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The sensor, in perspective.
Capture area at a shared scale. The dashed outline is a 36 × 24 mm full-frame reference.
Nikon Z 9
- Sensor area indexGeometric · full frame = 100From declared pixel array and pixel size.
- 99.4
- Active dimensions
- 35.90 × 23.93 mm
- Active area
- 859.09 mm²
- Crop factor
- 1.00 ×
- Area vs full frame
- -0.01 stops
The index is calculated from area, assuming equal scene illumination, f-number and exposure time. It is not a low-light test or an image-quality score: lens transmission, quantum efficiency, noise and processing are not included. A crop mode changes the area used, not the physical sensor.
Dynamic range ≠ EV operating range. Autofocus and metering limits describe operating conditions. Manufacturer HDR claims appear separately below; independent dynamic-range measurements require a matched test method, ISO and noise threshold.
Sensor specifications
- Reference active width
- 35.90 mm
- Reference active height
- 23.93 mm
- Sensor technology
- CMOS
- Reference capture area
- 3:2 Open Gate (Full Frame)
Capture & exposure
- Camera family
- Mirrorless
- Shutter
- Electronic Global (stacked virtually no rolling shutter)
Capture modes
5 capture modes
- 3:2 Open Gate (Full Frame)
- Active height
- 23.93 mm
- Active width
- 35.90 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 8,256 px
- Vertical pixels
- 5,504 px
- X 16:9 (Full sensor width)
- Active height
- 20.18 mm
- Active width
- 35.90 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 8,256 px
- Vertical pixels
- 4,640 px
- DX 3:2 Crop
- Active height
- 15.65 mm
- Active width
- 23.52 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 5,408 px
- Vertical pixels
- 3,600 px
- 5:4
- Active height
- 23.93 mm
- Active width
- 29.92 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 6,880 px
- Vertical pixels
- 5,504 px
- 1:1
- Active height
- 23.93 mm
- Active width
- 23.93 mm
- Horizontal pixels
- 5,504 px
- Vertical pixels
- 5,504 px
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