Sony Hx9v Nuevo Modelo !!! 16 X Zoom, 16,2 Mpixels,gps

DSC-HX9V -
Cyber-shot™ de alto rendimiento con un potente zoom, Full HD 50p y GPS; Exmor R™ de 16.2 megapíxeles, zoom de 16 x/gran angular de 24 mm, 3D, LCD de 7.5 cm, barrido panorámico

Ease of Use

The DSC-HX9V is Sony's second travel-zoom camera, following last year's HX5 model. Travel-zooms now typically offer at least a 10x or bigger lens in a compact body that you can still fit inside a pocket, with some models upping the ante to a 16x lens. The Sony DSC-HX9V joins the party with a 16x extending optical lens with respectable maximum apertures of f/3.3 at the 24mm wide-angle setting and f/5.9 at the 384mm full telephoto setting.

The HX9V's lens is a real joy to use, with a 16x zoom in such a small package making this camera incredibly adaptable, with everything from ultra-wide landscapes to candid long-distance portraits within easy reach. The 24mm focal length provides an entirely new wide angle of view that can only increase your creativity. You won't want to go back to a "standard" 35mm zoom after using the 24mm lens on the DSC-HX9V, or even a 28mm one - 4mm at the wide-angle end really does make a big difference.

Even when set to 384mm, the lens doesn't extend too far from the front of the HX9V, making it look to all intents and purposes like a "normal" compact camera. The combination of the f/3.3 aperture, effective optical image stabilizer and maximum ISO speed of 3200 makes this camera well suited to hand-held low-light photography. Sony has fitted a dual image stabilisation mechanism in the shape of both optical SteadyShot and an ISO range that extends up to ISO 3200. If not quite class leading, it's better than you'll find on your average point-and-shoot. Note that you can't actually turn off the SteadyShot function.

Despite its big zoom lens, the HX9V is still quite a slender camera, measuring just over 3cms at its narrowest point and weighing 245g with the battery and memory card fitted, with a large 3-inch, 921k-dot resolution LCD screen at the rear, much improved on the HX5's 230K dot screen. As you'd expect with a screen of that size on such a small camera, the HX9V has no optical viewfinder to fall back on.

Providing the means of gripping the camera is a quite substantial textured, rubberised protrusion on the front and a thumb-shaped area on the rear, making the DSC-HX9V easy to get to grips with despite its mostly smooth metal surface. Also located on the front of the HX9V is the centrally located lens and a porthole on the left for the self-timer/AF illuminator. The small and narrow window for the flash on the HX5 has been replaced on this newer model by a pop-up flash unit, which is automatically raised when you select a flash mode.

Press the small lozenge-shaped On/Off button on the shiny silver top plate and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V quickly readies itself for action in a just over a second. The adequately sized shutter-release button has a definite halfway point, determining focus and exposure with a bleep of affirmation, focus points highlighted as green rectangles on the LCD. Go on to take the shot and the JPEG images are committed to memory in a single second, the screen momentarily blanking out and then displaying the captured image before the user can go on to take a second shot.

The shutter release button is encircled by a responsive forefinger-operated push/pull rocker zoom lever, with the camera taking around four seconds to zoom from wide-angle to full telephoto. The HX9V's built-in stereo microphone is also located on top of the camera, plus the Custom button which as the name suggests can be customised to access one commonly used setting, such as ISO speed or Exposure Compensation.

A round shooting mode dial with a knurled edge and positive action completes the HX9V's top-plate, letting you quickly switch between the various shooting modes that are on offer. Sony has included Intelligent Auto scene recognition, which works in virtually identical fashion to the intelligent auto modes of Panasonic's and Canon's compact ranges. Simply point the HX9V at a scene or subject and the camera analyses it and automatically chooses one of 11 pre-optimised settings to best suit. There's also the new Superior Auto mode, which places greater emphasis on reducing blur and noise and increasing the dynamic range.