{
  "id": "sony/fdr-ax53",
  "vendor": "Sony",
  "model": "FDR-AX53",
  "category": "camera",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "CXD90014"
    ]
  },
  "status": "controllable",
  "summary": "Runs custom PlayMemories Camera Apps (API 2.15), such as OpenMemories: Tweak.",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Sony-PMCA-RE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE",
      "kind": "tool",
      "license": "MIT",
      "freedom": {
        "nonfree": [
          "device-firmware"
        ],
        "cloud": "none"
      }
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "Sony-PMCA-RE",
      "method": "host-software",
      "guide": "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE#readme",
      "installer": "https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/releases",
      "difficulty": "easy",
      "tools": [
        "Computer",
        "USB cable"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "brick_risk": "low",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "notes": "pmca-gui or pmca-console installs an app (e.g. OpenMemories: Tweak) over USB, the way Sony's own app store did; the firmware is not modified. Uninstall the app to go back."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openmemories"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-11-01"
}