CMOS Sensors at High Altitudes

by LO 044 Jun 7, 2009 3:08PM PDT

I have recently purchased a Sony HDR-HC9 and will be travelling overseas at the end of the month. I have read somewhere before (of course can't find the link now) that CMOS sensors have issues at high-altitudes resulting in no picture or some othere issues.

Can anyone clarify this? I enjoy filming take-offs and landings while in the aircraft itself. I don't necessarily film at 35000 ft but even so is there cause for concern? Has anyone out there had issues with a camcorder malfunction or worse failing at high altitudes? I'm curious if i should take along my old Hi8 CCD camera to keep my hobby side happy on the trip.

Thanks for any information or suggestions.

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Never heard of that.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 7, 2009 11:31PM PDT

But there is an issue of Hard Disks and high altitudes. But no reason to suspect a sensor issue.

The hard disks we use fly on air. No air and the heads don't fly. Since this unit is MiniDV and memory sticks you should have no trouble with altitude.
Bob

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rolling shutter problem in the plane

by chickenorfish Jun 7, 2009 11:49PM PDT

never heard of that problem with cmos. however, i do wonder if there will be rolling shutter problem in the plane

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Thanks

by LO 044 Jun 8, 2009 2:53AM PDT

Thanks for the responses. Bob you are right, it actually was a hard drive problem that i read about, it slipped my mind (and research when purchasing this camera).

I was worried about the rolling shutter originally but have taken enough video tests in the real world to ease my mind. As well, when taking off in an aircraft, there isn't anything near the runway itself thats that close to result in a skewed picture (knock on wood). And when you get off the ground, the quick moving effect so to speak diminishes the higher you go. Still should be interesting what happens.

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