Sony FCB camera block
According to SONY China FCB series product launch center – exhibition technology news, SONY will be fully listed in the summer of 2024 FCB-ER9500, which is SONY’s first 4K60 frame integrated camera module, it is listed in 2021 compared with FCB-EW9500H, which is more suitable for your use scenario?
Some enterprise users have borrowed the FCB-ER9500 prototype from our company to test and experience the advantages of this camera module in advance, and at the same time, it has been praised by the test users.
FCB-EW9500H and FCB-ER9500, with the same 4K HDMI video signal output, the difference in performance and function is not very big, the most obvious difference is mainly experienced in the signal system, sensor and optical amplification.
One of the biggest advantages of FCB-ER9500 is that it supports 4K60 frame image output, which can support a frame rate of 60 frames per second at 4K resolution, and can provide clearer and smoother video pictures, which is suitable for application scenarios requiring high resolution and high frame rate, such as drones, surveillance, video conferencing, medical imaging and so on.
Although the FCB-EW9500H can also reach 2160P/60 image output, but because its effective pixels are only about 4 million, it will be surrounded by black boxes when output images under the 2160P signal system, accurately speaking, it can only reach 4M60 frame image output.
Sensors: The FCB-EW9500H and FCB-ER9500 are both based on SONY’s advanced STARVIS series of sensors, which have higher photographic performance and low light capture capability to capture clear images in black light environments.
However, the FCB-ER9500 uses a 4K STARVIS2 CMOS sensor, which has wider wide motion and higher frame rate support than the FCB-EW9500H (STARVIS CMOS), maintaining better detail in highlight and shadow areas while providing higher contrast.
Optical Zoom: The advantage of optical zoom is that not only does it not lose image quality and keep details sharp, but it also provides better magnification.
In terms of optical zoom, the FCB-EW9500H is slightly better than the FCB-ER9500, with 30x enhanced optical zoom and 25x optical zoom, respectively, which means that the FCB-EW9500H has more powerful zoom capability and can provide longer distance shooting ability.
In terms of appearance design, the two use the same shell and size, which is more convenient for users to update and iterate.
| FCB-EW9500H | FCB-ER9500 | |
| Sensor | 1/1.8” STARVIS CMOS | 1/1.8” 4K STARVIS2 CMOS |
| Signal system | 4M60 frames | 4K60 frames |
| Wide dynamic | excellent | higher |
| Optical Zoom | 30X enhanced | 25X |
| Horizontal Viewing Angle | approx. 58.1 deg | approx. 58.1 deg |
| Image stabilization | Super Stabilizer | Super Stabilizer |
| Optical axis consistency | Yes | Yes |
| Spot AE,Spot AWB,Spot Focus | Yes | Yes |
| ICR ON | Yes | Yes |
| I/F | 4K HDMI | 4K HDMI |
| Size | 56.0×64.0x125mm | 56.0×64.0x125.0mm |
According to the feedback of test users, FCB-EW9500H meets FCB-ER9500, which is a chess match, so when FCB-ER9500 is really listed, some users may have confusion on the choice.
In broadcast television, medical, video conferencing, and surveillance scenarios that require high definition and detail capture, the FCB-EW9500H with high definition, high sensitivity, and high sensitivity can also cope comfortably, but it also has limitations, after all, it can only provide 4M60 frames of image output.
The FCB-ER9500 can provide 4K ultra-high-definition image quality, a smooth picture of 60 frames per second, even in complex environments where overexposure and low light exist at the same time, it can still maintain better detail performance.
In the above application scenarios, the most used is ordinary liquid crystal display, generally equipped with HDMI output interface, FCB-ER9500 and FCB-EW9500H are HDMI signal output, connected to the 4K control board, you can directly connect to the HDMI interface of the display, no need to perform interface conversion again, simplifying the cable. Cost savings.
Therefore, in these industry scenarios, the FCB-ER9500 will provide finer colors, higher picture quality and smoother image output.
Of course, if you want to output smooth 4K ultra HD images, the FCB-ER9500 is a well-deserved upgrade path.
The FCB-EW9500H and the upcoming FCB-ER9500 are SONY’s high-performance camera modules, with excellent performance and reliable quality, users can choose according to their specific needs and budgets to weigh and compare, choose the most suitable for their own products.