Bought the rig, opened the screen, the battery was exhausted and the SD card filled up shooting 4k with no overheating! Thanks man!

This guy actually gave a good tips to overcome the problem that others seems just to rant about! Thank bro, this is what I've been looking for!

BTW, turning OFF WiFi helps a lot.

Sony should watch this video and should feel embarrassed at their engineering.

The main tool that I use to help with overheating is talked about at 4:21 for those of you wanting to jump to that part.

Great tips dude! Thank you very much!

That was really helpful. Thanks a bunch!

Definitely good tips. I had overheating issues with my a6000 the one time I used it to record during a 20min+ session.I was already planning to buy that exact same cage. So an additional reason for me to buy it. Once I had will do a comparison with and without.

You deserved more views. Subscribed! And thanks for the useful tips!

An informative and very well produced video. Thanks Michael.

Wonderful, awesome tip.

Handy to see the Smallrig cage on the 6300 here, I was kinda thinking about picking one up anyway, but that's a definite added bonus with the heat dissipation.

Hi cameraguy, thanks A lot for your helpful tips! Do you know whether it is better to use external batteries instead of the 220V power charge cable if I do inside video recording, concerning the overheating issues?

Great tips, thank you! I really like to shot with the A6300 (especially on my moza air gimbal), but the overheating is an issue on hot summer outdoor shoots. Did you try the firmware update too?

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am buying this rig using ur link.

I respect the ingenuity of you trying to solve this cameras problems. however, the fact that this video is NOT a parody of the camera's inherent engineering issues is a parody in itself.

simple and brillant. thank you mr guy!

My inner geek was very excited to hear about the cage conducting heat away from the camera. My dad would have figured this out. He was a machinist but could have been an engineer. Great tips for any camera I would think. Thanks

Great video! Also using adapters and adapted lenses on my a6000 was a huge help. I got about 3 hours in a room environment with just a commlite and sigma 17-50 ef mount, as well as a Nikon adapter and Nikon zoom sitting on a tripod swapping batteries, didn't even open the battery door between swaps, screen was open.

Great video - I use my A7s with a small rig cage and external power with very affordable Sony L series batteries and it's a great setup for video. Would use a similar setup on something like the A6300 which I hope to purchase in the near future.

Thank you for the helpful video. I have canon dslr cameras which have no acess to use external mic. I haven't got any help. Do you mind to give me any advice how to solve the problem by using any helpful gear if they is any available? Thanks.

Hey, nice Tips. Very appreciated! Can you tell if it is possible to record 45-50 minutes without overheating or even shutdown using these tricks?

thanks for all the info bro. it helps a lot, God bless...

this is very helpful and smart. THANKS.

Thank you this was super helpful!

Someone needs to make a watercooled cage for the camera lol these solutions are pretty impractical for most situations.

good tips. enjoy your a6300. love my a6000

Hi! Thanks 4 the info, do you think it works with the a5100?

Coo! I know my A6000 sucks in O.H. Now i have 6300 still O.H,..I tried over the screen and battery door, is same. I will try the cage next lol. Thanks for the tips bro. Sub'd!

I am very much considering buying this camera. As a complete novice to film making (and currently applying to film school when I retire) this camera was suggested to me by a friend going to UH film school and your video helped me greatly and gave me confidence its a solid purchase at this price point. Thanks so much for your video and the tips. All will be used and can't wait to film my first short.

Hello camera guy, other then RIG can i use L plate to minimize my a6000 overheat coz i cant find the smallrig in my country

Very Helpful..Thank you....!!!

I plan on buying this camera. I don't plan on using 4k often; but if i do, i would have recording times of about 5 minutes more or less. Would overheating be an issue that i should worry about?

First off I'm using a slightly older Sony camera(I wanted to pick up a 2nd camera that would give me a full frame field of view with speedbooster for vlogging and b-roll, a little throw around cine camera) that also had heating issues and fits into the same cage. So first off I actually opted for a grey/silver variant because black absorbs heat out in the sun and Im not sure about the a6300 coming in other colors but felt it was worth mentioning - also the cage allows you to put a grip on the right so you're not actually touching the camera at all which helps, I hadn't thought about it as a heat sink though. Would you consider getting thermal pads to stick to the base of the camera/where the camera comes close to contacting the cage? I'm sure in black cut to size it would be discreet and turn the cage into an actual heatsink. I was considering maybe making a heatsink mount with a sheet of copper that would fit behind the screen and attach to the back of the camera where the heat is and extend out to the left and up above the camera where you could attach maybe a Zalman CNPS2X while also bolting it to the cage for added stability - active cooling that is out of the way like another accessory and they're designed to be quiet... The other thing with the high speed SD cards - thats huge and works really well.

Do you have any suggestions on a cage that can be used with the a6300 and battery grip?

Some people crying for the 4k overheating, ok, buy a nikon d5 (6000 dollars camera), can shoot 3min in 4k only... The a6300 cost 1000$ and you want all the best. Is like buy a 3000$ car but want the same as a ferrari.... If you know the limitations you can do good jobs. I have this camera and knowing that i think is the best camera in that price, slog is just magic... I came from the canon 5d mk ii and the sony is an other world. A friend have the gh4 with vlog and it's so good but i think the sony is a little bit better, and the slog its free, vlog costs him 100$. And in low light terms, a6300 is so good with an aps-c sensor. In the other hand, i like the touch screen and gh4 menus. This are the best two options for me right now, a6300 and gh4. G7 seems good but i don't now if it can shoot in vlog, for me it's important for post processing. This is my personal opinion! I'm not a sony fanboy, just a person how try to buy the best in price/quality range. I recommend it for sure, i would buy it another time! (sorry for my english)

Great tips!

What lens do you suggest for travel videos on a sony a6300 :)

Hello, i have a budget of 1300 euros almost from selling out my Nikon gear. Should i go for the a6300 sigma 16mm 1.4 and 30mm f1.4 or go for the a 6500 and only the sigma 30mm f1.4 ?? Thanks a lot in advance nice video mate !! :)

Great reviews and suggestions! I recently purchased a sony a7sii and love it, so much that I sold my nikon d810 to buy another sony. My question is would you replace a full frame with a full frame with another as7sii or should I save a bit a coin and go with the a6300 ?

Great tips!Thinking about upgrading my 6000k for the 6300. Looking for a do it all len, what do you recommend?

Excellent video and very helpful. I'm trying to downscale my camera equipment from an FS5 and a7sII to a pair of a6300's and this video has been great. I bought the small rig cage and changed the batteries every 29 minutes and 50 seconds. I've now recorded indoors for 90 minutes without any overheating warnings. I think the combination of the cage and battery swapping is a good fix for the overheating problem, at least indoors at room temperature (72 degrees). I didn't leave the battery door open, I've just used the SmallRig cage and done battery swapping. Hopefully Sony releases a firmware update to address the issue so battery swapping isn't necessary. Just as a side note. Using Class 10 U1 cards works in 4k recording on the a6300 but overheating occurs earlier than using Class 10 U3 cards. Class 10 U1 cards record 4K video on the FS5 and a7sII without any problems.

This was helpful, thanks. Another approach - if you are doing long interviews or similar - is to connect the camera via HDMI to a Blackmagic Mini Monitor or similar and a laptop and record externally using Davinci Resolve. This way the camera is powered and records externally. You still need to keep a battery inside though - the camera will still use it a tiny bit - even if it doesn't look like it. Other thoughts are - recording UHD uses LESS power than HD because the processor does less and as others say in the comments - turning wifi off helps.

Very good video!!

Thanks for the tips. My step are the Canon 5D Mark III and Sony a6300.

cage would also help when hand held as it would take your hand off the grip and alloy airflow in-between camera and your skin

hi - I just found a Dummy battery and charging lead that I used to use to externally charge my Sony NEX5n will using that help. PS the link you provided for the 'Small Rig' Cage doesn't work.

Great advice.

This is very helpful but I want to be able to take really long single takes so swapping out the batteries isn't an option. But opening the battery door and screen is a great idea!

The cage also keeps your warm hands off the body of the camera. There are inexpensive handles that attach to the cage that will help even more. Great video... Thanks.

Great video, but did you get 3h of recording out of it?

I am doing research on buying a new camera. This was one of my top picks until i found out about the heating issues.

Great tips

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND I LIKE THE WHITE BALANCE OF THE VIDEO

Ive no doubt there will be many thinking why should I have to go to all this trouble to make the camera work properly. Shouldn't it be able to do all that Sony state without this extra hassle? Well of course it should, however these are great tips, effective work arounds to get the most out of the A6300 capabilities. Thanks for sharing.

Have just ordered this camera and now learning of this design fault so feel a bit meh. Does the camera only overheat in recording mode? Like if you are out and about shooting GVs now and again or filming a short film where the camera is not always constantly in record mode? The cage does seem like a good tip to overcome the issue.

How long can you record on 1080p and how long on 4k continuously without overheating(in average)??

Nice Ideas! Keep it up.

Thank you for this. I'm currently considering whether to get this a6300 or a Canon 80D, for its AF capability in video. Hope you get the chance to test this methods outdoors too. As for other folks pointing out that Sony shouldn't have released a half perfect product, I think we all agree, but no need to put down anyone who's trying to share a tip or two on making it work.

use compress air to cool it down it work for me

Great Info, Thanks :)

Thanks, man!

I'm in the market to get a A6300, would you say shooting 1-4minute clips on and off would still cause overheating? Cause so far I've been hearing people who record over 10+minutes have the overheating issue. So my assumption is the camera wouldnt overheat if I'm doing small clips every 2-4mins. What do you think?

Can you do a review of the Sony a6400? thanks JC.

thanks for this!

awesome, thanks

This is brilliant and you're the only person online who covered this. Thanks for the video!!!

Cool video and very helpful information. Spend a grand for overheating problems and a half-hour at that. Investing in a Canon 80d as a rookie probably better for me but no 4k.

People want a consumer and non-professional camera to have the same capabilities as other professional-quality cameras! Anyway, these examples given here to avoid overheating seem valid to me especially if the grip is aluminum as it is a good heat sink! Removing the battery cover and moving the rear LCD away from the camera body is good advice! If this camera had EVF like my Sony A7 it would be enough to configure the EVF and turn off the rear LCD. EVF produces less heat because its consumption is lower.

Hi, Though I only own a Nex 5t anx Nex 7, what I did is just paste a thin Copper piece on the back with heat transfer adhesive, only setback is you can't close the LCD panel completely, but I never encounter any overheating issue there after, now my only problem is the video stop recording after the file size hit 2Gb. Does this 2Gb limit issue happen on A6300? Cheers.

Thanks for sharing

Makes sense. I have not experienced overheating with my a6300 yet. That said I may still buy this for other reasons. What cage is this?

I’m having a major issue with the camera humming during my recording. I don’t know what else to do to try to fix this😩😩

Do you think if you shoot in 1080 30 fps it can get up to two hours without problem?

what lenses do you have on the camera? and which wide angle lens would you recommend? i think you should do a video on lenses for this camera.

Hi. If I do very short rush in 4K during hours it will overheat all the same? Like 10 secondes each time? I never film during minutes.

Here is another tip; I use a Feelworld Lut7 external monitor while shooting. It is fastened to a UUrig camera cage by using the UUrig R059 camera monitor bracket (strongest bracket to the monitor). The external monitor mounts 2 sony f970 batteries on the back of the monitor. The monitor has a power out jack and I run power to the A6300 by using a dummy battery. This week I shot from 8am to 545pm straight in the Indonesian tropical sun with zero overheating problems. The 2 f970 batteries will power both the camera and monitor for 5-6 hours. You can change 1 battery out while allowing the other battery to run the monitor and camera and keep filming. I believe using the dummy battery helps reduce heat. The bottom line is I am shooting all day long in direct tropical sun and have zero heating issues with over 9 hrs continuous 4k shooting .

hello .¿ if the camera is turned on without recording. also begins to overheat ?.

Nice very helpfull video... i can see that you have the batis lens, my question is, do you recommend this lens for recording videos? i can see that it doesnt have the rotary aperture(f-stop) ring on the lens, what do you think about that? Do you think i should go with this lens or another lens??... Is it easy/usefull to controle the aperture in the camera?

I usually shoot outdoor in sunny condition. Will the Smallrig put the heat into my cam instead?

Hi, I'm planing to buy this camera. I'm shooting music videos. Because of that, I rarely make continuous shots longer that 5 minutes (just when I'm recording the singing parts). Usually, I'm turning off the recording button every 10 - 20 seconds to reframe the shot. This type of shoot can go on even an hour without a break longer than 5 minutes. Can you please tell me, under these circumstances, can I expect overheating issues??

does it only overheat when shooting 4k or also when at 1080p? Because if its only a 4k problem, then thats a non-issue for me

After 2 years, the damage has been done to this camera. I think this is what everyone will always remember with the Sony a6300. Infamously overheating. Firmware updates help but they are only a quick band-aid solution to this. The Sony a6700 or whatever next has to overcome this. Designing and implement better hardware or software to avoid overheating.

Terrific tip @that1cameraguy! Great video! I like how it also provides an external protection. Are you shooting outdoor videos and still being able to shoot that long with the sun beating on it? Mahalo much.

Does it overheat wen you record or does it overheat on standby mode aswell?

Is there overheating when livestreaming?

Hello, when you install the SmallRig Cage, can you still mount the camera with the cage to a tripod?

I don't think you mentioned the settings you used for the camera. Were you recording with 100mbps, 4K, autofocus on, etc?

would you buy the camera again knowing the overheating and the shutter roll? i'm considering it or the lumix g7...(or blackmagic pcc).

The sony A6300 stop recording after several minute/hour of recording non stop or it accumulate ?

@that1cameraguy I saw your post on the a6000 overheating fix by ifixit. Did you every try again to get past the copper heat sink?

dude thanks for your tip but I'm getting a network error how to overcome?

Gret tips!! Haters always gonna hate. F em!!! I bought 2 A6300's and have been having great results shooting video, with no overheating issues....... The A6300 bang for the buck is amazing.... 4k, slog 2 and 3.... 120 per sec internal.... and you can buy 3 of them for the price of one A7s 2........ people will say oh but its not full frame...... well neither are most of the high in cameras that shoot TV, commercial and cinema .... that cost 20-100 K and up to rig out with lenses and gear to even use them........ Keep up the good work and tips Brother. Peace CM

Do you have any solution for the dimmed display when shooting 4k or 120fps?

How about using a vertical grip, since it uses a dummy battery and also extends the camera body. I use the a6000 third party vertical grip on my a6300 but haven't done the tests.

Cuz the cage you use on the video wouldn't work with a battery grip would it?

I plan to use my Sony a6000 for recording vlogs and such. I recently bought this camera, but am unsure whether I should keep or return it. I'll try your tips and hope for the best. When you switch your battery, can you have it plugged into a usb charger so that you can quickly switch batteries while still recording? Can you record solely by using external charger and no battery inside?

What was the zeiss lens you had on your a6300?

Any link for the rig cage for the A6300. Had been searching for that

Buying a different camera is the best way to go. Had the a6300 for 2 days... Overheated on me outside in 90 degree heat (pretty mild summer day) in 20 minutes. Would not cool down... Tried the same thing the next day with the exact same results. Gh4 or G7 should be your best option because they do not overheat, ever