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Rent NowThe Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (Black) is a powerful bridge-style superzoom camera from 2007, designed for photographers who want more manual control and reach than a basic compact camera can offer. It combines a high-quality Carl Zeiss zoom lens with full manual exposure options, positioning it as Sony’s top-of-the-range “super zoom” digicam of its era, marking a boundary between pocket snapshot cameras and entry-level DSLRs.
At the core of the DSC-H9 is an 8.1-megapixel, 1/2.5-inch Super HAD CCD sensor, paired with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens (13 elements in 8 groups, including 4 aspheric elements and 1 ED element) offering a substantial 15x optical zoom covering a 31-465mm equivalent focal range at a maximum aperture of f/2.7-4.5, extendable to 30x with Smart Zoom at VGA resolution. Sony’s SteadyShot lens-shift image stabilization helps counteract camera shake throughout the zoom range, particularly valuable at the telephoto end.
The camera offers full manual exposure control alongside Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority, and Auto modes, plus nine scene presets, giving more experienced photographers direct creative input. Shutter speeds range from 30 seconds to 1/4000 second, with ISO sensitivity from 80 to 3200. Autofocus uses a 9-area multi-point system with monitoring AF, flexible spot AF, and face detection, focusing from 50cm to infinity in normal mode or as close as 2cm in macro mode, aided by a bright AF illuminator capable of focusing in total darkness up to roughly 1.5m. Continuous shooting reaches approximately 2.2fps for up to 100 frames.
Handling centers on a large 3.0-inch, 230,000-dot tiltable LCD mounted on a two-way hinged bracket, letting it tilt up to 90 degrees for waist-level or overhead shooting, along with a small electronic viewfinder. A NightShot infrared mode allows shooting in complete darkness, and the camera includes DVD-quality movie recording along with HDTV output. Build quality is compact for a 15x-zoom camera, measuring approximately 109.5 x 83.4 x 85.7mm and weighing around 407-440g, powered by a rechargeable NP-BG1 lithium-ion battery rated for approximately 280 shots per charge (CIPA standard).
Key Features
– 8.1MP 1/2.5″ Super HAD CCD sensor
– Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 15x optical zoom lens, 31-465mm equivalent, f/2.7-4.5
– SteadyShot optical image stabilization
– Full manual, Program, Aperture-priority, and Shutter-priority exposure modes
– 9 scene presets
– Shutter speed range of 30 sec to 1/4000 sec
– ISO 80-3200
– 9-area multi-point autofocus with face detection
– Macro focusing as close as 2cm
– NightShot infrared mode
– 3.0″ tiltable LCD (230,000 dots)
– Electronic viewfinder
– DVD-quality movie mode with HDTV output
– NP-BG1 rechargeable battery (~280 shots per charge, CIPA)
– Compact body for its zoom class (approximately 407-440g)
