
 
leave it in a camera bag that is already cold so it warms up slowly. its your parts expanding inside that you dont want. i dont take the risk. never open it in doors until about 3 hours min.
 
What i would do on the real cold nights of filming urban with my xha1 is wrap it in a plastic bag before you bring it in and leave it in your camera bag for a while. the bag makes it so no moisture from the air inside (a lot wetter than cold winter air for the most part) can condense on your gear.
 
I take my 60d from -40C at Trembs to +30 in the lodge and its fine. The only things that cold affects, at least to my knowledge, is your memory cards (can malfunction) and batteries (they last a shorter amount of time).
 
well seeing as the t2i is not weather sealed in any way shape or form, you REALLY have to worry about condensation getting into the cam and fucking it up. leave it in a bag for a while (like an hour) before taking it out
 
that is such an unbeleivably invalid argument. I sell cameras for a living and we also sell guaranty's. So many clients tell me they never had any problems,therefore theres no risk, makes me want to smack them behind the head.

In your case you have observed that over the course of 5 times, your camera is fine. I beleive you, repeat this action over a period of 100 or even 1000 times and you will get an idea of weather or not there is actualy a risk. You tested it 5 times, lets say out of the 100 times we test it, 50 of them break. From your batch of observations you conclude that they never break, but in reality they break 50% of the time. maybee if we continue your test over 10 times, those values will start to show.

Conclusion: your basing yourself on a far too small research group to reach a valid conclusion. There is even a high chance that your conclusion, although loosly provable by your information, is actualy false when realy tested and observed.

solution: buy 100 cameras and apply cold to hot tests, or bag the shit out of your camera, wait a few hours before fucking up an expensive piece of gear.

solution 3: let mommy and daddy pay for a new camera again when you break the one you have!
 
I can add a good 10 to the - 30 nights and at least 20-30 on just regular cold winter nights. No problems so far.

It's his gear let him do what he wants with it.
 
Is it cool to just put the camera in a camera bag and leave it to warm? and if it does get condensation inside the lens/body is it ruined? or how would you sort it? just leave it?
 
dude the OP made the thread asking for the best way to treat his gear. You suggested something and so did MatRich, dont get butt hurt because his logic is good and yours is flawed.
 
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