Timeline for Can the sun damage the camera sensor? Under what conditions?
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| Jul 28, 2019 at 7:27 | comment | added | user97662 | i have taken videos of sunset with 500mm lens + 1.4x with 5D mark III without causing any damage. The energy density at sunset/sunrise is too small to cause serious damage to the sensors or other parts of the camera. | |
| Dec 31, 2018 at 7:59 | comment | added | Chandan Shetty SP | My camera(Canon 1300) stopped working after I left it on the beach for 20min in the hot sun (without any cover, I am such a dumb). Canon service center guys told me there is a problem with board and LCD. My suggestion is taking just photos should be fine, but don't expose to the sun for too long. | |
| Sep 4, 2017 at 6:27 | comment | added | Michael C | lensrentals.com/blog/2017/09/… | |
| Aug 21, 2017 at 0:59 | comment | added | Michael | Not sure how "long exposures" would work... when aiming directly at the sun my camera sets 1/4000s at f40... and even then, the actually disk is entirely clipping at maximum RGB values. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 11:24 | comment | added | jwenting | the problem isn't so much the metal shutter curtains as the mostly plastic parts they attach to. Metal gets hot, plastic gets hot, plastic warps or melts. But as you say, the shutter isn't exposed to the intense heat long enough for that to happen. The sensor however can be. | |
| Mar 17, 2011 at 4:15 | comment | added | Greg | Most, if not all, SLR shutter curtains are metal these days, which would get real hot, but I seriously doubt they'd burn or warp since the mirror would be down on a SLR. Mirror lockup would increase the time light could hit the shutter but still I don't think it's long enough to hurt it. Old Leica's had cloth curtains which were the origin of the story. | |
| Dec 16, 2010 at 3:14 | comment | added | mattdm | Do you have references for this? | |
| Oct 17, 2010 at 6:53 | vote | accept | tomm89 | ||
| Oct 16, 2010 at 21:46 | history | edited | Alan | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Added long exposure warning.
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| Oct 16, 2010 at 21:33 | history | answered | Alan | CC BY-SA 2.5 |