Tilta has announced the EOS R5 Cooling Kit, an external fan accessory plus camera cage for the Canon EOS R5. This comes in the midst of heavy discussions on the recording limitations of Canon’s new 8K and 4K mirrorless cameras R5 and R6 due to overheating. A seemingly strange product announcement indeed, but it certainly won’t be the last of its kind. Canon followed up their exciting R5 and R6 announcement with the caveats of limited recording times. 8K limited to 3/10/20 minute recording times (depending on how long you wait) as well as caps on the 4K high speed options. What are Canon’s suggestions? – Enable Overheat Control setting (caps recording formats in standby mode) – Power down between takes – Keep out of direct sunlight – Use an external fan Tilta has made quick work of the latter. The Tilta EOS R5 Cooling Kit is a cooling board with 7-blade, 6200 RPM fan powered externally by USB-C. It mounts onto the back of the R5 in the cavity left by the open swing away monitor. There is an on board temperature sensor that determines when the fan needs to operate (…all the time?). It attaches to the camera through the Tilta Tactical Cage. As you would expect, said cage hugs the camera top, bottom and both sides, offering up an array of industry-standard threads, two cold mounts and what looks like a pass-through wheel for the R5 top scroll wheel (neat). Canon EOS R5/EOS R6 Overheating – Recording Times....
Published By: CineD - Monday, 27 July, 2020