Sony DSC-HX9V-B, DSC-HX9V Marketing Specifications

DSC-HX9V/B

With innovative features like Full HD for crystal clear movies, hi
speed linear focus for dramatically clearer images and backlight
correction to catch even the smallest details in high contrast
shots, with the Sony
again. Let yourself go and renew your passion.

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• Full HD 1080/60p with dual record of stills and movies3

• Sony

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G lens with 16x optical zoom in a compact camera body

• 16.2MP “Exmor R” CMOS sensor for superior low-light performance

• Backlight Correction; get details in dicult lighting

• 3D stills and 3D Sweep Panorama

• Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ HR mode for one shot landscapes
in high resolution

• Hi-speed Linear focus improves focus speed

• Background Defocus highlights your subject like a DSLR

• Superior Auto; awesome shots, automatically

• Fast capture with 10fps at full 16.2 MP resolution

• Digital Zoom; get closer to the movie action

• 24mm wide lens; Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization

• So Skin mode reduces visible blemishes, and wrinkles

• Natural Flash corrects color balance for lifelike shots

• HDMI

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output for easy connectivity

• Smile Shutter™ technology automatically captures a smile

• Face Detection technology captures faces naturally

• Motion Detection suppresses blur in people and other subjects

• Anti-blink, Face Priority and Red-eye Reduction functions

• TransferJet™ technology allows easy wireless sharing

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DSC-HX9V you’ll nd yourself falling in love

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Features

16.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated “Exmor R” CMOS Image Sensor

The DSC-HX9V features a 16.2 megapixel “Exmor R” CMOS image sensor that brings out the full
resolving power of the camera’s Sony
and stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced grain. In
addition, the combined “Exmor R” CMOS sensor and BIONZ
fast up to 10fps, Anti Motion Blur, Hand-held Twilight and 1080p movie modes.

3.0” (921K dots) Xtra Fine LCD™ display

3.0” (921K dots) Xtra Fine LCD™ with TruBlack™ technology gives you deeper blacks and more
color in your display, all while being thinner than most LCDs.

Compact camera with 16x optical zoom

The Sony® 16x optical zoom G lens brings distant subjects super close for great outdoors,
sports, and travel photos. The compact size makes it easy to take along in a pocket, purse, or
backpack.

Full HD 1080/60p

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G lens to deliver extremely fast speed, high resolution,

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image processor delivers extremely

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Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60p in 1080
Full HD. This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your Blu-ray
Disc™ players, Sony

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PlayStation®3 systems and compatible PCs and HDTVs.

Backlight Correction HDR

Don’t miss a single detail in high contrast shots. The built in backlight correction analyzes
the image and automatically adjusts accordingly to give you a perfectly lit shot. Backlight
Correction HDR helps correct for this by taking three pictures at dierent exposure settings and
processing the best elements of each into a single image for more natural looking shots.

3D Still Image and 3D Sweep Panorama™ mode

Produce awe-inspiring images with 3D still image and 3D Sweep Panorama™ capabilities.4
Photos will take on a new dimension of creative capabilities for viewing the world in a whole new
way.

Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ mode

With Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ mode just press the shutter, pan the landscape and let the
camera do the rest. It automatically links together each frame to produce a high resolution
panoramic image providing the ability to zoom in on small details. This model even detects
faces and moving subjects to stitch intelligently dierent widths to help avoid subject distortion.

Hi-speed Linear Focus

Life moves fast, your camera’s focus needs to move just as fast. The Hi-speed linear focus
achieves dramatically clearer images with an auto focus that moves just as fast as your life.

Background Defocus

DSLR photographs are oen beautiful because they blur the background, putting the emphasis
on your subject. Now our point-and-shoot cameras can deliver this signature DSLR benet. The
system takes two shots, identies the background and applies a defocused background keeping
the subject crisp and clear.

Superior Auto mode

Get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots. The camera automatically
recognizes the correct scene mode, then quickly shoots and combines up to six shots to produce
images with greater clarity, optimum dynamic range using backlight correction HDR technology
and lower image noise using 6 shots layering technology. Superior Auto intelligently detects 33
scenes for still images and 44 scenes for movies, making it easy to get the best shot.

Digital Zoom

Capturing the right shot at the right moment has never been so easy. Digital zoom brings you
right close up to the action so you can get that perfect shot, every time.

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and
automatically shis the lens to help prevent blur without sacricing image quality.

So Skin mode

Portrait subjects will love the results. So Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the
appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without aecting the rest of the shot.

Natural Flash

Conventional point-and-shoot camera ash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees
them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without ash and then uses that reference to
correct the color, for far more lifelike images.

HDMI® output

The High-Denition Multimedia Interface® (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector interface
for transmitting uncompressed digital streams. HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such
as a compatible camcorder, Blu-ray Disc™ player, a personal computer, a video game console,
or an AV receiver to a compatible digital audio device and/or video monitor such as a digital
television (DTV). Easily connect your Cyber-shot
HDMI compatible device to easily enjoy and upload content.

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camera via HDMI cable to any compatible

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Smile Shutter™ technology

Smile Shutter™ technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile
Shutter™ button and the camera does the rest. You can also select adult and child priority
and indicate the degree of Smile Detection sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition can be
used together with Smile Shutter™ mode. This means that beautiful smiles can be captured
with settings optimized for the particular scene, even in dicult conditions such as twilight and
backlighting.

Face Detection technology

Sony’s Face Detection technology can automatically distinguish between children and adults.
Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts ash, focus,
exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Motion Detection

It’s frustrating to capture the perfect shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked
during the photo. When the camera is set to So Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two
images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other
shooting modes, a warning will be displayed aer you take the shot.

Anti-blink Function

It’s frustrating to capture the perfect shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked
during the photo. When the camera is set to So Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two
images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other
shooting modes, a warning will be displayed aer you take the shot.

Compatible with PC and Mac® Systems

The Full HD video captured with the DSC-HX9V can be used with the provided Picture Motion
Browser soware for PC and iMovie

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(sold separately) for Mac® systems.

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Includes Sony® PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Soware ver. 5.5

Sony Picture Motion Browser soware oers a simple, intuitive way to transfer, sort, and view your
video and still images on your compatible PC. In addition, multiple output options let you burn
your memories to DVD using an external DVD burning device (sold separately), as well as take
advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites (such as
Facebook

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and Sony’s Personal Space™ site).

Includes Sony® PMB Portable soware

With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable the DSC-HX9V makes it easy to pre­select videos and images in the camera and conveniently upload them from the camera to a
compatible PC and popular Internet sharing sites without the need for any additional soware to
install.²

Specications

Camera

Camera Type

Imaging Sensor

Imaging Sensor

Processor

Pixel Gross

Eective
Picture
Resolution

Color Filter
System

Recording

High zoom digital
camera

1/2.3" (7.77mm)
"Exmor R" CMOS
Sensor

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BIONZ

16.8MP

16.2MP

RGB primary color
lters

Media Type

Still Image
Mode

Still Image
Max Eective
Resolution

Still Image Size
16:9

optional “Memory
Stick Duo” (No
movie recording),
optional “Memory
Stick PRO Duo”
(Mark 2 only for
movie recording),
optional “Memory
Stick PRO-HG
Duo”, optional
SD Memory Card
(Class 4 or higher),
optional SDHC
Memory Card
(Class 4 or higher),
optional SDXC
Memory Card
(Class 4 or higher)

JPEG

Approx. 16.2
Megapixels

12M (4,608 x 2,592)
/ 2M (1,920 x
1,080)

Still Image Size
4:3

Panorama Still
Image Size

Sweep Multi
Angle Image
Size

16M (4,608 x
3,456), 10M (3,648
x 2,736), 5M (2,592
x 1,944), VGA (640
x 480); 3D: 16M
(4,608 x 3,456) /
16:9 (12M) (4,608 x
2,592)

2D: 7,152 x 1,080
(204deg) / 4,912
x 1,080 (140deg)
/ 4,912 x 1,920
(149deg) / 3,424
x 1,920 (104deg);
3D: 7,152 x 1,080
(204deg) / 4,912
x 1,080 (140deg)
/ 4,912 x 1,920
(149deg) / 3,424
x 1,920 (104deg)
/ 1,920 x 1,080
(55deg)

1,920 x 1,080
(15views)

Video Format

Photo Capture
from Movie

Dual Record

Audio Format

Microphone/
Speaker

Optics/Lens

Lens Type

Aperture

Aperture (Max.)

Optical Zoom

Digital Zoom

Smart Zoom®
Technology

Focal Length
(35mm
equivalent)

Filter Diameter

Lens
Construction

Minimum Focus
Distance

AF for Movie
Capture

Aspheric
Elements

AVCHD 60i / 60p
/ MP4 / MPEG-4
AVC(H.264)

Yes

Yes

Dolby Digital
(AC-3) / MPEG-4
AAC-LC

Stereo / Mono

Sony G Lens

iAuto (F3.3/
F8.0 (W), 2 steps
with ND Filter) /
Program Auto
(F3.3/F8.0 (W),
2 steps with ND
Filter) / Manual
(F3.3/F8.0 (W),
2 steps with ND
Filter)

F3.3 (W)-5.9 (T)

16x

Smart Zoom /
Precision Digital
Zoom / O

10M: Approx.
20x (Total), 5M:
Approx. 28x
(Total), VGA:
Approx. 115x
(Total), 16:9 (2M):
Approx. 38x (Total)

Still 16:9: 26­416mm / Still 4:3:
24-384mm / Movie
16:9: 25-400mm
(Standard mode),
26-416mm (Active
mode); Movie
4:3: 31-496mm
(Standard mode),
32-512mm (Active
mode)

No

10 elements in 7
groups (including
4 aspheric
elements)

iAuto(W:Approx.
5cm (0.16') to
Innity, T:Approx.
120cm (3.94') to
Innity)

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Viewnder

Type

Diopter
Adjustment

None

No

LCD Display

3.0" Xtra Fine LCD

LCD Type

Angle
Adjustment

Brightness
Control

Histogram

Grid Display

with TruBlack
technology (921K
dots)

No

5 steps

Yes

Yes (O / On)

Focus Control

9 points AF (Under
Face Undetected)

AF Modes

AF Illuminator

/ Center Weighted
AF / Flexible Spot
AF / Semi Manual
/ Manual

Auto / O

Exposure System

Metering
Modes

Exposure
Compensation

Scene Mode(s)

D-Range
Optimizer

ISO

Noise
Reduction

Multi Pattern /
Center Weighted
/ Spot

Plus / Minus 2.0EV,
1 / 3EV step

High Sensitivity
/ So snap /
Landscape /
Twilight Portrait /
Twilight / Gourmet
/ Beach / Snow
/ Fireworks /
Pet / So Skin /
Handheld Twilight
/ Anti Motion Blur

Standard

Auto / 100 / 200
/ 400 / 800 / 1600
/ 3200

Clear RAW NR / NR
Slow Shutter

Auto (Intelligent) /
Daylight / Cloudy
/ Fluorescent 1
(White Fluorescent
Lighting) /
Fluorescent 2

White Balance
Mode

(Natural White
Fluorescent
Lighting) /
Fluorescent 3 (Day
White Fluorescent
Lighting) /
Incandescent /
Flash / One Push /
White Balance Si

Drive System

Self-timer

Shutter Speeds

Burst Mode

O / 10sec. /
2sec. / portrait1 /
portrait2

iAuto(2" - 1/1600)
/ Program
Auto(1" - 1/1600) /

Approx 10 fps at

16.2MP (Maximum
10 shots)

Flash

Flash Modes

Flash Coverage

Auto / Flash On
/ Slow Synchro /
Flash O

ISO Auto: Approx.

0.25-Approx.

5.6m (Approx.

0.82'-Approx. 18.4')
(W) / Approx.

1.2-Approx.

3.0m (Approx.

3.94'-Approx. 9.84')
(T), ISO3200: up
to Approx. 7.9m
(Approx. 25.9') (W)
/ Approx. 4.4m
(Approx. 14.4') (T)

Convenience Features

Red-Eye
Reduction

Erase/Protect

Media/Battery
Indicator

Power Save
Mode

Auto / On / O

Erase: Single /
Select / Date /
Folder / MP4 /
AVCHD, Protect:
Single / Select

Yes / Yes

Standard /
Stamina / O

Advanced Features

Anti Motion Blur

Embedded
GPS

Yes

Yes

1. Files compatible with iMovie® ‘09 or later on Mac. Soware not compatible with Mac OS® X.

2. For rmware update on Mac OS® X go to www.esupport.sony.com.

3. Records in 29 minute segments.

4. Requires 3D HDTV, HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps) and active 3D glasses sold separately.

5. Requires TransferJet enabled media and technology in both devices.

6. Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold separately.

7. Play back AVCHD™ media on Blu-ray Disc™ players, PlayStation®3 systems or PC with supplied soware. AVCHD media should not be used in standard DVD players because it may fail
to eject disc or erase its contents without warning.

© 2011 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony, Cyber-shot, Optical SteadyShot, BIONZ, Xtra Fine LCD,
Smile Shutter, TransferJet, Exmor R, Sweep Multi Angle, Smile Shutter, DVDirect, BRAVIA, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick Duo and the Memory Stick logo are trademarks of Sony.

PlayStation is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment. Microso, Windows, and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microso Corporation. Blu-ray Disc is a trademark. HDMI is a
trademark of HDMI Licensing LLC. iMovie, Mac, and the Works with iMovie logo and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of their
respective owners. /Updated: January 18, 2012