With PSN issues have, April and May were sure not banner months for Sony. Things are looking up for the electronics maker in June, nevertheless, with well-received 
PlayStation Vita and 
NEX-C3 camera announcements finally period, and now a top assessment for its highly-capable Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V point-and-shoot over at Picturing Journal. The 16.2 megapixel camera includes a 16x wide-angle zip lense and a 921K-dot 3-inch LCD, and the reviews situation highlighted the cam's excellent soul character and 1080p recording becharm, achievement so far as to say that the "
Sony CyberShot DSC-HX9V is the unsurpassable travel-zoom camera that we've reviewed to day." Hot curst! and it looks equal this superzoom delivers for progressive shooters as surface, with a 10 fps full-res feature style, awash drill interact, and an f/3.3 wide-angle aperture. We're oversubscribed. If you don't essential to stair up to the slightly large and pricier NEX programme, this über-versatile digicam seems to be the incoming giving a 16x, 24-384mm rising lens, 16.2 megapixel back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor, built-in 
GPS tracking dead with a circle, rich 1080p high-definition video recording with biaural stable and HDMI product and 
3D Reach Panoramas and 3D Solace Images. Otherwise key features of the well-appointed 
Sony HX9V let Trenchant Wield Panoramas, which now let a 42.9 megapixel drunk declaration average, a 3 inch 
LCD surface with 921,000-dots, 10fps activity shooting way at rumbling spell you're shooting handheld HD video, Reasonable Motorcar Quality, Show and afloat Practice propulsion modes, and connectedness for both Memory Position PRO Duo and Guaranteed Digital cards. The 
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V is forthcoming in negro for £339.99 / $349.99. 
Lens 
Optical Zoom :   16x 
Precision Digital Zoom :   Approx. 64x (Total) 
Smart Zoom    up to 115x (with VGA) 
F :   3.3-5.9 
Focal Length (f= mm) :   4.28-68.48 
Focal Length (f=35mm conversion) :   24-384 
Macro (cm) :   iAuto (W:Approx.5cm(0.16') to Infinity, T:Approx.120cm(3.94') to Infinity) 
Filter Diameter (mm) :   NO 
Conversion Lens compatibility :   NO 
Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens  :  NO 
Sony G  :  YES
Image Sensory 
CCD Type :   Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor 
Size (Inches) :   1/2.3 type(7.77mm)
Camera 
Effective Pixels (Megapixels) :   Approx. 16.2 
Bionz Processor :   YES 
Face Detection :   YES 
Smile Shutter :   YES 
Soft Skin Mode :   YES 
Background Defocus :   YES 
GPS :   YES 
Waterproof :   NO 
Backlight correction :   YES 
Sweep Panorama :   NO 
Intelligent Sweep Panorama :   YES 
Underwater Sweep Panorama :   NO 
3D Sweep Panorama :   YES 
Clear RAW NR :   YES 
Auto Focus Area (Multi Point) :   9 points (Under Face Undetected) 
Auto Focus Area (Centre weighted) :   YES 
Auto Focus Area (Spot) :   NO 
Auto Focus Area (Flexible Spot) :   YES 
Manual Focus :   YES  
Aperture Auto Mode :   YES 
Aperture Priority Mode :   NO 
Aperture Manual Mode :   YES 
Shutter Speed Auto Mode (sec) :   iAuto(2"" - 1/1600) / Program Auto(1"" - 1/1600) / Manual(30""-1/1600) 
NR Slow Shutter :   1/3sec or slower 
Hand Shake Alert :   YES 
Exposure Control :   ± 2.0EV, 1/3EV step 
White Balance  :  Auto (intelligent), Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2, Fluorescent3, Incandescent, Flash, One Push, One Push Set, White Balance Sift 
Automatic White Balance :   YES (Intelligent) 
Light Metering (Multi Pattern) :   YES 
Light Metering (Centre weighted) :   YES 
Light Metering (Spot) :   YES  
Sharpness Setting :   YES 
Saturation Setting  :  YES 
Contrast Setting  :  YES 
ISO Sensitivity (REI) :   Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200  
Scene Selection :   11 (Auto / Portrait / Backlight Portrait / Twilight Portrait / Twilight / Backlight / Macro / Landscape / Infant / Spotlight / Low Light )
SteadyShot 
SteadyShot capability :   YES 
Optical SteadyShot capability :   YES
Auto Focus System 
AF Illuminator :   Auto / Off
Built-In-Flash 
Flash Mode :   Auto / Flash On / Slow Syncro / Flash Off 
Pre-flash :   YES 
Red-Eye Correction :   Auto / On / Off 
Auto Daylight Synchronized Flash :   YES 
Distance limitations using Flash (m) :   ISO Auto: Approx.0.25-Approx.5.6m (Approx.0.820'-Approx.18.4')(W) / Approx.1.2-Approx.3.0m(Approx.3.94'-Approx.9.84')(T), ISO3200: up to Approx.7.9m(Approx25.9')(W) / Approx.4.4m(Approx14.4')(T)
LCD/ Viewfinder 
LCD Screen Size (inches) :    7.5cm (3.0 type) 
LCD Total Dots Number :   921.600 
LCD Monitor Type :   TFT 
Auto Bright Monitoring :   YES 
Optical Viewfinder :   NO 
Electrical Viewfinder :   NO
Recording 
Recording Media :   Memory Stick™ Duo / Memory Stick PRO Duo™(Mark2 only) / Memory Stick PRO Duo™ High Speed (No Speed Advantage) / Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ (No Speed Advantage) 
Recording Media II :   SD Memory Card(Class4 or Higher for movie), SDHC/SDXC Memory Card(Class4 or Higher for movie)
Recording Format :   JPEG 
DCF (Design rule for Camera File System) :   YES 
DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) :   YES 
Burst Mode (shots) :   Approx.10 fps(10 shots) 
Burst Interval (approximately sec) :   Approx.0.1 sec.(10 shots)  
Still Image size (16M 4608 x 3456) :   YES 
Still Image size (14M 4320 x 3240) :   NO  
Still Image size (13M 4224 x 3168) :  NO 
Still Image size (12M 4000 x 3000) :   NO 
Still Image size (10M 3648 x 2736) :   YES  
Still Image size (9.0M, 3456 x 2592) :   NO 
Still Image size (8.0M, 3264 x 2448) :   NO 
Still Image size (7.2M 3072 x 2304)  :  NO 
Still Image size (5.0M, 2592 x 1944) :   YES 
Still Image size (3.1M, 2048 x 1536) :   NO 
Still Image size (VGA, 640 x 480) :   YES 
Still Image size (16:9 mode, 1920 x 1080) :   YES 
Still Image size (16:9 mode, 4,608 x 2,592) :   YES 
Still Image size (16:9 mode, 4,320 x 2,432) :   NO 
Still Image size (16:9 mode, 4000 x 2248)   : NO  
Still Image size (3:2 mode, 4000 x 2672) :   NO 
Still Image size (3:2 mode 3648 x 2432) :   NO 
Still Image size (3:2 mode 3456 x 2304) :   NO 
2D Panorama    7,152 x 1,080(204deg) / 4,912 x 1,080(140deg) / 4,912 x 1,920(149deg) / 3,424 x 1,920(104deg) / HR (10,480 x 4,096, 196deg) 
3D Panorama    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) 
Moving Image Size (1280x720 30fps Fine Approx.9Mbps) :   NO 
Moving Image Size (1280x720 30fps Standard Approx.6Mbps) :   NO 
Moving Image Size (640x480 30fps Approx.3Mbps) :   NO 
Moving Image Size (320x240 30fps) :   NO 
Moving Image Size (AVCHD 1920 x 1080(50i, Interlace) Approx.17Mbps(Average bit-rate)) :   YES 
Moving Image Size (AVCHD 1440 x 1080(50i, Interlace) Approx.9Mbps(Average bit-rate)) :   YES 
Moving Image Size (MP4/AVI 1440 x 1080 Approx.25fps Progressive) Approx.12Mbps(Average bit-rate)) :   YES 
Moving Image Size (MP4/AVI 1280 x 720 Approx.25fps Progressive) Approx.6Mbps(Average bit-rate))    : YES 
Moving Image Size (MP4/AVI 640 x 480 Approx.25fps Progressive) Approx.3Mbps(Average bit-rate))    : YES 
Moving Image Size (AVCHD 1920 x 1080(50i, Interlace) Approx.24Mbps(Average bit-rate)) :  YES
Playback/ Edit 
HD (High Definition) Playback :   Under 16M(4,608 x 3,456) 
Slideshow Playback :   YES 
Slideshow with Music :   YES 
Slideshow Movie  :  YES 
Trimming :   YES 
Playback Zoom  :  YES (8x) 
Cue & Review (MPEG) :   YES 
Index Playback :   16 / 25 images (Date / Folder-Still / Folder-Movie / AVCHD) 
Image Rotation :   YES 
Auto Image Rotation :   YES 
Auto grouping and & Best Picture Recognition :   YES
General 
Battery Remaining Indicator :   YES 
Histogram Indicator :   YES 
Exposure Warning Indicator :   YES 
Disk / Memory Stick remaining indicator :   YES 
PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) :   NO 
Print Image Matching  :  YES 
PictBridge :   NO 
Shop Front Mode :   YES 
Start up time (approximately sec) :   Approx. 2.3 sec. 
Menu Language    English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian , Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian 
Jacks 
Multi use Terminal with HD :   Type3b, AV ( SD ) / USB / DCIN 
Multi use Terminal :   YES 
AV Out :   NO 
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed  :  YES
Power/ Others 
Battery System  :  Lithium N 
Supplied Battery :   NP-BG1 
Stamina (battery life) with the supplied battery(s) in normal shooting condition  :  410 shots, 205min (CIPA standard with LCD screen on) 
Battery for Clock  :  Manganese-Lithium (MS614SE) 
Weight (g) :   Approx. 215g (7.6oz.) 
Weight with Accessories (g) :   Approx. 245g (8.6oz.) 
Supplied Software :   Picture Motion Browser (Windows only), PMP Portable, Music Transfer 
Supplied Accessories :   Rechargeable Battery Pack(NP-BG1), USB charger(AC-UB10/10B), USB cable, Wrist strap, CD-ROM
Dimensions 
Width (mm)  :  104.8 
Height (mm) :   59.0 
Depth (mm) :   33.9
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