WEBVTT 00:00:00.179 --> 00:00:06.899 Sony has been kicking butt and snapping pics all over the place and they just 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:11.460 ran out of room on their SD card this camera might be the most disruptive 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:19.619 camera they have yet produced not only to their competitors but to themselves 00:00:13.860 --> 00:00:21.359 as well this is the brand new zve E1 so 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 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:33.059 frame buddy full frame interchangeable lens budget lineup this changes 00:00:31.439 --> 00:00:38.100 everything and the best thing about it is it has the same sensor as some other 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:43.020 six thousand dollar cameras oh buddy let's go let's finish this unboxing this 00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:45.840 is clearly not final packaging but it might give you an idea what will be in 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 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 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:57.660 you have an option when you're spending all your money on a camera other than 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:03.000 that you know strap charger and cable this looks like 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 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:11.400 this just power Sony has learned a lot and is not doing the typical Sony thing 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:15.840 that they've done in the past where you know new camera new batteries new 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:19.799 formats new things this camera is going to work with the same batteries you use 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 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:32.159 based on the specs and the little experience I have might have fewer and 00:01:30.119 --> 00:01:36.840 fewer reasons to be bought when we look more deeply at this thing 00:01:34.259 --> 00:01:41.820 last thing in the box is just a little wind sock uh built into this camera 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:46.200 there's a three microphone array and you can slide it into the hot shoe Mount 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:49.740 this way and it'll probably provide a little bit of wind protection as well as 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 00:01:53.399 --> 00:02:01.020 body of the camera uh first thing first it's noticeably smaller than other Alpha 00:01:58.740 --> 00:02:05.759 cameras but it is quite a bit larger than the zve E10 which is very similar 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 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:14.040 feels comfortable in the hand I find mirrorless cameras in general always a 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:18.540 little bit small when I squeeze the grip my fingers kind of press against the 00:02:16.020 --> 00:02:21.900 body not the grip but uh in my experience over the weekend I never felt 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 00:02:24.239 --> 00:02:29.520 I'm holding you know point and shoot or a smaller one this is kind of 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 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 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.640 controls on a professional camera you want dials knobs buttons everything 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:47.879 everywhere so that with one button press you're in complete control of whatever 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 00:02:50.700 --> 00:02:57.959 camera built from the ground up for vloggers on the top we have our power 00:02:54.540 --> 00:03:00.480 slider Zoom toggle we have our shutter 00:02:57.959 --> 00:03:04.800 button for the photo mode which uh we will get to later we have custom 00:03:02.099 --> 00:03:11.159 functions one and two two is for Focus magnification one I believe is set for 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:13.739 some of these AI processed super modes 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:18.540 that are gonna steal my job Boo get out of here you stupid smart 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:22.019 camera I need dumb cameras for dumb camera operators like me then we have 00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:26.040 our record button we have our toggle between the three different modes uh 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 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 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 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:45.000 function for slow-mo and time lapses and whatnot besides that we have our hot 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:48.659 shoe Mount which in my opinion will be a very important port on this camera as 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:52.200 really if you want to get good audio into this camera this is your one option 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:57.360 other than that there's the internal mic which is fine for certain applications a 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 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 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 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:12.000 means basically this means that's where the sensor lines up just a neat little 00:04:10.739 --> 00:04:16.500 tidbit for you if you want to keep this camera topped up while shooting you'll 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 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 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:29.160 for most people most people aren't dual recording or shooting proxies uh because 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 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:37.320 camera I would consistently backing up to a hard drive or my computer so 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:40.560 luckily the slot is SDXC 2 UHS 1 and 2 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:42.660 compliant v90 you will need a fast card 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 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 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:55.080 have our micro HDMI and a headphone jack uh you know for monitoring yourself on 00:04:53.820 --> 00:04:58.680 the bottom we have our quarter thread mount it would be nice you know to have 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 00:05:00.540 --> 00:05:07.020 expect it and then we have our fz100 battery slot considering this camera is 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 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 00:05:15.900 --> 00:05:21.960 there's a lot more capacity and there's also more sophisticated battery 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:26.759 chemistry in the newer ones as well this is good because even though this is a 00:05:23.940 --> 00:05:31.560 more sophisticated camera with higher end features having the bigger battery 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:33.419 in the zve1 is amazing because it can 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:37.440 actually take more still photos and video on a single charge even though 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:41.699 this is a higher end camera with more features on the back I guess is also 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 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:49.199 explore you know the ways you can assign functions to it we have our menu button 00:05:46.860 --> 00:05:52.440 back to custom 2 or Focus magnification we have the function button and it's 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.280 pre-programmed to work with the smartphone app and then we have you know 00:05:55.080 --> 00:06:01.320 our back control wheel with center button and all its various functions are 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:05.639 playback and our deletes all typical camera stuff overall for a vlogging 00:06:03.419 --> 00:06:09.660 camera that is primarily used by someone who isn't interested and find controls 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:16.020 over the camera this is fine but for someone like me who's looking to 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:19.080 possibly replace an a 7 S3 or an fx3 00:06:16.020 --> 00:06:21.600 with something cheaper but potentially 00:06:19.080 --> 00:06:27.240 as good a video it's a little bit of a letdown thankfully Sony has implemented 00:06:24.180 --> 00:06:29.520 a better UI than the zve10 which we'll 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:33.300 explore and a touch screen control so yes we have all these buttons but hey we 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:35.880 got the best button of all a touch screen it's got the same level of 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:39.120 manipulation as a lot of their other cameras you can spin it around so when 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 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:48.120 actually having the SD card on the left 00:06:46.080 --> 00:06:52.259 side of the camera your right because this is a camera I imagine living on a 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 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 00:06:56.940 --> 00:07:01.979 camera off just to switch your card on this side luckily hey you just you can 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 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 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:13.440 know if it was on purpose or just by happenstance by having to you know fit 00:07:11.460 --> 00:07:18.419 everything into this camera and then my final little complaint and this is 00:07:15.539 --> 00:07:23.639 across pretty much all Alpha cameras as well is having the HDMI on the same side 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:26.520 that the camera flips out onto and so if you're streaming with this camera and 00:07:24.840 --> 00:07:31.080 you're using the screen as a little monitor it's gonna be at least partially 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:33.900 obfuscated by the cable blocking it luckily it's been moved down lower on 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. 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:43.560 even though a lot of alpha cameras are capable of 4K 30 4k60 through the USB 00:07:41.940 --> 00:07:47.220 port they've often been limited just by data transfer rates this one is 00:07:45.419 --> 00:07:52.259 according to them the first one that can actually do 4K 30 properly it also has 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 00:07:55.080 --> 00:08:00.180 can do 16-bit raw finally and most 00:07:58.080 --> 00:08:03.960 importantly is the sensor the thing that's most exciting is that the sensor 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 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:13.860 everything backlit bion's XR that's in 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:17.699 this and this camera actually has more modern processing it's got AI 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:22.800 supplementing some of its uh stabilization and it's tracking and so 00:08:20.819 --> 00:08:29.099 even though the alpha cameras have been top tier in autofocus this bad boy could 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 00:08:31.620 --> 00:08:35.060 I tell you about our sponsor 00:08:35.839 --> 00:08:42.300 Mexico if you're working from home and are in need of a new webcam Mexico has a 00:08:40.800 --> 00:08:45.660 wide variety to choose from to keep you looking sharp on conference calls 00:08:43.979 --> 00:08:48.959 whether you're on a budget and need high quality video or you want the best 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:52.440 possible webcam regardless of price their selection of webcams and 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00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:30.720 reminding me of one of the big shortcomings of this camera due to the 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:34.500 fact that they've compressed almost everything that goes into this bigger 00:09:32.640 --> 00:09:38.880 camera into a smaller frame there's effectively no not a heatsink or a way 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:43.860 for heat that the camera is creating to escape and the record times at the 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:46.800 higher bit rate on this camera are quite reduced I've actually did some testing 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:51.720 so I'll just read what I what I experienced the numbers that Sony give 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:55.800 are comparing the fx3 to the zve E1 and 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:58.140 they say that at 150 megabits 60p 4k on 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 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 00:10:03.779 --> 00:10:08.459 Vlogs I'm shooting shots here yes but there is definitely use cases where you 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 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.680 it's not continuous recording the heat is still going up and so you'll just 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:22.500 come up against walls especially when you consider that that 150 megabit mode 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:24.540 is only a quarter of its highest megabit 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 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 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 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:42.000 again and got about 30 seconds of recording your use may vary uh this was 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:46.620 a inside you know around 20 degrees Celsius but 15 minutes at your highest 00:10:44.579 --> 00:10:49.620 bit rate could definitely be a bottleneck that you will come against 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:53.640 and if long recordings is something that's essential to you that's a huge 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:58.079 consideration for moving up to the fx3 oh they're like really going for iPhone 00:10:55.560 --> 00:11:00.899 measurements it's a gesture based UI which is interesting once we have the 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:04.019 camera in the phone connected and we've gotten through all the initialations and 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:08.820 we've gotten through all the initialation initial installation once 00:11:06.300 --> 00:11:12.360 you've gotten past all the startup steps once you've gotten past all the startup 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 00:11:15.420 --> 00:11:21.540 if you use any Alpha cameras before part of their design philosophy was actually 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:25.019 to transplant the UI of the proline cameras into this which I think is a 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 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:33.779 just familiarity but in navigating this 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:35.220 I felt the categorization uh and the way 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 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 00:11:41.579 --> 00:11:47.519 different frame rate so if you do want the highest bit rate the 60 megabit mode 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 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 00:11:54.480 --> 00:12:01.140 and so you're getting a 422 readout which is you know a slight compromise on 00:11:58.740 --> 00:12:04.380 color information but I bet if you're considering buying this camera you're 00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:08.040 shooting in 420 right now you dirty dog you outside of that we have our slow 00:12:05.880 --> 00:12:11.339 motion and time-lapse settings one thing that's really nice about this camera is 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:16.800 that you can actually shoot in s-log 3 or cinetone which is a color profile 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 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 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 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 00:12:31.920 --> 00:12:39.120 using Sony first party lenses they can work together to mitigate lens breathing 00:12:36.839 --> 00:12:43.500 which is you know as you focus the size of objects changing and also you know 00:12:41.579 --> 00:12:47.100 chromatic aberration at the edges of frames we have our media control so we 00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:50.519 can format you can recover if you lost stuff hopefully that never happens to 00:12:48.660 --> 00:12:56.339 you you can give it a naming convention on your camera you have your different 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:59.880 shoot modes and this is where this 00:12:56.339 --> 00:13:02.339 camera could potentially surpass the fx3 00:12:59.880 --> 00:13:06.540 and the fx6 inside of this camera is Sony's most sophisticated AI processor 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 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:14.579 the fx6 here and I trust that autofocus with my life but there's still 00:13:12.839 --> 00:13:18.240 shortcomings it can track faces it can you know identify certain objects but 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 00:13:20.459 --> 00:13:24.959 compensation for that and should do a better job same with tracking objects 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:30.779 during stabilization it's going to use this AI to move the cropped frame on the 00:13:27.959 --> 00:13:34.800 sensor to track that subject better and adjust the image stabilization the 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:39.480 electronic image stabilization even better and let me tell you the results 00:13:36.660 --> 00:13:42.720 are impressive first we have the intelligent Auto which is the full AI 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 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:48.959 to shoot it it'll change everything in some pretty neat ways and if you're 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 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:58.079 in a lot of Run and Gun situations is something that I've often used basically 00:13:55.860 --> 00:14:02.279 you lock in some settings that you like and then the camera will automatically 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:06.360 compensate others in order to keep the the exposure consistent kind of keeping 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 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 00:14:12.540 --> 00:14:17.339 that I would use which is manual exposure as someone who has used cameras 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 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:25.019 is definitely not the mode Sony wants me to use we have our shutter controls uh 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:28.980 and so you can set this you know to silent mode even though this is always 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 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:38.339 it to the more hybrid minded Sony 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:43.320 cameras is there is no mechanical shutter there's a photo mode that has 00:14:41.040 --> 00:14:46.920 you know all these Auto compensations and it'll do in a pinch using the 12 00:14:44.880 --> 00:14:50.519 megapixel sensor which is fine for Instagram and Twitter and whatnot but if 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:54.480 you're planning on using this as a hybrid shooter probably isn't sufficient 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:57.899 but not having a mechanical shutter actually does kind of impact you know 00:14:56.579 --> 00:15:02.100 your image quality your dynamic range going down and you can get more rolling 00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:07.980 shutter artifacts even in photos that's fine really this is a video camera with 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:13.440 you know a mild picture shooting mode you can use this same USBC adapter that 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:14.579 the fx3 uses to jam time code in this 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:19.740 camera and then we get to the image stabilization which is pretty darn neat 00:15:17.459 --> 00:15:23.639 there's four options here we have off and off is off we have active and 00:15:22.380 --> 00:15:28.320 dynamic active which will more aggressively crop and move the image on 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:31.980 the sensor around to stabilize the image I have a little bit of demo footage that 00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:35.160 you're seeing now there's some lens settings you can give to help the camera 00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:40.860 out when you're not using Sony first party lenses in terms of compensation 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:45.600 and whatnot using both the kit lens and the slightly upgraded 24 to 105 that we 00:15:43.380 --> 00:15:49.620 we do all our Vlogs on I was really impressed when you combine the optical 00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:53.699 image stabilization of this lens with this camera the results are so 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:58.199 impressive gimbals are going to start to go out of style I was running around one 00:15:55.920 --> 00:16:03.120 handing this thing not even trying my best to use all my camera guy skills to 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:07.440 hold it steady and it is more than watchable we have the zoom options you 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:11.339 can lock off digital Zoom I would highly recommend that at least for the video 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 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 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 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:27.540 who wants full control and is going to edit and apply Luts and stuff after you 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:30.839 shoot this isn't ideal but if you're just running and gunning and you want 00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:35.699 your footage your short films it'll just look like a a cinematic film basically 00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:41.279 this applies color profiles a an anamorphic crop and is intended to make 00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:49.139 your footage that you shoot as easily as possible look cinematic regular and 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:51.000 cinematic oh yeah to be fair you'd be 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:54.240 surprised what a big difference shooting an anamorphic does for changing the 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:57.540 image to feel more cinematic not only does it force you to frame a little bit 00:16:55.740 --> 00:17:01.139 differently but it's just like a cue in your head same with shooting in 24 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 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:07.439 that's a cinematic image instead of that we have all our exposure options 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:11.819 exposure conversation how it's doing its metering white balance color tone 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:16.919 display you can import Luts we have our AI enhanced dynamic range optimizer cool 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:21.660 we have our creative look as you can set custom profiles in the camera in terms 00:17:19.679 --> 00:17:25.559 of you know saturation contrast sharpness what not yeah the creative 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:30.480 look and then you have your picture profiles that you can mess around with 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 00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:37.980 seven through nine I mean seven eight nine am I right I was shooting with the 00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:41.460 709 preset uh just because I knew we weren't gonna have time to color correct 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 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:49.020 we have our soft skin effect which you know is just AI enhancing of skin 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 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 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 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:04.620 continuous autofocus it's still going to try and track your face and or your body 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:09.000 this is all pretty standard Alpha stuff which is really important as I've used 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.760 the more and more modern Alpha lineup I've relied more and more on the 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 00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:19.500 able to change the autofocus transition speed is really really important 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:23.460 especially if you're one man shooting or you know vlogging having it be able to 00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:27.120 not just whip between the two subjects can be nice it can create a more 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:31.380 cinematic soft feel you can change the focus area you can tell it to recognize 00:18:29.280 --> 00:18:35.400 certain subjects uh there's you know focus peaking and you can change those 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:39.299 settings considering how limited the physical buttons on this camera are 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:44.640 having this level of control in the settings is absolutely a godsend and 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:50.220 this is a totally excellent UI for what this camera will be doing I will note 00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:51.900 that this camera is already warm and 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 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:59.820 this camera unboxing and I haven't really talked about image quality or 00:18:57.059 --> 00:19:06.299 sensor quality and like I said this is the same sensor in this camera as exists 00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:08.220 in the fx3 the fx6 the a7s III and that 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:12.000 sensor produces images that are absolutely phenomenal there's a reason 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:14.580 Sony is kicking everyone's butt up and down the block it's not just the 00:19:13.260 --> 00:19:19.559 autofocus it's not the build quality it's their sensor quality and the low 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:23.400 light performance of these cameras it's sometimes mind-boggling how good of an 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:27.179 image you can get with just Moonlight out of uh out of some of these cameras 00:19:25.260 --> 00:19:31.980 by default the ISO on this camera ranges from 80 to about a hundred thousand and 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:37.860 is expandable up to just about 400 000 uh obviously it's gonna be grainy at 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:39.480 like 12 800 ISO these things can pick up 00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:43.260 so much light and you have so much control you can stop down your aperture 00:19:41.280 --> 00:19:48.240 even in really dark settings and get the exact image you want what I've really 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:52.679 enjoyed using Sony cameras is it's really easy to get exactly the image I 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:56.700 want what I was testing one of the things I was testing on the weekend is 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 00:19:58.860 --> 00:20:04.620 you know modding consoles and doing stuff so I just like pointed the camera 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 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 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 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 00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:24.600 a six thousand dollar camera like the fx6 the AI controls that it's doing are 00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:28.020 thoroughly impressive this is the kind of camera you can just use without 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:32.280 really thinking about as a camera operator whose livelihood uh depends on 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 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 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 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:48.600 Sony cameras are essentially running themselves now it's a little scary man I 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:52.919 thought AI was is going to take all the labor jobs first it's coming for 00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:56.760 creative jobs I will work for uh for Bitcoin going back to the 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 00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:06.299 switch it around same with the f-stop or shutter speed same with white balance 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:10.020 this is a very intuitive way to do it sometimes especially if you're someone 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 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 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:19.740 touchscreen is a little bit small I appreciate that level of control if 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 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:31.440 do 4K from 24 to 120 with the future firmware upgrade currently it's just 24 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:33.059 to 60 or 1080p from 24 to 240. 240 is a 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 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:42.240 test I did some testing with the rolling shutter and they have the same 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 00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:49.799 the jello wasn't too bad until I'm 00:21:47.520 --> 00:21:53.820 really whipping the camera around quite impressive for what you know is an 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:58.799 entry-level profession video camera another feature I really like is using 00:21:56.520 --> 00:22:02.100 the AI like I talked about for tracking where it's moving the image along the 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:07.260 sensor to do a better job stabilizer stabilizing as well as Luts can all be 00:22:05.280 --> 00:22:11.940 recorded internally while you're sending an unprocessed version of what the 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:15.900 camera is capturing to an HDMI so you can do dual recording one with what the 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:20.580 camera processes and one that is untouched so you have more control later 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:25.200 I think that's a really cool feature and very nice also just sometimes the AI 00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:28.320 processing might mess up and do some kind of catastrophic error that ruins 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:31.559 your shot now you don't gotta worry about that that being said you still 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 00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:38.760 doing after all this exploration of the feature set of the zve E1 the question 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:42.659 remains should you spend your hard-earned money 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:46.679 on this camera well the first part of that equation is how much does this cost 00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:51.720 Sony hasn't given an official price they said that it's going to be somewhere 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:55.020 between 22 and 2 400 and add on 300 to 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:57.480 that price for the kit lens which is not 00:22:55.020 --> 00:23:01.500 great it's fine and if you have no e-lenses sure I would probably recommend 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 00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:11.340 serve you a little better it's kind of a hard question 00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:15.480 if you are a hybrid shooter and photos are part of your business or part of 00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:20.480 your hobby no this is not what you should buy for about the same amount of 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:23.100 money for 2500 you can get an A7 mark IV 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 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:31.440 rates uh slightly worse rolling shutter but it has a mechanical shutter and a 00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:35.580 bunch of photo features uh that will serve you much better if you're a 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 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:44.340 for something to just get going but if 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 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 00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:58.500 becomes pretty Bonkers of a value 00:23:56.100 --> 00:24:02.159 proposition yes there are shortcomings you know just the single SD card slot 00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:05.340 could be an issue the overheating could be an issue depending on your on your 00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:09.299 workflow but the fact that this is a full-frame sensor that is as good as 00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:15.240 these much more expensive cameras has high bitrate video even better autofocus 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:17.460 and AI processing than these if you are 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:23.280 a vlogger who's looking to step up their game this is an absolutely phenomenal 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:28.620 Choice when you go into the broader Camera World it starts to be a little 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 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 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:41.280 special of inside that's the S5 that that's shot on problem with the 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:44.280 Panasonics is that the autofocus isn't as good so if you're doing you know 00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:48.240 you're a video professional and you are going to be doing manual focus that 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:52.200 might be a better option for you for a little less money the lens options 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:56.820 available for that camera are a little less uh comprehensive but it's a little 00:24:54.780 --> 00:25:00.419 less money and the s52 has some extra little video features that might even 00:24:58.140 --> 00:25:03.780 push it over the edge Canon also has their mirrorless line that they're 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:07.320 constantly updating like the R8 which is fifteen hundred dollars yes its video 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 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:16.380 modes that might come in clutch if you're a vlogger and you know you're 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 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 00:25:23.280 --> 00:25:28.559 option with a lot of the same autofocus and AI assisted features the sensor is a 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 00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:38.580 know what your budget is and this is a very compelling option at 700 and so 00:25:37.020 --> 00:25:44.900 really the zve E1 is an absolutely phenomenal 00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:49.260 camera if you are a video only professional who's shooting by 00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:53.279 themselves and who wants auto focus and auto processing that is going to allow 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:56.820 you to just run and Gun Shoot wherever you are and just bring this tiny little 00:25:55.320 --> 00:26:00.720 package thank you so much for watching ShortCircuit if you're looking for some 00:25:58.320 --> 00:26:04.679 more Sony content uh check out Brandon's unboxing of the zve E10 also an 00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:06.799 absolutely phenomenal camera for its price