[SBE] Studio cameras- do you leave them on?

[Rick Young]

As an old guy (!) who started in the trenches 40 years ago, with tubes,
yes, at least one camera on 24/7.  These days, as long as you know they
will come up full when the plane crashes in your backyard at 3 in the
morning, save the juice.  That's my $0.05 (inflation).

Rick
SBE #5633



Regards,

Rick

Leben Sie Ihren Traum.
Träume nicht dein Leben.




On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Jonathan Solomon <jon at thesolomonhouse.com>
wrote:

> In the old days (college) we left them on. With tubes it made sense since
> leaving them on kept the "warm". Since then I've spent a lot of time in
> remote production where we are always setting up and breaking down. The
> only time I left them on was if we hAd a set day in the bitter cold. We'd
> leave them on overnight, but that was more to keep them and the lenses from
> fogging up.
>
> I'd say shut them down. At the base station. That way you can fire them up
> before the ops show up.
>
> That's my $0.02
> Jonathan
> CSTE, CBNE
>
> On Friday, February 6, 2015, John Thomas via SBE <sbe at sbe.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi- just wondering what everyone does with their studio cameras during
>> down-time; do you turn them off or leave them on?  If you turn them off, do
>> you turn them off at the CCU or remote panel, or turn them off at the
>> camera?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Thomas
>> WDBJ7
>>
>>
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