Apogee engineers take this line and not so much the sensor but the soldered connections etc - they don't want thermal shock.
But really I have seen no evidence in my camera or others that there is a real problem here. I think its a case of engineers being conservative and protecting against an imaginary problem.
Slow cooling and slow warmup is for the birds for those who use equipment that takes more than 2 seconds to work before they get impatient! - --- uhm thats me.!!
I love my Apogee camera but the slow cooling does annoy me and causes some delays at times. The new firmware has sped it up but still you have to plan if you want to take dusk flats. A warm camera gives useless flats.
Greg.
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Originally Posted by Gama
Mike, turning the power off at -35 is fine, as it will take time to warm up. But going from 26.5 deg to -35 in a minute or 2, isnt a good idea. Kodak may be basing there response on a warm up temp range, and not out right "Flat out" hot to cold thermal transfer.
Still, gota love them cameras..
Theo
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