Premium slim Sony compact with Exmor R sensor and Carl Zeiss zoom, OLED touchscreen in an ultra-thin metal body.
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX9 is a slim touchscreen compact from 2010 featuring a 12.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor with a 4x Carl Zeiss zoom in an ultra-thin sliding body. The Exmor R backside-illuminated sensor provided significantly better low-light performance than conventional CCD compacts of this era.
The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 4x zoom covers 25-100mm equivalent with Optical SteadyShot stabilisation, and the 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen was among the largest and most vivid displays available in a compact camera in 2010. The camera shoots full HD 1080p video with stereo sound.
Build quality is premium ultra-slim metal with a sliding front panel that reveals the lens and powers the camera. The touchscreen interface provides intuitive operation, and 3D photography capability was included using a sweep function. The Exmor R sensor delivers noticeably cleaner high-ISO images than CCD alternatives.
The TX9 holds modest interest on the used market as a premium Sony compact with the advanced Exmor R sensor and Carl Zeiss optics. The OLED screen and slim design remain appealing, and the camera provides genuinely better low-light capability than many compacts of its generation.