Sony ILCE-9 α9 Brochure Large File - 10.06 MB - Page 8

The dawn of the true digital age In one game-changing leap the revolutionary image sensor and high-speed processing of the 9 reach performance levels far beyond the incremental improvements gained through decades of mechanical refinement. There is no viewfinder blackout. Continuous shooting speeds exceed those possible with mechanical shutters. Higher shutter speeds are available, and all without noise or vibration. The ability to keep an eye on moving subjects at all times leads to faultless AF and AE tracking, and the photographer's view is consistently up-to-date with an absolute minimum of lag. In short, the digital promise has been realized at last. Sony presents a new class of digital imaging Traditional SLR goals Reduced viewfinder blackout time Fast, low-vibration, quiet mechanical shutters Motion prediction for improved subject tracking AF A direct viewfinder image of the subject 35mm full-frame stacked CMOS sensor with integral memory achievements No viewfinder blackout Fast, vibration-free, silent electronic shutter Continuous tracking of moving subjects for foolproof AF A direct viewfinder image of the subject and final image 14 Built for speed Fast full-frame stacked CMOS image sensor with integral memory The 9 is the first*1 full-frame camera to employ an Exmor RSTM image sensor with a stacked structure designed specifically for high speed. Readout speed is more than 20 times faster*2 than previous systems, easily overcoming the limitations of conventional camera mechanisms. The circuit layer is separate from the pixel layer so that the scale and capabilities of the integrated high-speed signal processing circuitry can be significantly enhanced, and an integral memory is implemented to temporarily store the large volume of data produced. *1 As of April 2017, Sony survey. *2 Compared to the front-illuminated CMOS image sensor in the 7 II. BIONZ X™ supports speedy performance An enhanced BIONZ X image-processing engine works with the fast image sensor to achieve maximum speed and performance. The BIONZ X processor and a frontend LSI deliver higher performance in a number of critical areas including autofocus speed and precision, face detection speed and precision, and EVF display response. Image processing engine Integral memory Hi-speed signal processing circuit Pixel area 15