RECIPE: Smokey Dish Brush (Serves 2, if you're brave enough) Ingredients: - 1 plastic dish brush (organic, locally sourced, or just whatever's near the sink) - 2.5 dl cold water - A generous squirt of your favorite dish soap (I recommend Fairy, for that extra kick of irony) Instructions: 1. Start by placing your dish brush in a cold skillet. 2. Add the water and dish soap, pretending you're making a fancy reduction. Stir once for dramatic effect. 3. Crank up the heat to max-because subtlety is overrated-and wait for the magic to happen. You’ll know it’s ready when the house is filled with an aromatic cloud of "What Have I Done?" 4. Once the brush has achieved that perfect gooey interior and crispy, golden-brown edges, remove it from heat. If it sticks, that's just extra flavor! 5. Season generously with coughs, a few panicked tears, and the realization that maybe, just maybe, you're not good at multitasking. **Pro Tip:** Serve with a side of open windows and a fan set to "High." Bon appétit!
I'm very happy on your behalf that you find this interesting ;) There's a number of different manufacturers making external cooling fans for cameras. All with their pros and cons in terms of cooling efficiency, features, mounting options and so forth. But this video as you noted is about the one from Smallrig - glad to have you stop by. Have a great day, cheers!
We'll see, maybe if companies would send me their fans and pay me to make a comparison video I would do one. The main reason for this is that I'm not overly enthusiastic about forcing my camera to overheat several times in a row for these types of tests. Especially without any monetary compensation to cover any potential damage to the camera. Direct or indirect things that may show up later because of the abnormal stress. The Fujifilm X-T4 that I used in this test is quite prone to develop hot pixels and the one I had now got a buddy since this test. (I might have missed it earlier and just saw it now. But still, I rely on this camera and want to keep it in good working order) Anyway, thanks for stopping by!
I got the smallrig fan, and one main thing that I can tell (just from pictures) when compared to the ulanzi fan is the smallrig uses a cold plate and you can physically feel it getting colder than ambient when it's turned on. Ulanzi just looks like a fan that blows air.
Ulanzi's doesn't have a heatsink so no thermal conductive layer, no big hunk of aluminum. Ulanzi's quality also usually matches or at best is slightly better than the random combination of letters amazon drop sellers/ali express. Just the quality of the fan could make that difference though I don't know there is a difference there. I've been burned on a couple of Ulanzi's items and generally avoid them if I can help it now. Smallrig might not be a premiere brand, but their quality is usually a step above Ulanzi's
Thank you very much for your tests. I just got a ZVE1 and I doubt i'll need this fan in uk but good to have in the pack. I'm glad it made a big difference.
Great detailed review thanks. I have a Sony A7iv. SmallRig say that both the 4815 and the 4348 are compatible with my camera. There is a difference in price, but what else is different and best suited to the A7iv?
If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to test the fan on my Fujifilm X-T4 because of some viewer requests - I'd probably go for the 4348 for the simplicity of it.
The cooling/transfer plate needs a firm and uniform contact against the camera body back. Any angles that lift a corner off the surface will greatly reduce the cooling capability. Do you feel that the cooler is pressed hard enough against the body to get 100% contact? There is no corner lift or air gaps under it?
Yep and the entire area of the back is one unperforated block. I was surprised by how cold that thing got when holding it in my hand during b-roll filming
Thanks for the video. Does this fan relies only on airflow or there's some kind of thermoelectric going on here? I mean the front of the fan is closed and it's not blowing air onto the camera directly, is it?
I would guess there's some thermo electric stuff going on as the contact plate on the back gets really cold if you run the fan when it isn't attached to anything. (dangling free from the USB cable)
The fan noise is nothing the "Voice Isolation" features in DaVinci Resolve or any equivalent feature in other apps can't handle. :P Though when I tried using it with the V-Mount bracket (up) the cooling effect seems to reduce the temperature control capacity. My guess was it needed a clear path to exhaust. I flipped the V-Mount bracket down and longer cables and it's all good. :) Thanks for the review bud! Watching out for more!
Which is better? The one made specifically for Sony cameras or the one in your video? I need a cooler and I don't necessarily want to spend more money than I have to.
If you're only using Sony cameras I think the Sony one would be the most pleasant one to use in the long run. There's also a newer updated Sony version. However, the screen on the universal model is quite satisfying. Then again, maybe not enough to pick it over something that's going to be easier to use?
@thomasfransson I'm using the a6700 in a static environment (for streaming). Even at 1080p I have overheating issues, that's why I'm looking into cooling options. So, essentially I'm just looking for the best performing system. Someone suggested SmallRig, someone else suggested Tilta. Do you know the specific name of the updated Sony one you've mentioned? They probably all work well, but if I'm spending money on something as essential as this cooling fan, I want the best possible product 🤔 I know you can't possibly have tested all options that are on the market, but still xD
If you go on smallrigs website and search for cooling fan you'll get three results, the Universal one in the video and the Sony only, along with a new third listing. I'm sure you can get the SKU number if you click on it. The one thing I liked with the temperature display is that you can gage the status and make sure the temperature isn't rising or anything. Especially when running and gunning where you might bumb the fan. But sounds like that won't be an issue in your case. And you probably won't be able to see the display anyway. But it's crazy how effective these things are. Just running it for a few seconds un attached and it got down to 12C and felt super cold. Obviously it regulates the amount of cooling when it's attached to prevent any internal condensation from forming up inside the camera. I'm not sure if the competing fans does that or not. But I like that feature.
Still struggling with the need for these fans. Why? If my camera needed a fan to avoid overheating then I bought the wrong camera for the job. Case in point, I sold my Sony ZV-E1 as it was overheating and replaced it with the Sony FX30 that never overheats... Great review though!
Well, there's a few reasons obviously. Not everyone can sell your ZV-E1 and get an FX30 ;) Then there’s reasons like affordable b-camera and/or c-cam. Extreme conditions, hazardous conditions and just a general liking of a specific camera where the amount of video work being done isn't enough to validate another purchase and so on. I bet if we ask 10 people interested in these fans we will get 11 different answers ;) Hope you enjoy your FX30, I filmed the tests with mine.
True, you never know ;) I have seen the FX3 overheat on some shoot out in the desert and a few instances where the internal fan have failed. But if I would guess, I think Smallrig just had one laying around, tested one of the brackets and saw that it fitted ;)
@@thomasfransson Thanks Thomas. It's just my personal struggle. I realize that I am not the market. Since Smallrig, Ulanzi and others make these fans, there must be people buying! And thanks for your work and videos. Helpful!
Very good review! Tack som delar 🙂 I trust the inside tests more than the outside due to direct sunlight being a variable that’s hard to control. But the numbers says a lot about what a difference. This might be something for the A7C if I wanted to use it as a B cam outside. Many creators will be able to live with cameras without fans. Perhaps they only shoot shorter clips. Perhaps it’s not critical to get continuous video. Perhaps mostly inside. I used the Sony A6300 back in the days for video outside in summer in Palma Mallorca - hot yes. Never died on me. But then again: if it had I could live with the down time.
Tack Carl! Head on the nail, even during repeat controlled tests the results can vary dramatically even indoors. And from what it seems from camera to camera within the same model line. I believe and I don't know if you subscribe to the same theory, but the jump in processing power used and needed in today's cameras vs in the past when shooting 8bit 1080 in 12 or maybe 30 Mbps ;) Cool, I've been poking around looking at the A7C cameras a bit, I see a lot of people shooting video on theirs.
@@thomasfransson I believe you are right when it comes to the processing contributing to heat. It will continue to be a struggle. Also, fitting all that computation in a small package, it’s impressive how they manage. And how seemingly small changes makes huge differences. When I work with video we use the cinema line from Sony mainly because of the built in fans. And it’s not a huge difference in size. Really happy to be able to use those cameras. The A7C was our first step into full frame. A decision mostly based on the positive experience from the A6XX line. Still love it. But mostly for stills.
Gotcha! In my case I'm looking at affordable full frame options in the e-mount lane. Mainly, and this is embarrassing to test/show full frame coverage on lenses I might review down the road 🤣😅 But it would be nice if it could be used for more than just that obviously.
I guess, but at the same time if you’re doing full or even half day shoots you'd need a battery anyway since the models with built-in battery are only rated to 85ish minutes ;)
In my experience the price isn't necessarily what's keeping a camera from overheating ;) Getting a camera with a built-in fan for long format videos is obviously the best way to go, but I think there's more people out there using cameras without fans for streaming, as a b or C cam, youtube and so forth vs. People that use a camera with a fan. Even if I see a lot of beginners starting with the FX3 as they're first camera and edit their videos on their phone, that's normally not the way most people get started shooting video. At least that's what I think.
I rather features be fully unlocked rather than artificially locked to prevent overheating. Imagine if people were angry that your family car can go at speeds where it might lose control. Should they limit the speed of the car?
I'm not quite sure where this is going. This is a video about an external fan that I made because a couple of viewers asked if I could test it. So clearly there's an interest out there for this type of product. Maybe it's not a product for you. But, that doesn't mean there's other people who might be interested. Cheers!
If you’re planning on switching between different cameras on the fly I guess it could be somewhat annoying. Otherwise I don't see an issue with mounting the right one, sticking the rest of them in a drawer for any future gear changes. Lol
thanks for your review always enjoy them , I had a look at the Small rig fan , but went with for it for the Ulanzi mk2 for 2 reasons , it has a internal battery which so far i have run for 1h30 and it it still had 2 bars of power left these was on a Sony ZVE 10 on a sunny day no problems , the 2nd it has a spring loaded retainer latch which lock the fan on to the body . I tested the fit on a my panasonic , my fuji XH2 in 8k and the Sony . there were few other things which it made the Ulanzi just a step ahead , of SmallRig . the last is the prices . not saying Smallrig is bad i like there range of great products.
Thanks for watching! I believe this was one of my first viewer request videos I've put together. I've looked at the Ulanzi ones too, but I often need longer run time which would have meant a battery anyway ;) Glad you're happy with the Ulanzi
I got one of this Smallrig 4815 to use it with my Canon R6 MKII and without the cooling system, Recording at 4K 50FPS full resolution... does record for a little over 40 minutes... but in my test the camera battery did run out of power before the camera got a red warm signal. So far I recorded continuously 1:42 minutes and the warm signal icon was activated but it wasn´t in red... soooo I am sure I would have got another 15 minutes at least... I will do a new test and I will use a V-Mount Battery 99Watts for the camera and I will make sure I have enough power juice to complete the test. So far I love this cooling system and I am glad I got it. Here is the short ruclips.net/user/shortsbDtzPPsLHew
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RECIPE: Smokey Dish Brush
(Serves 2, if you're brave enough)
Ingredients:
- 1 plastic dish brush (organic, locally sourced, or just whatever's near the sink)
- 2.5 dl cold water
- A generous squirt of your favorite dish soap (I recommend Fairy, for that extra kick of irony)
Instructions:
1. Start by placing your dish brush in a cold skillet.
2. Add the water and dish soap, pretending you're making a fancy reduction. Stir once for dramatic effect.
3. Crank up the heat to max-because subtlety is overrated-and wait for the magic to happen. You’ll know it’s ready when the house is filled with an aromatic cloud of "What Have I Done?"
4. Once the brush has achieved that perfect gooey interior and crispy, golden-brown edges, remove it from heat. If it sticks, that's just extra flavor!
5. Season generously with coughs, a few panicked tears, and the realization that maybe, just maybe, you're not good at multitasking.
**Pro Tip:** Serve with a side of open windows and a fan set to "High."
Bon appétit!
Interesting how a chinese company called Ulanzi sells a fan similar to this at half the price but has a built-in battery and better mounting feature
I'm very happy on your behalf that you find this interesting ;)
There's a number of different manufacturers making external cooling fans for cameras. All with their pros and cons in terms of cooling efficiency, features, mounting options and so forth. But this video as you noted is about the one from Smallrig - glad to have you stop by. Have a great day, cheers!
@@thomasfransson Maybe that could be your next video! Compare them all and give us a performance to value analysis.
We'll see, maybe if companies would send me their fans and pay me to make a comparison video I would do one.
The main reason for this is that I'm not overly enthusiastic about forcing my camera to overheat several times in a row for these types of tests. Especially without any monetary compensation to cover any potential damage to the camera. Direct or indirect things that may show up later because of the abnormal stress.
The Fujifilm X-T4 that I used in this test is quite prone to develop hot pixels and the one I had now got a buddy since this test. (I might have missed it earlier and just saw it now. But still, I rely on this camera and want to keep it in good working order)
Anyway, thanks for stopping by!
I got the smallrig fan, and one main thing that I can tell (just from pictures) when compared to the ulanzi fan is the smallrig uses a cold plate and you can physically feel it getting colder than ambient when it's turned on. Ulanzi just looks like a fan that blows air.
Ulanzi's doesn't have a heatsink so no thermal conductive layer, no big hunk of aluminum. Ulanzi's quality also usually matches or at best is slightly better than the random combination of letters amazon drop sellers/ali express. Just the quality of the fan could make that difference though I don't know there is a difference there.
I've been burned on a couple of Ulanzi's items and generally avoid them if I can help it now. Smallrig might not be a premiere brand, but their quality is usually a step above Ulanzi's
Thank you very much for your tests. I just got a ZVE1 and I doubt i'll need this fan in uk but good to have in the pack. I'm glad it made a big difference.
True, you never know ;)
Thanks for stopping by!
Great detailed review thanks. I have a Sony A7iv. SmallRig say that both the 4815 and the 4348 are compatible with my camera. There is a difference in price, but what else is different and best suited to the A7iv?
If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to test the fan on my Fujifilm X-T4 because of some viewer requests - I'd probably go for the 4348 for the simplicity of it.
The cooling/transfer plate needs a firm and uniform contact against the camera body back. Any angles that lift a corner off the surface will greatly reduce the cooling capability. Do you feel that the cooler is pressed hard enough against the body to get 100% contact? There is no corner lift or air gaps under it?
Yep and the entire area of the back is one unperforated block. I was surprised by how cold that thing got when holding it in my hand during b-roll filming
Thanks for the video. Does this fan relies only on airflow or there's some kind of thermoelectric going on here? I mean the front of the fan is closed and it's not blowing air onto the camera directly, is it?
I would guess there's some thermo electric stuff going on as the contact plate on the back gets really cold if you run the fan when it isn't attached to anything. (dangling free from the USB cable)
The fan noise is nothing the "Voice Isolation" features in DaVinci Resolve or any equivalent feature in other apps can't handle. :P Though when I tried using it with the V-Mount bracket (up) the cooling effect seems to reduce the temperature control capacity. My guess was it needed a clear path to exhaust. I flipped the V-Mount bracket down and longer cables and it's all good. :)
Thanks for the review bud! Watching out for more!
Which is better? The one made specifically for Sony cameras or the one in your video? I need a cooler and I don't necessarily want to spend more money than I have to.
If you're only using Sony cameras I think the Sony one would be the most pleasant one to use in the long run. There's also a newer updated Sony version.
However, the screen on the universal model is quite satisfying. Then again, maybe not enough to pick it over something that's going to be easier to use?
@thomasfransson I'm using the a6700 in a static environment (for streaming). Even at 1080p I have overheating issues, that's why I'm looking into cooling options. So, essentially I'm just looking for the best performing system. Someone suggested SmallRig, someone else suggested Tilta. Do you know the specific name of the updated Sony one you've mentioned? They probably all work well, but if I'm spending money on something as essential as this cooling fan, I want the best possible product 🤔 I know you can't possibly have tested all options that are on the market, but still xD
If you go on smallrigs website and search for cooling fan you'll get three results, the Universal one in the video and the Sony only, along with a new third listing. I'm sure you can get the SKU number if you click on it.
The one thing I liked with the temperature display is that you can gage the status and make sure the temperature isn't rising or anything. Especially when running and gunning where you might bumb the fan. But sounds like that won't be an issue in your case. And you probably won't be able to see the display anyway.
But it's crazy how effective these things are. Just running it for a few seconds un attached and it got down to 12C and felt super cold. Obviously it regulates the amount of cooling when it's attached to prevent any internal condensation from forming up inside the camera. I'm not sure if the competing fans does that or not. But I like that feature.
Can we see a comparison between this can and the Ulanzi can, and mabye the tilta one??
Maybe someday down the road
Can I plug directly from my Type C camera to get power for fan? Because I use dummy battery for the camera
Not sure, but I don't think the usb-c port supplies power.
Still struggling with the need for these fans. Why? If my camera needed a fan to avoid overheating then I bought the wrong camera for the job. Case in point, I sold my Sony ZV-E1 as it was overheating and replaced it with the Sony FX30 that never overheats... Great review though!
I was happy to notice that the fan could be attached to my FX3 and FX30 as well 😃 …like, why? But you never know.
Well, there's a few reasons obviously. Not everyone can sell your ZV-E1 and get an FX30 ;)
Then there’s reasons like affordable b-camera and/or c-cam. Extreme conditions, hazardous conditions and just a general liking of a specific camera where the amount of video work being done isn't enough to validate another purchase and so on. I bet if we ask 10 people interested in these fans we will get 11 different answers ;)
Hope you enjoy your FX30, I filmed the tests with mine.
True, you never know ;) I have seen the FX3 overheat on some shoot out in the desert and a few instances where the internal fan have failed. But if I would guess, I think Smallrig just had one laying around, tested one of the brackets and saw that it fitted ;)
@@thomasfransson Thanks Thomas. It's just my personal struggle. I realize that I am not the market. Since Smallrig, Ulanzi and others make these fans, there must be people buying! And thanks for your work and videos. Helpful!
@@thomasfransson Awesome! Now I have a reason to get one ..or two 😁 Fuerteventura off we go ☀️
Thanks for sharing
Very good review! Tack som delar 🙂
I trust the inside tests more than the outside due to direct sunlight being a variable that’s hard to control. But the numbers says a lot about what a difference. This might be something for the A7C if I wanted to use it as a B cam outside.
Many creators will be able to live with cameras without fans. Perhaps they only shoot shorter clips. Perhaps it’s not critical to get continuous video. Perhaps mostly inside. I used the Sony A6300 back in the days for video outside in summer in Palma Mallorca - hot yes. Never died on me. But then again: if it had I could live with the down time.
Tack Carl!
Head on the nail, even during repeat controlled tests the results can vary dramatically even indoors. And from what it seems from camera to camera within the same model line.
I believe and I don't know if you subscribe to the same theory, but the jump in processing power used and needed in today's cameras vs in the past when shooting 8bit 1080 in 12 or maybe 30 Mbps ;)
Cool, I've been poking around looking at the A7C cameras a bit, I see a lot of people shooting video on theirs.
@@thomasfransson I believe you are right when it comes to the processing contributing to heat. It will continue to be a struggle. Also, fitting all that computation in a small package, it’s impressive how they manage. And how seemingly small changes makes huge differences.
When I work with video we use the cinema line from Sony mainly because of the built in fans. And it’s not a huge difference in size. Really happy to be able to use those cameras.
The A7C was our first step into full frame. A decision mostly based on the positive experience from the A6XX line. Still love it. But mostly for stills.
Gotcha!
In my case I'm looking at affordable full frame options in the e-mount lane. Mainly, and this is embarrassing to test/show full frame coverage on lenses I might review down the road 🤣😅
But it would be nice if it could be used for more than just that obviously.
Thanks for the review. Too bad it doesn't have an internal battery
I guess, but at the same time if you’re doing full or even half day shoots you'd need a battery anyway since the models with built-in battery are only rated to 85ish minutes ;)
if I spent 5K on a camera & it over heated I'd send it straight back
good hack from small rig but cameras should not over heat
In my experience the price isn't necessarily what's keeping a camera from overheating ;) Getting a camera with a built-in fan for long format videos is obviously the best way to go, but I think there's more people out there using cameras without fans for streaming, as a b or C cam, youtube and so forth vs. People that use a camera with a fan.
Even if I see a lot of beginners starting with the FX3 as they're first camera and edit their videos on their phone, that's normally not the way most people get started shooting video. At least that's what I think.
I rather features be fully unlocked rather than artificially locked to prevent overheating. Imagine if people were angry that your family car can go at speeds where it might lose control. Should they limit the speed of the car?
I'm not quite sure where this is going. This is a video about an external fan that I made because a couple of viewers asked if I could test it. So clearly there's an interest out there for this type of product. Maybe it's not a product for you. But, that doesn't mean there's other people who might be interested.
Cheers!
Once you showed all those frames for different cameras. I am no longer interested.lol.
If you’re planning on switching between different cameras on the fly I guess it could be somewhat annoying. Otherwise I don't see an issue with mounting the right one, sticking the rest of them in a drawer for any future gear changes. Lol
thanks for your review always enjoy them , I had a look at the Small rig fan , but went with for it for the Ulanzi mk2 for 2 reasons , it has a internal battery which so far i have run for 1h30 and it it still had 2 bars of power left these was on a Sony ZVE 10 on a sunny day no problems , the 2nd it has a spring loaded retainer latch which lock the fan on to the body . I tested the fit on a my panasonic , my fuji XH2 in 8k and the Sony . there were few other things which it made the Ulanzi just a step ahead , of SmallRig . the last is the prices . not saying Smallrig is bad i like there range of great products.
Thanks for watching!
I believe this was one of my first viewer request videos I've put together.
I've looked at the Ulanzi ones too, but I often need longer run time which would have meant a battery anyway ;)
Glad you're happy with the Ulanzi
@@thomasfransson thanks . On the Ulanzi you able to attach a powerbank . Keep up the good work
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I got one of this Smallrig 4815 to use it with my Canon R6 MKII and without the cooling system, Recording at 4K 50FPS full resolution... does record for a little over 40 minutes... but in my test the camera battery did run out of power before the camera got a red warm signal. So far I recorded continuously 1:42 minutes and the warm signal icon was activated but it wasn´t in red... soooo I am sure I would have got another 15 minutes at least... I will do a new test and I will use a V-Mount Battery 99Watts for the camera and I will make sure I have enough power juice to complete the test. So far I love this cooling system and I am glad I got it. Here is the short ruclips.net/user/shortsbDtzPPsLHew
Did you do the test?