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I'm getting the Canon EOS R (coming from a 6D that I finally burned out the shutter on - 130K shutter actuations)
Since the sensor in a Mirrorless camera is always exposed directly to whatever light is coming in from the lens, and since the lens is focusing whatever's out there directly to the sensor...
It would seem to me that if I'm timelapsing for 10 minutes for example and the sun is somewhere in my shot - wouldn't I be asking for trouble? Wouldn't that cause damage to the sensor?
I can see how the 6D (or any non-mirrorless DSLR) would only be exposing the sensor to the direct sun for fractions of a second at a time, but Mirrorless cameras are ALWAYS and CONSTANTLY exposing the sensor to the scene.
Thoughts?
Davo
Since the sensor in a Mirrorless camera is always exposed directly to whatever light is coming in from the lens, and since the lens is focusing whatever's out there directly to the sensor...
It would seem to me that if I'm timelapsing for 10 minutes for example and the sun is somewhere in my shot - wouldn't I be asking for trouble? Wouldn't that cause damage to the sensor?
I can see how the 6D (or any non-mirrorless DSLR) would only be exposing the sensor to the direct sun for fractions of a second at a time, but Mirrorless cameras are ALWAYS and CONSTANTLY exposing the sensor to the scene.
Thoughts?
Davo