With prolonged use of LIVE view mode or while recording Video in DSLRs, due to sensor heat we may see some negative effect in the image quality / video quality of the camera. To solve this issue, Nikon is actively working on new methods to reduce the effect.
Patent Details
2018-06-14 – Application filed, Nikon Corp
2018-10-04 – Publication
2019-03-22 – Application status is Pending
Back on December 2017 we have published a patent of Canon heat sink unit inside camera, and finally after a year of gap we have same type of patent from Nikon.
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A cooling module needed for Astro and other capturing is functioning as heatsink for heat radiation of Peltier element and it’s temperature is higher than that of ambient air.This housing deliver the heat to Clear Window in front of CMOS and make it warm.
Therefore it make Anti-Dew condition of window.The temperature of CMOS surface is very low and need more special Anti-Dew solution
The Sensor Heat management from NIKON is a welcome step forward to optimise quality results, speaking form experiences
It required when a DSLR have 4K 60p Mode for unlimited recording time.