Sony PXW-Z90V 4K HDR XDCAM with Fast Hybrid AF

The Sony PXWZ90V XDCAM 4K Pro Camcorder with SDI is the perfect camera for high-end productions. Produce 4K HDR video with HLG and record at up to 30p and UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution for high-quality, detailed images with a wide dynamic range. Selectable recording formats include AVCHD, XAVC and MP4.

Your Sony PXWZ90V XDCAM 4K Pro Camcorder with SDI from Sony has a 1.0-type, APS-C-sized, 2.3M effective pixel Exmor RS CMOS sensor that captures high resolution images with detailed textures, gradients and colors in stunning detail.

The PXWZ90V XDCAM 4K Professional Camcorder from Sony is a broadcast-quality camcorder that offers a wide range of features for full-scale professional productions. The camcorder supports recording in the XAVC 4K format at 100 Mbps or the XAVC QFHD format at 50 Mbps. Plus, it gives you the best zoom with full clarity using its Zeiss 12x Optical Zoom, making it the best tool for a variety of shooting and camera situations.

Your Sony PXWZ90V’s phase detection autofocus provides fast and accurate autofocus by using two different sensors to adjust the lens to a proper focal length. One sensor detects the phase of light waves and tells the other sensor where the lens is. The other sensor then tells the lens motor where to move to. This type of autofocus is much faster than contrast detection autofocus, which relies on the light sensors to calculate your image focus in seconds.

Product Features in Detail

Stream directly to major online platforms
Live streaming instantly connects you with your audience, wherever you are. From weddings and live events to interviews and seminars—capture high-quality images and share them in real time on major online video platforms. Set up your own streaming channel with your smartphone or tablet, connect via Wi-Fi—and you’re ready to go.

Revolutionary imaging performance with Exmor RS
To deliver imaging performance previously impossible for a compact camcorder, a large 14.2-megapixel (effective) 1.0-type stacked CMOS image sensor delivers beautiful background bokeh defocus effects and superior sensitivity for capturing high-quality images with less noise, even under dark or bright conditions. This sensor integrates up to 273 phase-detection AF points that densely cover approx. 84% of the image area, for precise tracking of subjects throughout the shooting frame.
The sensor gives you low noise and less blur, because more light reaches the sensor, offering clear and steady pictures even in a dark scene with minimum illumination 1.7 lux.

Enhanced Fast Hybrid auto focus captures action
Enhanced Fast Hybrid auto focus (AF) is comprised of a number of features: Phase-detection AF with up to 273 reference points covering approximately 84% of the image area, face detection and lock-on auto focus technology to estimate subject movement. They all work together seamlessly to capture fast-moving subjects with amazing sharpness.

Auto Focus Creative Control
AF Drive Speed means you set the speed at which focus switches—rapid for a sports event and slow for a drama production. It’s easy to get the results you need. AF Track Depth allows you to choose a Wide depth of field when a subject is fast moving, while Narrow fine tunes performance for a subject at a consistent distance. AF Switching Sensitivity lets you lock tight to a single subject or fluidly switch focus—such as when shooting a line of runners.

Instant HDR workflows
Shoot, edit, and view HDR content in HLG without the need for additional color grading.
As the expanding need for HDR content continues, Internet video platforms and professionals producing corporate or event content are paying more attention to the added value of HDR. They need to deliver content quickly, without compromising on imaging expression and quality of content. To meet this demand, the PXW-Z90 offers Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, in addition to S-Log3, for easy file-based workflows, while achieving the image quality of HDR. This simple workflow enables the shooting, editing, and viewing of HDR content in HLG, without devoting a lot of time to post-production work and additional color grading.

Express your vision beyond realtime motion
High Frame Rate shots can turn everyday actions into slow motion ballet, and the PXW-Z90 delivers a stunning 120 frames* per second (fps) in Full HD XAVC 10bit 4:2:2, giving you continuous five-times slow motion expression. Higher frame rates** are also possible for even greater creative flexibility.
*50 Hz: 100fps. 60 Hz: 120fps
**50 Hz: 250, 500, 1000fps. 60 Hz: 240, 480, 960fps

Broadcast-quality 4K (QFHD) and HD
The PXW-Z90 allows you to record a wide range of 4K (QFHD) and HD formats for maximum flexibility from this stunning palm-sized camcorder. The Z90 supports XAVC QFHD 100-Mbps recordings at 30p/25p/24p, XAVC HD Long GOP 422 50 Mbps, MPEGHD422 50 Mbps,* MPEGHD420 35 Mbps, and AVCHD.

Wide-angle zoom lens with great control
The PXW-Z90 is supplied with a fixed 29-mm wide-angle ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T lens, ideal for capturing panoramic landscapes. The 12x optical zoom can be increased to 18x with Clear Image Zoom, maintaining QFHD resolution using Super Resolution Technology or 24x in HD. In addition, the digital extender can double this range again, up to 48x zoom.
The camcorder’s lens ring enables smooth, natural adjustment of focusing or zooming, depending on which mode is selected, while the manual dial and buttons on the side of the body allow swift and easy adjustment of IRIS (aperture), ISO/GAIN, and shutter speed.

Superb quality monitoring with enhanced OLED viewfinder
You have superb monitoring options with the Z90, an enhanced 0.39-type 2359K dot OLED viewfinder and 3.5-type 1550K dot LCD. The super-high-resolution OLED viewfinder offers excellent quality brightness, contrast, and response, giving you better precision of manual focus operations and eliminating any color-breaking phenomenon. The LCD gives you further flexible composition options.

Dual XLR inputs
Robust XLR inputs on the removable handle support professional-standard stereo audio recording. Switchable phantom power supports mics that need it, while independent channel input dials provide precision control.

Remote operation
The PXW-Z90 has a featured remote interface (2.5-mm stereo mini-mini jack) wired interface. Using a wired remote controller such as the RM-1BP or RM-30BP, the focus, zoom, rec start/stop, and rec review can be controlled remotely.

Dual media slots
To extend recording time and workflow flexibility, the PXW-Z90 is equipped with two memory-card slots and is compatible with SDXC and SDHC cards as well as Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark 2) / PRO-HG Duo.*
Relay mode automatically switches recording from the first to the second memory card when the first is full; Simul mode allows simultaneous recording to two memory cards (for example, to create an immediate back-up version). The PXW-Z90’s two start/stop buttons on the handle grip and camcorder body can independently start and stop recording on different memory cards while recording in Simul mode.
*Memory Card Slot 1 only.

Multi-Interface (MI) Shoe
The PXW-Z90 takes advantage of Sony’s flexible Multi-Interface (MI) Shoe, which provides power, signal connections, and coordinated on/off switching to compatible Sony accessories. For example, you can connect and control Sony UWP-D wireless microphone systems (sold separately). Please note that to use the MI Shoe, the XLR handle must be removed.

Wide choice of connections
The PXW-Z90 offers numerous connections to suit the broadcast workflow, including 3G HD-SDI, HDMI®, Multi/Micro USB jack, and composite output. The Rec Trigger signal can be sent through SDI and HDMI to link an external recording device. HDMI/SDI/composite output is possible during QFHD recording.

Easily synchronize multiple camcorders
When shooting with multiple camcorders, you can synchronize the timecode of each camcorder using Content Browser Mobile™ (CBM) smartphone application* with optional CBKZ-WTCL upgrade. With this feature, all camcorders can synchronize to the primary camcorder you select or to a manually set time—whichever you prefer.