• Your Sumo19 is able to detect when the drive is under stress and it will recover from any break in a recording by waiting until the drive is ready to continue, and then resuming from that If frames have been dropped because of shock or vibration, a “Skippy” Kangaroo symbol will appear on the home screen on the Sumo19, in the top left hand corner of the display. This means that you will not normally have to restart the Sumo19, even if a recording has been interrupted by mechanical disruption to the disk drive. (see Monitoring and Recording : Anti-shock technology for more information)

Taking into account most usage scenarios, we think that mechanical disks will be suitable in the majority of cases when recording up to 1080p30 HD. Spinning disks are most sensitive when they are rotating. It is obviously best to avoid dropping them but many disks now have a “drop detector” that will lock the most fragile mechanical parts in place and protect them from surprisingly hard knocks. We recommend that

if you want to experiment with this, you do so with a drive that doesn’t contain the day’s shoot!