Own an SR12 or similar? READ ME

[DSE 5]

Sony now has this to say...(from an emailed note from the Austin facility)
"Do not turn on the camcorder in a low pressure area, where altitude is more than 3000 meters or 9800 feet. Doing so may damage the hard disk of your camcorder. This is also when using memory stick because when turning on camcorder will initialise and activate hard drive.
Powering the camcorder prior to reaching low pressure areas will allow the hard disk to spin up and then shut down with a memory stick installed."

[spootch 0]

well I see from previous posts you have jumped your sr 12 a couple dozen times. What are your thoughts on it ? Is this camera gona hold together for skydiving use? Sounds a bit like Sony does'nt even know. please reflect your thoughts on this model,procedures (for altitud) etc.

[DSE 5]

I've jumped it a coupla dozen times, yes. Would I jump it all day, every day for hard work tandem use? Based on Sony's CYA information...no.
Then again, this isn't my first choice anyway. The only reason I have done some jumping with it is to provide some feedback for those here on the forum.
IMO, anyone who buys this camera at this point, knowing what they know from reading this thread, has been made plenty aware of what they're potentially getting into and no right to complain if it blows up.

[ahwhatwhat 0]

When it comes to the Hard Drive, that's all true, only if you jump with the hard drive. I just got done installing a 32 GB Sandisk Solid State Hardrive replacing the SR11's Toshiba 60 GB. I thought the installation was a success until I learned the camera recognizes the drive but it will not write to it even after a format. Even thou that fact flat out sucked (money spent and enthusiasm put out) it allowed me to come across one interesting fact that makes the SR11 & SR12 completely jump-able.

Here's the fact: The hard drive does not need to be in the camera for the camera to function. When the hard drive is removed by removing the Zif cable but still having the other end of the zif cable attached to the motherboard, the Camera will turn on and it will allow recording and playback after a simple fix.

When you turn the camera back on your greated with 2 errors. The first error is a flashing 'E:31:00' that doesn't inhabit the camera functions any, it's just a little bit annoying seeing a flashing error code kind of in the top right. The second error is a flashing something in the dead center of the screen that prohibits the record process from taking place. This error only comes about because in the System Menu 'Movie Media Set' the option is Hard Drive. If you change this to 'HD MEMORY STICK'. (Keep in mind this requires the use of Sony's memory stick.) you'll find in the Record Movie Mode that you now have the ability to record and playback. The flashing E:31:00 error is still there but it does nothing more than flash.

For those that say the SR11 & SR12 is not a jumpable camera, it totally is once the hard drive is removed from the equation.

I will mention I tried completely removing the Zif cable ( hard drive and mother board) and this seems to be the sensor to completely make the camera unusable. But leaving the cable attached to the Mother Board is 'O tay'.

If anyone's interested, I'll try putting a video together showing the above. By the way, I now have a San Disk Solid State HardDrive 1.8" Zif 32 GB for sale -- sigh.

[DSE 5]

So to recap:
If you want to jump this camera
-Turn it on before 6K or so to be safe (depending on MSL level of your DZ)

Or:

-Remove the HDD, deal with the error messages, and be somewhat happy. Accept violating the warranty, accept that the camera may eventually be compromised.

Back to my original point: If this blows up, don't come crying around here.
My opinion is that one should buy the right camera in the first place.

[Aubrey 0]

Thanks for the information on the cam.

I had purchased this camera with the intention of using it for underwater diving, kayaking, climbing, and skydiving. I purchased this not having done the appropriate research as it pertains to skydiving.

I noticed mention of the hdr-cx100 and hdr-cx105. What is the difference between the two?

Thanks again for all the info.

[billvon 2,990]

>I noticed mention of the hdr-cx100 and hdr-cx105. What is the difference
>between the two?

CX100 - US (NTSC)
CX105 - Europe (PAL)

To confuse things further, some places are calling the CX-105 the CX-100(PAL).