Hard drives (such as in the big ipods) are susceptible to failure at low atmospheric pressures but anything that uses flash memory or solid state storage such as an SD card will be immune.

The latest generation of compact video cameras all seem to use solid state storage, so you'd probably be safe to choose from any of them.

Good luck,

Originally Posted By KWeb
Has anyone used this type of video camera at higher altitudes? My Sony hard disk drive camcorder craps out on me above 11,000ft. I would love to find something light, small and somewhat inexpensive to use while mountianeering.

Any suggestions?
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