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A friend of mine destroyed his CX-100 on a water landing. He sent the camera to Sony but they said they're not going to repair it (too damaged), and so didn't even examine the internal memory on which he recorded the jump.

He then disassembled the camera and found out that the internal "non-removable" memory is actually a tiny removable stick. The stick is labeled "Sandisk 8GB" and is almost the same size as micro SD card, but slightly wider and has 10 pins instead of 8.

Anybody know what kind of memory this is and if there's an adapter to read it?

I'd be up to disassembling my CX-100 and swapping the stick in attempt to copy the footage if I only knew that I'd be able to put the parts back together. Any idea on how difficult CX-100's assembly is?

Or, if anyone wants to do this with your camera, he'll give you his for spare parts for free, if you can get the footage out.

Thanks!
Yuri


PS. The footage WILL be worth the effort! Lineover (possibly, double) on a low pull WS BASE jump, with 2 bursted cells as a result.

Sounds to me like you're dealing with one of Son'y own "Memory Stick" products, either the MS or MS Pro Duo. I don't have mine in front of me, but I'm pretty sure they're 10 pin, and they're definitely smaller than an SD, but I wouldn't call them on par with a Micro SD. Check and see if it will fit in the external memory slot of the camera. If it does, it's a MSPD...

Edited to add:

Found this website, maybe it will help...

http://pinouts.ru/...cial_connector.shtml

I was asking the same thing after my helmet came off and took a swim with my CX at BD this year. My friend sent me this link and said it was this chip but 8gb instead of 2:

http://www.amazon.com/...0XH3ZFA947S62PR0F4BJ

If that is indeed the same chip, then that adapter would be all you need. I have yet to try it but will prob take my CX100 apart tonight. I'll let you know what i find if i do.