Sony E3SNDSCWX9B compact camera
16.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated “Exmor R” CMOS Image Sensor
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.
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 different exposure settings and processing the best elements of each into a single image for more natural looking shots.
Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization
Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically shifts the lens to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.
Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens with 25mm equivalent wide 5x Optical Zoom
The high-performance Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® 5x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for video recording as well as for outdoor, sports, and travel photos, and Close Focus shoots close-ups up to within a ½” of the subject. A wide angle of 25mm equivalent wide-angle lens allows you to take wider shots of the scene or group in crowded spaces.
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 flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.
Sweep Multi Angle™ mode
In Sweep Multi Angle™ mode, the camera takes 15 images at different angles as it sweeps across the scene. By tilting the camera during playback, the camera’s Gyro Sensor detects motion and displays the image in a 3D-like view on the camera’s LCD.
Compatible with PC and Mac® Systems
The high definition, AVCHD? video captured with the DSC-WX9 can be used with the provided Picture Motion Browser software for PC and iMovie® '09 for Mac® systems.1
Full HD 1080/60
i
Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60i in 1080 AVCHD.³ This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.
Background Defocus
DSLR photographs are often beautiful because they blur the background, putting the emphasis on the subject. Now our point-and-shoot cameras can deliver this signature DSLR benefit. The system takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocused background keeping the subject crisp and clear.
Digital Zoom
Capturing the right shot at the right moment has never been so easy. Digital zoom brings the action up close to get that perfect shot, every time.
Natural Flash
Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that reference to correct the color, for far more lifelike images.
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 difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting.
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 Soft 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 after you take the shot.
TransferJet™ technology
TransferJet™ technology, developed by Sony® and advanced and promoted by consortium of 18 other companies, allows you to transfer up to ten files between two TransferJet enabled devices just by touching their TransferJet logos together, without the hassle of hunting for cables or the complication of pairing5 .
Includes Sony® PMB Portable software
With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable software the DSC-WX9 makes it easy to pre-select 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 software or install.2
3.0” (921K dots) XtraFine LCD™ display
3.0” (921K dots) XtraFine™ LCD technology gives you brilliant-quality still images and movies with easy focus.
Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ HR mode
With Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ HR 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 different widths to help avoid subject distortion.
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 movies, making it easy to get the best shot.
Soft Skin mode
Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.
HDMI® output
The High-Definition 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® camera via HDMI cable to any compatible HDMI device to easily enjoy and upload content.6
Motion Detection
Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces.
Anti-Motion Blur Mode
Capture cleaner and sharper images in low light for non landscape shots. When set in Anti-motion Blur Mode, the DSC-WX9 captures six images in a fraction of a second with higher shutter speed and combines the data from all six to create a single image of extraordinary detail and dramatically reduce subject blur, beyond the capability of traditional cameras.
Includes Sony® PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.5
Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers 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, as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites (such as Facebook® and Sony’s Personal Space? site).1
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.
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 different exposure settings and processing the best elements of each into a single image for more natural looking shots.
Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization
Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically shifts the lens to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.
Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens with 25mm equivalent wide 5x Optical Zoom
The high-performance Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® 5x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for video recording as well as for outdoor, sports, and travel photos, and Close Focus shoots close-ups up to within a ½” of the subject. A wide angle of 25mm equivalent wide-angle lens allows you to take wider shots of the scene or group in crowded spaces.
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 flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.
Sweep Multi Angle™ mode
In Sweep Multi Angle™ mode, the camera takes 15 images at different angles as it sweeps across the scene. By tilting the camera during playback, the camera’s Gyro Sensor detects motion and displays the image in a 3D-like view on the camera’s LCD.
Compatible with PC and Mac® Systems
The high definition, AVCHD? video captured with the DSC-WX9 can be used with the provided Picture Motion Browser software for PC and iMovie® '09 for Mac® systems.1
Full HD 1080/60
i
Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60i in 1080 AVCHD.³ This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.
Background Defocus
DSLR photographs are often beautiful because they blur the background, putting the emphasis on the subject. Now our point-and-shoot cameras can deliver this signature DSLR benefit. The system takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocused background keeping the subject crisp and clear.
Digital Zoom
Capturing the right shot at the right moment has never been so easy. Digital zoom brings the action up close to get that perfect shot, every time.
Natural Flash
Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that reference to correct the color, for far more lifelike images.
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 difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting.
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 Soft 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 after you take the shot.
TransferJet™ technology
TransferJet™ technology, developed by Sony® and advanced and promoted by consortium of 18 other companies, allows you to transfer up to ten files between two TransferJet enabled devices just by touching their TransferJet logos together, without the hassle of hunting for cables or the complication of pairing5 .
Includes Sony® PMB Portable software
With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable software the DSC-WX9 makes it easy to pre-select 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 software or install.2
3.0” (921K dots) XtraFine LCD™ display
3.0” (921K dots) XtraFine™ LCD technology gives you brilliant-quality still images and movies with easy focus.
Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ HR mode
With Intelligent Sweep Panorama™ HR 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 different widths to help avoid subject distortion.
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 movies, making it easy to get the best shot.
Soft Skin mode
Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.
HDMI® output
The High-Definition 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® camera via HDMI cable to any compatible HDMI device to easily enjoy and upload content.6
Motion Detection
Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces.
Anti-Motion Blur Mode
Capture cleaner and sharper images in low light for non landscape shots. When set in Anti-motion Blur Mode, the DSC-WX9 captures six images in a fraction of a second with higher shutter speed and combines the data from all six to create a single image of extraordinary detail and dramatically reduce subject blur, beyond the capability of traditional cameras.
Includes Sony® PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.5
Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers 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, as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites (such as Facebook® and Sony’s Personal Space? site).1
Video
- Full HD
- Y
- Maximum video resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Video resolutions
- 640 x 480, 1280 x 720, 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Motion JPEG frame rate
- 60 fps
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Black
- ISO sensitivity
- 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- Weight
- 139g
- Focal length range (f-f)
- 28 - 140 mm
- Auto focusing (AF) modes
- Face detection, Spot Auto Focus
- Compatible memory cards
- MS Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Display
- LCD
- Flash modes
- Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Slow synchronization
- Light exposure correction
- ± 2EV (1/3EV step)
- Megapixel
- 16.2 MP
- Optical zoom
- 5x
- PictBridge
- N
- Scene modes
- Backlight, Beach, Fireworks, Portrait, Snow, Twilight
- Self-timer
- 2, 10s
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Total megapixels
- 16.8 MP
- Video capability
- Y
- Viewfinder type
- N
- White balance
- Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Incandescent
Ports & interfaces
- Built-in microphone
- Y
Power
- Power source type
- Battery
- Battery type
- NP-BN1
- Power consumption (typical)
- 1.1W
- Power requirements
- 100 - 240 V
Technical details
- Display diagonal
- 7.62 cm (3")
Audio
- Audio formats supported
- AAC
Lens system
- Lens structure (elements/groups)
- 6/5
- Focus adjustment
- Auto
- Image stabilizer
- Y
- Maximum aperture number
- 6.3
- Maximum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 17.5 cm
- Minimum aperture number
- 2.6
- Minimum focal length (35mm film equiv)
- 3.5 cm
- Number of aspheric elements
- 3
Camera
- Camera type
- Compact camera
- Built-in processor
- BIONZ
Light exposure
- Light exposure modes
- Auto
- ISO sensitivity (max)
- 3200
- ISO sensitivity (min)
- 80
Flash
- Built-in flash
- Y
Shutter
- Fastest camera shutter speed
- 1/1600s
- Slowest camera shutter speed
- 2s
Battery
- Battery capacity
- 630 mAh
- Battery voltage
- 3.6V
Packaging content
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- AC adapter included
- Y
Picture quality
- Image sensor size
- 25.4/58.4 mm (1/2.3")
- Image formats supported
- JPG
- Still image resolution(s)
- 640 x 480, 1920 x 1080, 2592 x 1944, 3648 x 2736, 4608 x 2592, 4608 x 3456, 7152 x 1080
- Supported aspect ratios
- 4:3, 16:9
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 9.46 cm
- Depth
- 1.98 cm
- Height
- 5.63 cm
Other features
- USB 2.0 ports quantity
- 1
- HDMI ports quantity
- 1
