I just bought a DSC-H& and for the first time, I removed the battery to charge it. When I put the battery back in and turn the camera on, it powers up in initialization mode and all of my settings including date and time are gone.
I set the date and time and a few basic camera settings, take a few shots then turn if off and remove the battery for only a few seconds and then put it back in and power it up. Same problem...date and time and all settings are gone.
I pull out my wife's DSC-W80 and it does not have this problem when I test it in the same manner.
Sony chat and phone support say this is normal, but I have a very hard time believing that as I have never had this problem before with any Sony camera.
Can someone with a DSC-H7 confirm that this is "normal"? Any help is appreciated!