1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,220 ok today we're gonna check out sony's 2 00:00:03,959 --> 00:00:10,769 new camera this Zed v1 which for those 3 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:15,269 of you who have used the rx100 this camera might seem familiar or close to 4 00:00:14,670 --> 00:00:22,410 it but it's actually designed mainly for people on YouTube and people who like to 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:32,730 vlog so let's see what Sony's changed to accommodate for that use case ah boxes 6 00:00:26,279 --> 00:00:34,170 in boxes I love that so this is their 7 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:38,010 vlogging kit which is an accessory package which we'll look at in a second 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:48,030 but this does not come with a camera and here is the box Oh a little dead cat 9 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:54,059 mount for your microphone is on the top of the camera we'll get into that in a 10 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:55,829 second a battery a little micro USB 11 00:00:54,059 --> 00:01:00,090 cable that's a little disappointing like I feel like all cameras should be moving 12 00:00:57,930 --> 00:01:04,100 to type see if they possibly can but this guy seems like it still uses micro 13 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:11,670 USB so let's take a look at the camera wow it's actually it feels lighter to my 14 00:01:08,580 --> 00:01:14,970 memory than the rx100 but it is a very 15 00:01:11,670 --> 00:01:18,240 similar size it is the same sensor as 16 00:01:14,970 --> 00:01:20,250 the newest rx100 mark 7 the 2 main 17 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:24,540 physical emissions is that there's no physical ring on the front of the lens 18 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:28,049 that you can turn cuz on the rx100 you can assign that ring to change your 19 00:01:26,340 --> 00:01:32,759 settings and you can assign it to many settings a lot of people assign it to just aperture cuz it's convenient this 20 00:01:31,259 --> 00:01:37,020 does not have that if you look up on the top here it doesn't have the EVF 21 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:41,430 personally when I've used the rx100 in the past I never really used that cuz 22 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:45,299 I just found it to be like a little bit too small but for those of you who like 23 00:01:43,290 --> 00:01:49,350 that feature well it's not on this camera but that's ok because there's a 24 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:55,979 lot of other features designed for vloggers like a flip out screen this 25 00:01:53,670 --> 00:02:00,899 flips out to the side has full articulation which is the best every 26 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:05,490 camera that has a design for a flip out screen should use this design I was 27 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:09,390 really excited when the XT 4 had this and I'm excited to see it here Sony's 28 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:14,829 cameras in the past like the a7s2 and the Cirie's have that like tilting screen 29 00:02:12,790 --> 00:02:18,670 that goes up and not quite all the way so you can you can look at it from here 30 00:02:16,540 --> 00:02:23,500 you can't easily I mean if you're vlogging within a nine you're probably 31 00:02:20,739 --> 00:02:26,470 not doing it super often anyway but it's nice that you can just hold the camera 32 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:29,170 like this and you can just look at yourself and if you want to also use it 33 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:34,959 this way you can hold it like this look at that look how nice that is 34 00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:39,400 and if for whatever reason you're like looking from the side you have you can 35 00:02:36,730 --> 00:02:44,470 you have options this is the best design anyone who doesn't do this I've said it 36 00:02:41,890 --> 00:02:49,450 a million times you should do this the camera is currently off and the screen 37 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:53,500 is folded in but when you open it it 38 00:02:49,450 --> 00:02:55,750 just automatically turns on that is such 39 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:59,620 a great way to make sure that you never miss a moment so there's also a couple 40 00:02:57,790 --> 00:03:02,319 other physical things that Sonia's abs in this camera but before we finished 41 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:06,579 looking up those we'd like to thank today's sponsor PIAA CIA is a VPN that 42 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:11,079 allows you to browse the internet an honestly and avoid getting exposed can 43 00:03:08,709 --> 00:03:15,160 up to five devices Windows macOS Android iOS and Linux it encrypts all of 44 00:03:13,629 --> 00:03:19,780 your Internet traffic and uses a safe protected IP try it risk-free for 30 45 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:24,699 days in the link in the video description so the lens on this camera 46 00:03:21,489 --> 00:03:26,650 is not the same as the rx100 mark 7 47 00:03:24,699 --> 00:03:35,590 which is the newest one this is a 24 to 70 1.8 to 2.8 newest rx100 mark 7 is a 48 00:03:31,599 --> 00:03:37,840 2.8 lens from 24 to 200 millimeters and 49 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:41,859 4.5 on the long end so that means you lose a lot more light on the long end of 50 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:46,060 that lens it's a shorter range on here but I think I'd choose a slightly 51 00:03:43,810 --> 00:03:51,370 shorter range and a faster stop then having to go all the way to 4.5 on the 52 00:03:49,209 --> 00:03:54,790 long end of something like the rx100 but that's up to you it's a personal choice 53 00:03:53,049 --> 00:03:59,889 most people are going to use it like this about 24 millimetres talking 54 00:03:57,549 --> 00:04:03,370 directly to the camera and when they're speaking directly to the camera Sony's 55 00:04:01,750 --> 00:04:08,500 also integrated this new mic which allows pickup from audio coming directly 56 00:04:06,639 --> 00:04:12,400 to the front of the camera and tries to cut all the background noise around it 57 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:16,659 so everything behind your camera it's optimized for vlogging just like this 58 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:21,009 they've also included this little dead cat that just slots in 59 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:25,150 and you have a very easy to setup even when it's windy audio solution and 60 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:28,419 because the mic is larger than Sony's other compact cameras it would be a lot 61 00:04:26,530 --> 00:04:31,930 harder to screw up your audio by like putting your finger over your mic so 62 00:04:29,979 --> 00:04:37,449 here's the vlogger kit which Sony offers as an optional accessory and let's see 63 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:40,030 what comes inside oh another box in the 64 00:04:37,449 --> 00:04:44,110 box situation sunny are you good you have this SD card which is nice 65 00:04:41,979 --> 00:04:47,500 64 gig SD card to come with your camera it's guaranteed to have no write issues 66 00:04:45,699 --> 00:04:51,669 that's always nice so now I've never used one of these like smart grip 67 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:56,349 they've done stuff like this in the past and it always just kind of seemed like a 68 00:04:53,680 --> 00:05:01,150 weird addition that might have also been a little bit on the expensive side but I 69 00:04:58,509 --> 00:05:05,979 actually see potential for this people might genuinely use this so the battery 70 00:05:03,669 --> 00:05:11,289 our camera is almost dead so why don't we use that opportunity to us if the 71 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:17,860 micro USB allows you to charge it while the camera is in use it does that's 72 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:22,120 great so you can charge your camera and still shoot and so if you're in a 73 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:25,840 situation where your battery is low have your battery back plugged in you can 74 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,419 continue vlogging that is great so that's that like button 75 00:05:26,770 --> 00:05:33,099 this is what this is this is how floggers do this right not to make fun 76 00:05:31,030 --> 00:05:36,610 of loggers I'm just not one so for anyone who does vlog out there leave me 77 00:05:34,870 --> 00:05:40,539 a comment on if you think you'd use this tripod thing it is nice that you can 78 00:05:38,650 --> 00:05:45,699 have your record and if you want to take a photo and your zoom control all from 79 00:05:42,819 --> 00:05:49,690 this little joystick here so the last thing in the box for the vlogging kit is 80 00:05:47,169 --> 00:05:54,190 this little pouch to hold your little tripod thing and this battery so the 81 00:05:52,870 --> 00:06:00,279 type of battery that this little grip uses is a CR 2032 which is like one of 82 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:02,860 these tiny watch sized batteries or like 83 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:07,569 maybe a wireless remote control kind of thing which I guess is what this is and 84 00:06:04,569 --> 00:06:09,069 now I'm not the biggest fan of it using 85 00:06:07,569 --> 00:06:12,849 this type of battery just because while these batteries are not very expensive 86 00:06:10,569 --> 00:06:16,240 they're not super super common like you can't necessarily go into a grocery 87 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:22,020 store and buy one of these now that being said let's just pop it in and see 88 00:06:18,699 --> 00:06:22,020 how easy this is to set up 89 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:30,580 okay very my remote is powered it's 90 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:32,200 blinking red here so preparing on this 91 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:37,180 little row you have to hold photo and the zoom rocker up to enter pairing mode 92 00:06:34,930 --> 00:06:41,500 ah here we go allow connection for device and connected all right that was 93 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:50,260 pretty seamless now does it work let me put an SD card in I'm gonna do 94 00:06:43,330 --> 00:06:53,860 she'll see no okay 95 00:06:50,260 --> 00:06:55,900 connecting paired all right we have a 96 00:06:53,860 --> 00:07:01,030 paired confirmation so the remote should no work even after you've paired the 97 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:06,700 remote in order to actually use it you have to go through a setting that says 98 00:07:03,130 --> 00:07:09,900 Bluetooth remote control and you have to 99 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:14,920 toggle that to on and now the remote 100 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:18,370 should work whoa so now we're rolling on 101 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:21,400 the Zed v1 and I'm testing the zoom 102 00:07:18,370 --> 00:07:23,290 rocker which is slower as it whoa you 103 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:27,730 know what I can actually see if you were vlogging and you wanted to just adjust 104 00:07:25,290 --> 00:07:30,910 something like your focal length really really quickly that's a really nice way 105 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:35,770 to do it like I'm sure most people who've logged on one of those Joby 106 00:07:33,220 --> 00:07:40,780 tripods the flexible ones but if you wanted an alternative this grip seems 107 00:07:38,050 --> 00:07:44,740 like a good option and the Zed V one has a little tally light so you know when 108 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:49,090 you're recording from the front which honestly would be really useful if you 109 00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:53,020 vlog and you've ever hit record or thought you hit record did an entire 110 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:56,680 video because it was a static tripod thing and then you go back to look at 111 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,440 your camera and it wasn't recording that would suck if you don't want a red dot 112 00:07:58,180 --> 00:08:03,910 looking at you when you're vlogging you can actually also turn it off but personally I'd use it all the time and 113 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:09,040 it's a nice inclusion so another interesting feature that this camera has 114 00:08:05,770 --> 00:08:10,900 is a depth of field button so there's a 115 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:17,110 button on the corner here if you press it automatically allows it to have a 116 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:21,850 shallower depth of field like it'll just it'll change the f-stop to have a 117 00:08:19,870 --> 00:08:25,750 generally shallower depth of field for your shot or you could just turn it off 118 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:29,980 and then even when I put my head in front of it like this it doesn't go to a 119 00:08:27,790 --> 00:08:33,430 shallow depth of field then when the button was on like a button 120 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:40,089 like that allows you to just focus on what you're making your video about versus like okay well what setting am i 121 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:43,180 at 2.8 at 1.8 it just allows a little bit more flexibility good for Sony for 122 00:08:41,830 --> 00:08:47,020 including such a simple feature that will probably help a lot of people so 123 00:08:45,310 --> 00:08:52,240 one of the biggest questions I asked myself is does it retain all the video 124 00:08:50,110 --> 00:08:57,100 settings that something like the rx100 has because sony has always done a good 125 00:08:53,980 --> 00:08:58,330 job of making all of their cameras 126 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:02,709 fairly feature-rich for example right now I'm shooting on 127 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:07,360 here in s log3 so if you're the type of person who wants to color grade your 128 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:09,310 images to look that much punch here that 129 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:13,240 much better and you just want a higher dynamic range look overall you have that 130 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:18,640 option so it's nice to see that that v1 also includes the standard X AVC 4k HD 131 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:23,680 and ABC HD that has become known on Sony cameras you have 4k up to 30 FPS and 132 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:30,070 then if you want to shoot in HD you also have the high frame rate options the 133 00:09:25,959 --> 00:09:34,589 frame rates can go up to 240 480 and 960 134 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:37,450 FPS this is a vlogging camera with 960 135 00:09:34,589 --> 00:09:43,450 FPS you might not use it that often and it's also not the highest quality 960 136 00:09:40,899 --> 00:09:49,120 FPS but you have it it's a feature you can use it has image stabilization so 137 00:09:45,459 --> 00:09:51,550 like this shot when your handheld like 138 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:56,140 this you you have that extra in body stabilization considering this isn't a 139 00:09:53,770 --> 00:10:00,640 replacement for New York's 100 mark 7 I'm surprised how much this camera 140 00:09:58,630 --> 00:10:04,660 retains in terms of features it's the type of thing that allows someone who is 141 00:10:02,110 --> 00:10:09,160 a very basic beginner to grow into it and learn that you can get really really 142 00:10:07,180 --> 00:10:14,110 solid looking images out of a camera that is not big and not difficult to use 143 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:19,360 at all so I just realized and I've complained about this in my xt4 video as 144 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:24,520 well by default out of the box you have to charge your camera through the camera 145 00:10:21,339 --> 00:10:26,589 please stop doing this please include a 146 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:31,300 charger having to charge it through the camera is sort of annoying because now 147 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:35,649 we are sitting here with a dead camera because the battery does not charge 148 00:10:32,890 --> 00:10:42,370 faster than it being used and he just informed me that the battery charger for 149 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:43,090 the Sony's is $48 us guys 48 dollars for 150 00:10:42,370 --> 00:10:49,280 the privileged to charge your cameras batteries not within the camera it is 151 00:10:47,870 --> 00:10:56,150 still nice that Sony allows you to charge your camera while being used thank you but I'm a little bit sad that 152 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:58,310 it can't charge quite fast the is 153 00:10:56,150 --> 00:11:02,240 everyone also has Sony's hotshoe standard which is multi interface which 154 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:06,170 just means that it'll work with all the accessories that Sony has made generally 155 00:11:04,070 --> 00:11:11,420 audio accessories so you could even put something like the XLR modules that you 156 00:11:08,630 --> 00:11:15,170 can get for the a series cameras on here it is nice to have the option if you 157 00:11:13,250 --> 00:11:18,440 were making more than one person and you wanted the highest quality audio with no 158 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:21,500 synching that is an option for you pretty great and then wrapping up on the 159 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:25,790 other side of the i/o there's the standard 3.5 millimeter audio jack that 160 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:30,470 for the longest time everyone wanted on the rx100 and they did introduce and it 161 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:35,690 is a very helpful addition to see here and then there's the dreaded micro HDMI 162 00:11:33,350 --> 00:11:40,880 I'm not a huge fan of micro interesting line I know that's on a camera this size 163 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:45,440 it's hard to accommodate anything larger to Sony's credit they have three pieces 164 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:50,360 of i/o on the right side of the camera which is more than most cameras this 165 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:53,840 size and this form factor will have so let's just do a quick like autofocus 166 00:11:51,950 --> 00:12:00,920 test and see how well this thing can keep up I'm just gonna put my hand in 167 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:03,890 front of and back to me front of back to 168 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:07,400 me wow that's snappy that is nearly instant and it's not it's doing a great 169 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:11,600 job Wow this has another feature that I was 170 00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:16,100 surprised that they put in to this camera the rx100 has had for a while is 171 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:19,760 they have built an ND filter so you can do those like slow shutter speed shots 172 00:12:17,990 --> 00:12:23,450 or just get a shallower depth of field in your video depending on your 173 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:29,060 situation and that's surprising because the kicker to this camera and what makes 174 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:31,640 it so appealing guys is it's $7.99 u.s. 175 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:36,710 so to put that into context the rx100 mark 7 the most recent rx 100 is twelve 176 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:41,990 hundred and ninety eight dollars u.s. all of that for five hundred dollars 177 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:44,660 less I am seriously impressed by the 178 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:48,770 price and on top of that on release Sony is offering this at 7:49 179 00:12:46,730 --> 00:12:52,000 u.s. and they're also offering the vlogging kit which is usually two 180 00:12:50,330 --> 00:12:56,440 hundred and ten dollars at a 49 so for anyone who's just getting 181 00:12:54,580 --> 00:13:00,310 started on YouTube or wants to upgrade their vlogging setup but still maintain 182 00:12:58,450 --> 00:13:04,120 a very compact form factor I think Sony has a winner with this 183 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:09,490 camera they've done an excellent job of taking everything that makes the rx100 a 184 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:14,710 popular and good vlogging camera and they've just made it better honestly 185 00:13:12,130 --> 00:13:18,520 even though I don't walk I kind of want one of these good job sunny and thank 186 00:13:17,050 --> 00:13:20,940 you guys for watching subscribe to the ShortCircuit