I mean, look, if we're going to quantify these things, you stand a greater chance of damaging the sensor by using the camera than not. It's a tool. It's a toy.

I mean, look, if we're going to quantify these things, you stand a greater chance of damaging the sensor by using the camera than not. It's a tool. It's a toy. Just like action figures, they're more fun out of the box. Here's a study from 2014: https://www.lmscope.com/en/warming_camera_sensor_en.html https://www.lmscope.com/en/warming_camera_sensor_en.html You can see a sharp rise in the first 15 minutes and the camera asymptotically approach 43ºC after an hour. Nikons are rated for 0-40ºC so there is some truth to them not wanting to warranty cameras used for more than half an hour. But 43º??? Come on. These components are easily rated for 60º. Anyone that's done any weather testing on consumer electronics can tell that it's the process of thermally cycling the DUT that will kill you (i.e. going from 20º to 30º hundreds of times, not holding it at 40º). If you are worried about the heat, I may recommend you mill off the CCD and install one of these bad boys: http://instein.eu/d3000.htm http://instein.eu/d3000.htm