We've got an unusually hot summer here in France, and I noticed last saturday as I was picturing an outdoor event that my e-p1 was getting very warm to the hand whenever I picked it up now and then (I wear it around the neck, mostly 'on').

So warm in fact that I turned it off for fear of overheating, just turning it on again each time I wanted to take another picture.

Having had a couple of computers destroyed by heat in the past didn't helped feeling secure.

In a pinch : do you think I'm over reacting, or is thermal control of those pens lacking ? Any direct experience from those living under constantly warm climates ? How do you deal with that issue ?

I've noticed that my EP2 gets quite warm sometimes under my right hand when I am using it outside. I assume that this is the battery, perhaps I'm wrong. Anyhow, if it got Hot to the touch I would be more worried!

In full sunlight on a hot day at a car show last weekend, my EP1 got hot. Too hot. I did turn it off. I've no idea if your concerns are founded, but I felt the same way.

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Electronics do get warm. I would only worry if it smells like something is burning.

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I've no doubt electronics can and do get warm. But beyond a certain point, I had the feeling it was a bit TOO warm, and I've got the impression WT21 felt the same.

And in my experience, when the thing starts to smell, it's like boiled eggs smelling : it's way too late to recover.

Didn't knew that quote. Thanks.

Since we are with quotes, what about this one :

"la prudence est la mère de l'armoire de porcelaine"

or, in englisch :

"carefulness is the mother of the porcelan cupboard"

If you feel unconfortable about the temperature of any electronic equipment, just turn it off.
As a rule of thumbs, every 10° C of extra temperature on electronics will make you loose half of the expected lifetime.
More than 20°C overtemperature can cause "sudden death"

Stay on the safe side,
Rafael

I always turn off the G1 after having taken one or more photos.
Autofocus set at AFS.
Mauve: do you set autofocus at AFC ?

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I was just thinking () I almost always use the Z 70 - 300 or Z 50mm lenses when in the garden and these two lenses do take an age to focus. Sometimes I am having to refocus again and again and this might be what contributes to the build up of heat.