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Bryan Mitchell · October 20th, 2003, 02:41 PM

I know I'm not suppose to point the camera at the sun, but will it hurt my camera to point it at bright lights? Is too much light bad for my camera? How bad?

Rob Lohman · October 21st, 2003, 01:57 PM

Anything with too in it is too much <g> ... Gradually increasing
light might indicate what will be the maximum. Ofcourse ND
filters help out here

Alex Dunn · October 21st, 2003, 03:19 PM

I've never experimented to the point of permanent damage, but I would think if you've done damage it would be immediately obvious. The only thing to damage would be the CCD. Having a general knowledge of science, I would say there are few lights around that studio that have the same properties as the sun, and therefore I would venture to guess that we'll be ok. I've personally done a slow pan by a 10K at night with no damage to my GL2.

I'm sure someone at Canon could tell you just how much a CCD can take??

Bryan Mitchell · October 21st, 2003, 05:34 PM

Alright. Thanks.

October 20th, 2003, 02:41 PM	#1
Bryan Mitchell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 316	Looking at light. I know I'm not suppose to point the camera at the sun, but will it hurt my camera to point it at bright lights? Is too much light bad for my camera? How bad?

October 21st, 2003, 01:57 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Anything with too in it is too much <g> ... Gradually increasing light might indicate what will be the maximum. Ofcourse ND filters help out here __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 21st, 2003, 03:19 PM	#3
Alex Dunn Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 202	I've never experimented to the point of permanent damage, but I would think if you've done damage it would be immediately obvious. The only thing to damage would be the CCD. Having a general knowledge of science, I would say there are few lights around that studio that have the same properties as the sun, and therefore I would venture to guess that we'll be ok. I've personally done a slow pan by a 10K at night with no damage to my GL2. I'm sure someone at Canon could tell you just how much a CCD can take??

October 21st, 2003, 05:34 PM	#4
Bryan Mitchell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 316	Alright. Thanks.