1 00:00:00,179 --> 00:00:06,899 Sony has been kicking butt and snapping pics all over the place and they just 2 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:11,460 ran out of room on their SD card this camera might be the most disruptive 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:19,619 camera they have yet produced not only to their competitors but to themselves 4 00:00:13,860 --> 00:00:21,359 as well this is the brand new zve E1 so 5 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:27,840 it's part of their zv lineup but it is an interchangeable lens and it's full 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:33,059 frame buddy full frame interchangeable lens budget lineup this changes 7 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:38,100 everything and the best thing about it is it has the same sensor as some other 8 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:43,020 six thousand dollar cameras oh buddy let's go let's finish this unboxing this 9 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,840 is clearly not final packaging but it might give you an idea what will be in 10 00:00:44,219 --> 00:00:51,180 the Box this is the version that comes with the kit lens uh 28 to 60 versatile 11 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:55,079 little lens uh it's you know it's not gonna win any awards but it's nice when 12 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:57,660 you have an option when you're spending all your money on a camera other than 13 00:00:56,579 --> 00:01:03,000 that you know strap charger and cable this looks like 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,420 it's like a 2.0 cable so I'm guessing you're not doing any data transfers on 15 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:11,400 this just power Sony has learned a lot and is not doing the typical Sony thing 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:15,840 that they've done in the past where you know new camera new batteries new 17 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:19,799 formats new things this camera is going to work with the same batteries you use 18 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:27,659 and most of the alpha lineup so you know the a74 a7r5 a7s3 and the fx3 which uh 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:32,159 based on the specs and the little experience I have might have fewer and 20 00:01:30,119 --> 00:01:36,840 fewer reasons to be bought when we look more deeply at this thing 21 00:01:34,259 --> 00:01:41,820 last thing in the box is just a little wind sock uh built into this camera 22 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:46,200 there's a three microphone array and you can slide it into the hot shoe Mount 23 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,740 this way and it'll probably provide a little bit of wind protection as well as 24 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:55,380 you know give your camera a little haircut that's cute it's like a troll doll let's take a closer look at the 25 00:01:53,399 --> 00:02:01,020 body of the camera uh first thing first it's noticeably smaller than other Alpha 26 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:05,759 cameras but it is quite a bit larger than the zve E10 which is very similar 27 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:10,440 in a lot of ways but it is a aps-c sensor I like the way this feels it 28 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:14,040 feels comfortable in the hand I find mirrorless cameras in general always a 29 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:18,540 little bit small when I squeeze the grip my fingers kind of press against the 30 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:21,900 body not the grip but uh in my experience over the weekend I never felt 31 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:25,800 like I could I was gonna like you know launch this away in the same way when 32 00:02:24,239 --> 00:02:29,520 I'm holding you know point and shoot or a smaller one this is kind of 33 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:34,980 uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time but also feels like it's going to slip out of my hand at any point one 34 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:40,560 of the first things I notice when I look at the zve E1 is the dire lack of 35 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:44,640 controls on a professional camera you want dials knobs buttons everything 36 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,879 everywhere so that with one button press you're in complete control of whatever 37 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:52,440 setting you want but that is not the target market of the zve E1 this is a 38 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:57,959 camera built from the ground up for vloggers on the top we have our power 39 00:02:54,540 --> 00:03:00,480 slider Zoom toggle we have our shutter 40 00:02:57,959 --> 00:03:04,800 button for the photo mode which uh we will get to later we have custom 41 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:11,159 functions one and two two is for Focus magnification one I believe is set for 42 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,739 some of these AI processed super modes 43 00:03:11,159 --> 00:03:18,540 that are gonna steal my job Boo get out of here you stupid smart 44 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:22,019 camera I need dumb cameras for dumb camera operators like me then we have 45 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:26,040 our record button we have our toggle between the three different modes uh 46 00:03:24,060 --> 00:03:30,959 which is a lot less than you know something like an A7 mark IV or an A9 47 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:35,099 Mark II on the top we have our toggle for photo mode uh which we will get into 48 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:40,080 later we have our video mode which is definitely this camera's primary function and then the slow and quick 49 00:03:38,099 --> 00:03:45,000 function for slow-mo and time lapses and whatnot besides that we have our hot 50 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,659 shoe Mount which in my opinion will be a very important port on this camera as 51 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:52,200 really if you want to get good audio into this camera this is your one option 52 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:57,360 other than that there's the internal mic which is fine for certain applications a 53 00:03:54,840 --> 00:04:01,200 3.5 mil Jack in so there's some accessories you can use there but it's 54 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:05,700 usually kind of not so great and then we have our LED indicator it turns red it's 55 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:08,400 a tally light and we have our film plane indicator if you don't know what that 56 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,000 means basically this means that's where the sensor lines up just a neat little 57 00:04:10,739 --> 00:04:16,500 tidbit for you if you want to keep this camera topped up while shooting you'll 58 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:20,280 need at least a 50 watt charger and you can use less than that but it'll just 59 00:04:17,940 --> 00:04:24,720 slowly drain as you're using it here we have our single SD card slot that's fine 60 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:29,160 for most people most people aren't dual recording or shooting proxies uh because 61 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,699 the danger of losing footage isn't that dire and if I was using this as a vlog 62 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:37,320 camera I would consistently backing up to a hard drive or my computer so 63 00:04:34,259 --> 00:04:40,560 luckily the slot is SDXC 2 UHS 1 and 2 64 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:42,660 compliant v90 you will need a fast card 65 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:46,560 to get the most out of the high bit rates of this camera in fact you just 66 00:04:44,699 --> 00:04:51,120 you know you'll get very short recording times on a slower card in the bottom we 67 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:55,080 have our micro HDMI and a headphone jack uh you know for monitoring yourself on 68 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:58,680 the bottom we have our quarter thread mount it would be nice you know to have 69 00:04:56,820 --> 00:05:02,580 two for a little bit of uh stability on a tripod plate but at this size I don't 70 00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:07,020 expect it and then we have our fz100 battery slot considering this camera is 71 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:12,720 so small it's Quite a feat that they've managed to engineer using one of the 72 00:05:09,780 --> 00:05:18,660 bigger batteries on the zve E10 we get the older model FW p50s as you can see 73 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:21,960 there's a lot more capacity and there's also more sophisticated battery 74 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:26,759 chemistry in the newer ones as well this is good because even though this is a 75 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:31,560 more sophisticated camera with higher end features having the bigger battery 76 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:33,419 in the zve1 is amazing because it can 77 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:37,440 actually take more still photos and video on a single charge even though 78 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:41,699 this is a higher end camera with more features on the back I guess is also 79 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:45,120 kind of the top is a control wheel this is I guess our primary one uh we'll 80 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:49,199 explore you know the ways you can assign functions to it we have our menu button 81 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:52,440 back to custom 2 or Focus magnification we have the function button and it's 82 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:56,280 pre-programmed to work with the smartphone app and then we have you know 83 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:01,320 our back control wheel with center button and all its various functions are 84 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:05,639 playback and our deletes all typical camera stuff overall for a vlogging 85 00:06:03,419 --> 00:06:09,660 camera that is primarily used by someone who isn't interested and find controls 86 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:16,020 over the camera this is fine but for someone like me who's looking to 87 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:19,080 possibly replace an a 7 S3 or an fx3 88 00:06:16,020 --> 00:06:21,600 with something cheaper but potentially 89 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:27,240 as good a video it's a little bit of a letdown thankfully Sony has implemented 90 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:29,520 a better UI than the zve10 which we'll 91 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:33,300 explore and a touch screen control so yes we have all these buttons but hey we 92 00:06:31,259 --> 00:06:35,880 got the best button of all a touch screen it's got the same level of 93 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,120 manipulation as a lot of their other cameras you can spin it around so when 94 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:46,080 you're shooting Vlog you can point it at yourself there's a few things I like about where things are placed I like 95 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:48,120 actually having the SD card on the left 96 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:52,259 side of the camera your right because this is a camera I imagine living on a 97 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:55,620 gimbal a lot and so you know you have your gimbal ARM here and a lot of the 98 00:06:53,819 --> 00:06:58,860 time you're trying to switch cards but you can't you have to take the whole 99 00:06:56,940 --> 00:07:01,979 camera off just to switch your card on this side luckily hey you just you can 100 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:05,639 reach it on the other side you still will have trouble with the battery because you know the batteries on this 101 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:09,300 side so I think that's a nice little quality of light feature that I don't 102 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:13,440 know if it was on purpose or just by happenstance by having to you know fit 103 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:18,419 everything into this camera and then my final little complaint and this is 104 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:23,639 across pretty much all Alpha cameras as well is having the HDMI on the same side 105 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:26,520 that the camera flips out onto and so if you're streaming with this camera and 106 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:31,080 you're using the screen as a little monitor it's gonna be at least partially 107 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,900 obfuscated by the cable blocking it luckily it's been moved down lower on 108 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:38,759 the body so it's not as big of a deal one of the huge features of this camera is that the USB can actually do 4K 30. 109 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:43,560 even though a lot of alpha cameras are capable of 4K 30 4k60 through the USB 110 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:47,220 port they've often been limited just by data transfer rates this one is 111 00:07:45,419 --> 00:07:52,259 according to them the first one that can actually do 4K 30 properly it also has 112 00:07:50,039 --> 00:07:58,080 an HDMI output but it's not quite as high bit rate as the cinema line that 113 00:07:55,080 --> 00:08:00,180 can do 16-bit raw finally and most 114 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:03,960 importantly is the sensor the thing that's most exciting is that the sensor 115 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:11,220 that's in the fx3 and the fx6 and the a7s2 is the same sensor full frame 116 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:13,860 everything backlit bion's XR that's in 117 00:08:11,220 --> 00:08:17,699 this and this camera actually has more modern processing it's got AI 118 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:22,800 supplementing some of its uh stabilization and it's tracking and so 119 00:08:20,819 --> 00:08:29,099 even though the alpha cameras have been top tier in autofocus this bad boy could 120 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:35,060 be even better I can't wait to explore what this bad boy can do but not before 121 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:35,060 I tell you about our sponsor 122 00:08:35,839 --> 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00:09:16,380 current ones the older ones that had the bigger screen where anything you need on 132 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:19,680 the camera you just touch it and then you manipulate it you change it for all 133 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,220 disclosure I took this camera out on the weekend and shot some video the camera's 134 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:26,339 asking me if I want to set the tolerance for higher temperatures up higher that's 135 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:30,720 reminding me of one of the big shortcomings of this camera due to the 136 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:34,500 fact that they've compressed almost everything that goes into this bigger 137 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:38,880 camera into a smaller frame there's effectively no not a heatsink or a way 138 00:09:36,899 --> 00:09:43,860 for heat that the camera is creating to escape and the record times at the 139 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:46,800 higher bit rate on this camera are quite reduced I've actually did some testing 140 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:51,720 so I'll just read what I what I experienced the numbers that Sony give 141 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:55,800 are comparing the fx3 to the zve E1 and 142 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:58,140 they say that at 150 megabits 60p 4k on 143 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:02,519 the fx3 you get about 90 minutes of recording and on the zve one that's 30 144 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,880 minutes and you might say hey that's still a lot of time I'm shooting my 145 00:10:03,779 --> 00:10:08,459 Vlogs I'm shooting shots here yes but there is definitely use cases where you 146 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:13,080 need a camera rolling longer you're shooting an interview as a b cam or you're doing weddings and even though 147 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:16,680 it's not continuous recording the heat is still going up and so you'll just 148 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:22,500 come up against walls especially when you consider that that 150 megabit mode 149 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:24,540 is only a quarter of its highest megabit 150 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:29,459 on offer this camera can do up to 600 megabit at 60p and on my testing that 151 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:33,240 gave me about 15 minutes of recording and then I let it cool off for a little 152 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:37,080 bit and then tried again and I got about two minutes of recording and I went back 153 00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:42,000 again and got about 30 seconds of recording your use may vary uh this was 154 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:46,620 a inside you know around 20 degrees Celsius but 15 minutes at your highest 155 00:10:44,579 --> 00:10:49,620 bit rate could definitely be a bottleneck that you will come against 156 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:53,640 and if long recordings is something that's essential to you that's a huge 157 00:10:51,899 --> 00:10:58,079 consideration for moving up to the fx3 oh they're like really going for iPhone 158 00:10:55,560 --> 00:11:00,899 measurements it's a gesture based UI which is interesting once we have the 159 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:04,019 camera in the phone connected and we've gotten through all the initialations and 160 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:08,820 we've gotten through all the initialation initial installation once 161 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:12,360 you've gotten past all the startup steps once you've gotten past all the startup 162 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:17,519 steps and you've connected your phone and stuff you'll be presented with the UI that should be very familiar to you 163 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:21,540 if you use any Alpha cameras before part of their design philosophy was actually 164 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:25,019 to transplant the UI of the proline cameras into this which I think is a 165 00:11:23,459 --> 00:11:30,600 great thing the zvit you want menu was kind of confusing and a lot of it's just 166 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:33,779 just familiarity but in navigating this 167 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:35,220 I felt the categorization uh and the way 168 00:11:33,779 --> 00:11:39,000 things are lined up makes a lot more sense by default it's shooting HD we're 169 00:11:37,079 --> 00:11:42,660 going to set up to the high bitrate 4K let's go the bit rates are held behind a 170 00:11:41,579 --> 00:11:47,519 different frame rate so if you do want the highest bit rate the 60 megabit mode 171 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:51,540 you're going to have to go to 60p but we shoot this video in 30p uh and so we're 172 00:11:50,399 --> 00:11:56,700 going to shoot in 30 just so it's a little easier to use like I said the sensor is the same as the alpha lineup 173 00:11:54,480 --> 00:12:01,140 and so you're getting a 422 readout which is you know a slight compromise on 174 00:11:58,740 --> 00:12:04,380 color information but I bet if you're considering buying this camera you're 175 00:12:02,459 --> 00:12:08,040 shooting in 420 right now you dirty dog you outside of that we have our slow 176 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:11,339 motion and time-lapse settings one thing that's really nice about this camera is 177 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:16,800 that you can actually shoot in s-log 3 or cinetone which is a color profile 178 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:19,980 designed to mimic Sony's Venice Line of camera so hey we're moving up from the 179 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:24,480 alpha Lana all the way to the top to Venice baby you can even set using a 180 00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:28,740 cropped mode for video so if you have aps-c lenses or you know you just need a 181 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:34,320 little extra throw you can set that and one thing that's really nice is there's actually lens compensation so if you're 182 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:39,120 using Sony first party lenses they can work together to mitigate lens breathing 183 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:43,500 which is you know as you focus the size of objects changing and also you know 184 00:12:41,579 --> 00:12:47,100 chromatic aberration at the edges of frames we have our media control so we 185 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:50,519 can format you can recover if you lost stuff hopefully that never happens to 186 00:12:48,660 --> 00:12:56,339 you you can give it a naming convention on your camera you have your different 187 00:12:52,079 --> 00:12:59,880 shoot modes and this is where this 188 00:12:56,339 --> 00:13:02,339 camera could potentially surpass the fx3 189 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:06,540 and the fx6 inside of this camera is Sony's most sophisticated AI processor 190 00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:11,160 yet they've already had the top of the game in terms of autofocus and we use 191 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:14,579 the fx6 here and I trust that autofocus with my life but there's still 192 00:13:12,839 --> 00:13:18,240 shortcomings it can track faces it can you know identify certain objects but 193 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:22,019 when a person turns and it's the back of their head it has issues this has AI 194 00:13:20,459 --> 00:13:24,959 compensation for that and should do a better job same with tracking objects 195 00:13:23,519 --> 00:13:30,779 during stabilization it's going to use this AI to move the cropped frame on the 196 00:13:27,959 --> 00:13:34,800 sensor to track that subject better and adjust the image stabilization the 197 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:39,480 electronic image stabilization even better and let me tell you the results 198 00:13:36,660 --> 00:13:42,720 are impressive first we have the intelligent Auto which is the full AI 199 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:46,500 mode it's going to figure out what you're trying to shoot in the best ways 200 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:48,959 to shoot it it'll change everything in some pretty neat ways and if you're 201 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:54,060 someone that knows nothing about cameras I think this will be a really appealing option you have your program Auto which 202 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:58,079 in a lot of Run and Gun situations is something that I've often used basically 203 00:13:55,860 --> 00:14:02,279 you lock in some settings that you like and then the camera will automatically 204 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:06,360 compensate others in order to keep the the exposure consistent kind of keeping 205 00:14:05,339 --> 00:14:09,839 in line with that you have your aperture priority where basically you set your aperture and then everything else 206 00:14:08,339 --> 00:14:13,860 compensate and your shutter priority where you set your shutter and it compensates and then you have the mode 207 00:14:12,540 --> 00:14:17,339 that I would use which is manual exposure as someone who has used cameras 208 00:14:15,959 --> 00:14:21,240 for many many years and I'm comfortable this is the mode I'm gonna want but this 209 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:25,019 is definitely not the mode Sony wants me to use we have our shutter controls uh 210 00:14:23,399 --> 00:14:28,980 and so you can set this you know to silent mode even though this is always 211 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:36,000 going to be silent mode basically you're just turning off the Beeper one of the big downsides to this when you compare 212 00:14:32,820 --> 00:14:38,339 it to the more hybrid minded Sony 213 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:43,320 cameras is there is no mechanical shutter there's a photo mode that has 214 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:46,920 you know all these Auto compensations and it'll do in a pinch using the 12 215 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:50,519 megapixel sensor which is fine for Instagram and Twitter and whatnot but if 216 00:14:49,019 --> 00:14:54,480 you're planning on using this as a hybrid shooter probably isn't sufficient 217 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:57,899 but not having a mechanical shutter actually does kind of impact you know 218 00:14:56,579 --> 00:15:02,100 your image quality your dynamic range going down and you can get more rolling 219 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:07,980 shutter artifacts even in photos that's fine really this is a video camera with 220 00:15:05,399 --> 00:15:13,440 you know a mild picture shooting mode you can use this same USBC adapter that 221 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:14,579 the fx3 uses to jam time code in this 222 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:19,740 camera and then we get to the image stabilization which is pretty darn neat 223 00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:23,639 there's four options here we have off and off is off we have active and 224 00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:28,320 dynamic active which will more aggressively crop and move the image on 225 00:15:26,220 --> 00:15:31,980 the sensor around to stabilize the image I have a little bit of demo footage that 226 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:35,160 you're seeing now there's some lens settings you can give to help the camera 227 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:40,860 out when you're not using Sony first party lenses in terms of compensation 228 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:45,600 and whatnot using both the kit lens and the slightly upgraded 24 to 105 that we 229 00:15:43,380 --> 00:15:49,620 we do all our Vlogs on I was really impressed when you combine the optical 230 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:53,699 image stabilization of this lens with this camera the results are so 231 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:58,199 impressive gimbals are going to start to go out of style I was running around one 232 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:03,120 handing this thing not even trying my best to use all my camera guy skills to 233 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:07,440 hold it steady and it is more than watchable we have the zoom options you 234 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:11,339 can lock off digital Zoom I would highly recommend that at least for the video 235 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:14,579 modes because there's not a whole lot of room on the sensor to to go in you can 236 00:16:13,199 --> 00:16:17,940 set up what's on your display as you go uh your markers and you have your 237 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:23,459 different shooting modes one of the big modes that Sony talks about is the Cinematic Vlog preset if you're someone 238 00:16:21,779 --> 00:16:27,540 who wants full control and is going to edit and apply Luts and stuff after you 239 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:30,839 shoot this isn't ideal but if you're just running and gunning and you want 240 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:35,699 your footage your short films it'll just look like a a cinematic film basically 241 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:41,279 this applies color profiles a an anamorphic crop and is intended to make 242 00:16:38,699 --> 00:16:49,139 your footage that you shoot as easily as possible look cinematic regular and 243 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:51,000 cinematic oh yeah to be fair you'd be 244 00:16:49,139 --> 00:16:54,240 surprised what a big difference shooting an anamorphic does for changing the 245 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:57,540 image to feel more cinematic not only does it force you to frame a little bit 246 00:16:55,740 --> 00:17:01,139 differently but it's just like a cue in your head same with shooting in 24 247 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:04,319 frames it's just like a little thing that'll happen in your brain we're like 248 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:07,439 that's a cinematic image instead of that we have all our exposure options 249 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:11,819 exposure conversation how it's doing its metering white balance color tone 250 00:17:09,059 --> 00:17:16,919 display you can import Luts we have our AI enhanced dynamic range optimizer cool 251 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:21,660 we have our creative look as you can set custom profiles in the camera in terms 252 00:17:19,679 --> 00:17:25,559 of you know saturation contrast sharpness what not yeah the creative 253 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:30,480 look and then you have your picture profiles that you can mess around with 254 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:34,140 usually s-log 3 is picture profile 8. I've done a reset and now there is no 255 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:37,980 seven through nine I mean seven eight nine am I right I was shooting with the 256 00:17:35,820 --> 00:17:41,460 709 preset uh just because I knew we weren't gonna have time to color correct 257 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:45,179 uh and so what you're seeing is mostly 709 I think I shot a little bit of log 258 00:17:43,140 --> 00:17:49,020 we have our soft skin effect which you know is just AI enhancing of skin 259 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:53,580 General really I'd keep that off but if I was vlogging and you know I didn't 260 00:17:50,940 --> 00:17:56,640 have time to correct lighting and I just want to make sure my skin looked good I 261 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:00,780 might have that on we have all our different autofocus settings so generally you're going to want 262 00:17:59,039 --> 00:18:04,620 continuous autofocus it's still going to try and track your face and or your body 263 00:18:02,340 --> 00:18:09,000 this is all pretty standard Alpha stuff which is really important as I've used 264 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:11,760 the more and more modern Alpha lineup I've relied more and more on the 265 00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:16,200 autofocus often you know you're just shooting you're just touching the different subjects on the screen being 266 00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:19,500 able to change the autofocus transition speed is really really important 267 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:23,460 especially if you're one man shooting or you know vlogging having it be able to 268 00:18:21,419 --> 00:18:27,120 not just whip between the two subjects can be nice it can create a more 269 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:31,380 cinematic soft feel you can change the focus area you can tell it to recognize 270 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:35,400 certain subjects uh there's you know focus peaking and you can change those 271 00:18:33,059 --> 00:18:39,299 settings considering how limited the physical buttons on this camera are 272 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:44,640 having this level of control in the settings is absolutely a godsend and 273 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:50,220 this is a totally excellent UI for what this camera will be doing I will note 274 00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:51,900 that this camera is already warm and 275 00:18:50,220 --> 00:18:55,320 we've just been going through the menu you'll notice that we're quite deep into 276 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:59,820 this camera unboxing and I haven't really talked about image quality or 277 00:18:57,059 --> 00:19:06,299 sensor quality and like I said this is the same sensor in this camera as exists 278 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:08,220 in the fx3 the fx6 the a7s III and that 279 00:19:06,299 --> 00:19:12,000 sensor produces images that are absolutely phenomenal there's a reason 280 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:14,580 Sony is kicking everyone's butt up and down the block it's not just the 281 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:19,559 autofocus it's not the build quality it's their sensor quality and the low 282 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:23,400 light performance of these cameras it's sometimes mind-boggling how good of an 283 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:27,179 image you can get with just Moonlight out of uh out of some of these cameras 284 00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:31,980 by default the ISO on this camera ranges from 80 to about a hundred thousand and 285 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:37,860 is expandable up to just about 400 000 uh obviously it's gonna be grainy at 286 00:19:34,380 --> 00:19:39,480 like 12 800 ISO these things can pick up 287 00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:43,260 so much light and you have so much control you can stop down your aperture 288 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:48,240 even in really dark settings and get the exact image you want what I've really 289 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:52,679 enjoyed using Sony cameras is it's really easy to get exactly the image I 290 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:56,700 want what I was testing one of the things I was testing on the weekend is 291 00:19:54,539 --> 00:20:00,480 if I was using this camera to shoot a vlog in my garage I'd spend my free time 292 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:04,620 you know modding consoles and doing stuff so I just like pointed the camera 293 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:07,380 at it let the autofocus do its thing how does that image look because I'm not I 294 00:20:05,940 --> 00:20:11,039 don't have very many lights in my my garage I don't have time to move and do 295 00:20:09,660 --> 00:20:15,299 the console stuff at the same time so I want to see how this camera can do and 296 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:19,320 when I looked at this footage I was very pleased not only does it look as good as 297 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:24,600 a six thousand dollar camera like the fx6 the AI controls that it's doing are 298 00:20:22,860 --> 00:20:28,020 thoroughly impressive this is the kind of camera you can just use without 299 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:32,280 really thinking about as a camera operator whose livelihood uh depends on 300 00:20:30,179 --> 00:20:35,940 me proving that my skill set is worth it to my employer this thing scares me uh 301 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:39,960 this thing is absolutely phenomenal if you don't know what you're doing you just set it on some of the auto modes 302 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:44,820 you might have to do the shot twice as it figures what's happening out but the 303 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:48,600 Sony cameras are essentially running themselves now it's a little scary man I 304 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:52,919 thought AI was is going to take all the labor jobs first it's coming for 305 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:56,760 creative jobs I will work for uh for Bitcoin going back to the 306 00:20:55,679 --> 00:21:02,220 main interface something I really like about this camera is if I want to change the iso I just hit the iso and I can 307 00:21:00,179 --> 00:21:06,299 switch it around same with the f-stop or shutter speed same with white balance 308 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:10,020 this is a very intuitive way to do it sometimes especially if you're someone 309 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:13,500 that doesn't use cameras often it's just so much easier to touch the thing you're 310 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,559 trying to change and change it I think this is a great UI and even though the 311 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:19,740 touchscreen is a little bit small I appreciate that level of control if 312 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:24,660 you're shooting Vlogs you know you might have a bunch of needs for video this can 313 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:31,440 do 4K from 24 to 120 with the future firmware upgrade currently it's just 24 314 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:33,059 to 60 or 1080p from 24 to 240. 240 is a 315 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:37,919 pretty darn good slow-mo mode especially if you're doing you know action you're not trying to do a scientific kind of 316 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:42,240 test I did some testing with the rolling shutter and they have the same 317 00:21:39,539 --> 00:21:47,520 processing that's in the a7s3 or the fx3 and even though it's a full frame sensor 318 00:21:44,340 --> 00:21:49,799 the jello wasn't too bad until I'm 319 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:53,820 really whipping the camera around quite impressive for what you know is an 320 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:58,799 entry-level profession video camera another feature I really like is using 321 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:02,100 the AI like I talked about for tracking where it's moving the image along the 322 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:07,260 sensor to do a better job stabilizer stabilizing as well as Luts can all be 323 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:11,940 recorded internally while you're sending an unprocessed version of what the 324 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:15,900 camera is capturing to an HDMI so you can do dual recording one with what the 325 00:22:13,980 --> 00:22:20,580 camera processes and one that is untouched so you have more control later 326 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:25,200 I think that's a really cool feature and very nice also just sometimes the AI 327 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:28,320 processing might mess up and do some kind of catastrophic error that ruins 328 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:31,559 your shot now you don't gotta worry about that that being said you still 329 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:35,340 have to have an HDMI plugged in so that limits you know gimbal stuff that you're 330 00:22:33,179 --> 00:22:38,760 doing after all this exploration of the feature set of the zve E1 the question 331 00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:42,659 remains should you spend your hard-earned money 332 00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:46,679 on this camera well the first part of that equation is how much does this cost 333 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:51,720 Sony hasn't given an official price they said that it's going to be somewhere 334 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:55,020 between 22 and 2 400 and add on 300 to 335 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:57,480 that price for the kit lens which is not 336 00:22:55,020 --> 00:23:01,500 great it's fine and if you have no e-lenses sure I would probably recommend 337 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:07,080 going on the use market and getting one of those Tamron 28 to 70s they're gonna 338 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:11,340 serve you a little better it's kind of a hard question 339 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:15,480 if you are a hybrid shooter and photos are part of your business or part of 340 00:23:13,679 --> 00:23:20,480 your hobby no this is not what you should buy for about the same amount of 341 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:23,100 money for 2500 you can get an A7 mark IV 342 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:27,539 which yes it's quite a bit less good for video it's about 4K 30 some good bit 343 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:31,440 rates uh slightly worse rolling shutter but it has a mechanical shutter and a 344 00:23:29,340 --> 00:23:35,580 bunch of photo features uh that will serve you much better if you're a 345 00:23:33,539 --> 00:23:42,240 vlogger and you're just getting into it 22 to 2400 is a pretty big asking price 346 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:44,340 for something to just get going but if 347 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:49,260 you're someone who's looking for a b cam to their Sony setup when you consider 348 00:23:46,620 --> 00:23:56,100 that this camera is 6 000 this is 3 900 and this is just above half of that this 349 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:58,500 becomes pretty Bonkers of a value 350 00:23:56,100 --> 00:24:02,159 proposition yes there are shortcomings you know just the single SD card slot 351 00:24:00,179 --> 00:24:05,340 could be an issue the overheating could be an issue depending on your on your 352 00:24:03,419 --> 00:24:09,299 workflow but the fact that this is a full-frame sensor that is as good as 353 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:15,240 these much more expensive cameras has high bitrate video even better autofocus 354 00:24:12,059 --> 00:24:17,460 and AI processing than these if you are 355 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:23,280 a vlogger who's looking to step up their game this is an absolutely phenomenal 356 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:28,620 Choice when you go into the broader Camera World it starts to be a little 357 00:24:25,860 --> 00:24:34,740 bit harder to digest the price when you compare it to a Panasonic S5 II can do 358 00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:38,460 6K video it's got great image quality I mean if you've watched Bo Burnham's 359 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,280 special of inside that's the S5 that that's shot on problem with the 360 00:24:39,539 --> 00:24:44,280 Panasonics is that the autofocus isn't as good so if you're doing you know 361 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:48,240 you're a video professional and you are going to be doing manual focus that 362 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:52,200 might be a better option for you for a little less money the lens options 363 00:24:50,460 --> 00:24:56,820 available for that camera are a little less uh comprehensive but it's a little 364 00:24:54,780 --> 00:25:00,419 less money and the s52 has some extra little video features that might even 365 00:24:58,140 --> 00:25:03,780 push it over the edge Canon also has their mirrorless line that they're 366 00:25:01,860 --> 00:25:07,320 constantly updating like the R8 which is fifteen hundred dollars yes its video 367 00:25:06,179 --> 00:25:13,140 modes are more limited it doesn't have as good of a bit rate again if you're hybrid shooter it's got all those photo 368 00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:16,380 modes that might come in clutch if you're a vlogger and you know you're 369 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:21,179 just creating content for YouTube and you're not that worried about the look The zv10 is an amazing option and it 370 00:25:19,679 --> 00:25:25,200 comes in at less than a third of the price at 700 it's still a compelling 371 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,559 option with a lot of the same autofocus and AI assisted features the sensor is a 372 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:33,900 little bit smaller and the lens selection will be a little less high quality but at the end of the day you 373 00:25:31,919 --> 00:25:38,580 know what your budget is and this is a very compelling option at 700 and so 374 00:25:37,020 --> 00:25:44,900 really the zve E1 is an absolutely phenomenal 375 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:49,260 camera if you are a video only professional who's shooting by 376 00:25:46,919 --> 00:25:53,279 themselves and who wants auto focus and auto processing that is going to allow 377 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:56,820 you to just run and Gun Shoot wherever you are and just bring this tiny little 378 00:25:55,320 --> 00:26:00,720 package thank you so much for watching ShortCircuit if you're looking for some 379 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:04,679 more Sony content uh check out Brandon's unboxing of the zve E10 also an 380 00:26:03,179 --> 00:26:06,799 absolutely phenomenal camera for its price