1 00:00:00,030 --> 00:00:05,330 - It is six grand US. (man groaning) 2 00:00:05,330 --> 00:00:10,040 So many of you may have never heard of the lens manufacturers Zeiss, 3 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:14,210 or if you're into cameras, you will have known them for their legendary lenses. 4 00:00:14,210 --> 00:00:17,260 But today we're talking about the ZX1, 5 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:22,730 which is Zeiss's new digital camera. Now Zeiss has made many film cameras in the past, 6 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:28,260 but this is their first digital camera. And it's a weird one because it also runs Android. 7 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:32,710 It's not the first camera that's ever run Android, and you can't install anything you want, 8 00:00:32,710 --> 00:00:36,670 but it has a full Adobe Lightroom CC mobile on it, 9 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:41,990 and built-in Instagram and other ways to share things. Their slogan on the side of the box is, 10 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:46,300 shoot, edit, share. Right off the bat the packaging is really nice. 11 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:49,670 It feels very soft. It is exactly what a premium product should be, 12 00:00:49,670 --> 00:00:53,350 which I would expect from Zeiss because they've been doing this for a long time, 13 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:58,890 at least with their lenses. Wow, this is a metal lens hood. That's nice. 14 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:02,310 You don't really see that very often, but we'll get to the price in a second, 15 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:06,240 this makes sense. Oh, this is kind of a funky way to do, 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,623 an instruction manual quick start guide. 17 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:13,510 It's like a little accordion (chuckles). So we'll look at the camera more in a second, 18 00:01:13,510 --> 00:01:16,660 but let's see what's in the rest of the box. But before that, 19 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:21,960 a word from our sponsor, PIA. 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But their strap is where they started. 29 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:01,110 And it's got this really cool locking mechanism, 30 00:02:01,110 --> 00:02:04,190 where you just slide in the anchor, and you can put the strap on really easily. 31 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:07,360 And if you want to take it off, you just press it and you take it off. 32 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,540 So that this might be one of the only cameras 33 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:14,800 where you will use the strap it comes with, 34 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,650 because it's a strap that people actually buy. The strap is worth like $80, I think, 35 00:02:19,650 --> 00:02:23,790 or something like that. Oh, and then it's even a little kit for an extra anchor, 36 00:02:23,790 --> 00:02:27,810 and then a little tripod adapter with an Allen key. That's a very nice touch, 37 00:02:27,810 --> 00:02:30,823 they clearly partnered with Peak Design, Type-C charger. 38 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,580 And you have a Type-C cable. What's this? 39 00:02:35,580 --> 00:02:40,580 Oh, and you got a little Type-C to USB 3 adapter, 40 00:02:40,690 --> 00:02:46,550 and its own little tiny Velcro pouch. This is the cutest poach I've ever seen. 41 00:02:46,550 --> 00:02:50,940 Who does this? So let's take a look at the camera itself. 42 00:02:50,940 --> 00:02:54,860 It's an interesting shape. 43 00:02:54,860 --> 00:02:58,780 52 millimeter front filter adapter. 44 00:02:58,780 --> 00:03:02,930 And a fixed 35 mm f/2 lens. 45 00:03:02,930 --> 00:03:06,420 So, 35 mm is a good portrait 46 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:10,063 or wide angle, like medium wide angle, like landscape, 47 00:03:11,150 --> 00:03:15,950 focal range. And this is a full frame sensor. It's 37.4 megapixels. 48 00:03:15,950 --> 00:03:20,010 So this lens is pretty wide and pretty versatile, and it's a lens choice that I think a lot of people use 49 00:03:20,010 --> 00:03:24,180 a lot of the time. 35 mil is one of my favorite focal lengths. It is fixed though. 50 00:03:24,180 --> 00:03:27,610 So you have no option of taking this camera's lens off 51 00:03:27,610 --> 00:03:32,830 and putting something else on. Zeiss designed this from the ground up. 52 00:03:32,830 --> 00:03:38,040 They designed the camera body. This is their 35 millimeter Distagon lens which, 53 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,930 they are legendarily good at making, and the sensor as well. 54 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:45,640 Like the entire camera was designed in-house. 55 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,150 And the grip, feels 56 00:03:49,150 --> 00:03:53,750 not bad. I have this weird spacing in between where my fingers bend, 57 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:57,860 which I think would get uncomfortable. So depending on your hand size, 58 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:05,200 it's a very like minimalist design, like the camera objectively looks nice. 59 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,510 And I think that Zeiss was definitely going for something that was very minimalist, 60 00:04:08,510 --> 00:04:13,373 but had physical dials. You have physical dials on the lens. 61 00:04:14,290 --> 00:04:18,400 Aperture dial. You have your shutter speed dial, 62 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:23,110 and your ISO dial, which is really nice. Any camera that can integrate physical dials 63 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:26,690 for each exposure setting, I am personally a huge fan of. 64 00:04:26,690 --> 00:04:29,980 The touch display is 720P, and it's supposed to be as responsive 65 00:04:29,980 --> 00:04:34,970 as your typical smartphone display. In theory, that's kind of what this entire thing is. 66 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:38,100 So on the touchscreen, they've made this like slidable control here, 67 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:42,600 where you can have your thumb and navigate the different settings in the camera 68 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,690 while not obstructing your live view if you're using live view. Or you could even do it through the EVF. 69 00:04:48,690 --> 00:04:51,780 So when you look through the EVF, 70 00:04:51,780 --> 00:04:56,150 you can touch the touchscreen, and still navigate the menu through the EVF, 71 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:59,660 even though the touchscreen actually goes off. So you see here. 72 00:04:59,660 --> 00:05:03,890 And so when I'm touching the screen here, if you were able to see what's happening in the EVF, 73 00:05:03,890 --> 00:05:06,980 you can still navigate the screen. Which is really cool. 74 00:05:06,980 --> 00:05:10,880 And of course when you're trying to change it here, it's relatively responsive. 75 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:16,020 Oh, there's a little light. Okay. So not quite as good as 76 00:05:16,020 --> 00:05:20,110 the best smartphones, but I would say this is one of the best touchscreens 77 00:05:20,110 --> 00:05:25,010 on a camera that I've used, in a while. Oh, and the shutter is really quiet. 78 00:05:25,010 --> 00:05:26,160 Can you guys hear that? 79 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:34,020 That is not loud at all. That's actually a pretty impressive. It's a leaf shutter in this camera. 80 00:05:34,020 --> 00:05:38,200 The benefits to this, I guess, are things like it being quieter. 81 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,280 And it's just a completely different way to make your camera... Not that many cameras have a leaf shutter, 82 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:46,190 famously the Fuji X100 series has a leaf shutter as well. 83 00:05:46,190 --> 00:05:50,350 But the biggest downside for me of a leaf shutter without getting too far into the technical details, 84 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:53,950 is that the shutter speeds are much more limited. 85 00:05:53,950 --> 00:05:57,250 The highest shutter speed that you can use on this camera, 86 00:05:57,250 --> 00:06:01,510 is one over 2000. And for a leaf shutter that's on the higher end, 87 00:06:01,510 --> 00:06:05,540 but that's just the physical limitation of the way that the blades in front of the sensor 88 00:06:05,540 --> 00:06:09,130 are designed, where you can't do a faster shutter speed than that. 89 00:06:09,130 --> 00:06:12,740 So if you're shooting really, really fast action, 90 00:06:12,740 --> 00:06:17,470 or you're trying to get a shot of like, a bird diving into water or something, 91 00:06:17,470 --> 00:06:20,490 this is probably not the camera for you, 92 00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:23,850 but for those of you who are okay with one over 2000 or lower, 93 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:28,220 then this camera would be a high performer in many other situations. 94 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:31,760 Man, this camera is so weird because normally, 95 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,380 you'd see like a bunch of dials and buttons and stuff like AF Lock or Record, 96 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:40,280 and all of that is done through the touchscreen. The only button you see is this one, 97 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:44,470 which can only... It's a custom button, but it can only be set to four different things. 98 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:48,620 Maybe they'll change that in a future firmware update, 'cause this is running Android. 99 00:06:48,620 --> 00:06:52,640 So they have the ability to do a firmware update where they would add functionality to a button like this, 100 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,400 but for now, it only has four things available. 101 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,740 And then you have the little focus magnifier for the EVF. 102 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:04,270 There's a Type-C port on the left here. And then when we open the battery door, 103 00:07:04,270 --> 00:07:07,263 there's a battery, but what's missing? 104 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:11,410 The SD card slot. So typically the SD card slot in the camera is, 105 00:07:11,410 --> 00:07:15,750 right next to the battery. But in this camera, there is no SD card slot, 106 00:07:15,750 --> 00:07:19,900 because it has a built-in 512 gig SSD. 107 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:24,740 Which is cool, but, I mean, you're stuck with 512 gigs. 108 00:07:24,740 --> 00:07:28,500 That's probably enough, 'cause you'll probably just offload your photos, 109 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:32,720 and then share them, or like they want you to, 110 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,430 edit them on this camera and then share them from this. 111 00:07:36,430 --> 00:07:39,530 Zeiss has designed a swiping system. 112 00:07:39,530 --> 00:07:43,150 So this is how you get to your settings, where you can set raw JPEG. 113 00:07:43,150 --> 00:07:49,290 That's cool. And then there's also video. So this (mumbles) can shoot 4K up to 30fps, 114 00:07:49,290 --> 00:07:55,160 and 60fps up to full HD. Which is not amazing by today's standard. 115 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,633 So from gallery view, here's a photo of my cat, 116 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:01,820 you can get to the Android view, which gives you Instagram 117 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:06,100 and Lightroom built into the camera. Now, unfortunately, as far as I can tell, 118 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:10,690 the only Android apps that you can install on this camera are Instagram and Lightroom. 119 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:16,480 Which is great if you're a heavy Instagram user, but if you want to upload something like Twitter, Facebook, 120 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,900 or Snapchat, like, some other social media of any kind, 121 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:24,120 you should be able to install it and use it on this camera, 122 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,030 but there is no... When I go to the settings, there's no Play Store. 123 00:08:28,030 --> 00:08:31,910 All you get is manual support tutorial, Instagram, and Lightroom. 124 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:34,343 You can connect Dropbox and Anes, 125 00:08:35,540 --> 00:08:39,460 at home to this. So you can wirelessly transfer your photos from this camera 126 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:42,840 to ANES or Dropbox, and then access them that way. 127 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,840 But that seems like a sort of roundabout way to do this. 128 00:08:48,010 --> 00:08:53,120 Why don't we try this camera, and take a couple photos of Colton, 129 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,950 and see what it's like from a professional user's perspective 130 00:08:57,950 --> 00:09:03,030 and a amateur user's perspective. - Oh my gosh, and it's running like Android 9 or something. 131 00:09:03,030 --> 00:09:07,700 - It's a little bit dated on the Android side. Maybe there's an over the air update sometime. 132 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:10,980 - It's probably not Android 9 I'm so... Or it might be. It might be Android 8. 133 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:14,340 This looks like Oreo or something. - [Lee] You can use the touchscreen 134 00:09:14,340 --> 00:09:17,380 to navigate the settings on with the display off. 135 00:09:17,380 --> 00:09:21,420 So you can touch the glass display right now, navigate stuff. 136 00:09:21,420 --> 00:09:24,562 - Interesting. I don't like it at all. 137 00:09:24,562 --> 00:09:27,840 (Lee laughs) Get out of here. 138 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,977 All right, Madison, like I said, scream. 139 00:09:31,977 --> 00:09:36,010 (Madison screams) (man in cap laughs) - As someone who doesn't use cameras like this 140 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:41,550 most of the time, what did you think of this brief experience? 141 00:09:41,550 --> 00:09:47,710 - Well, I guess I'm not the perfect example for that. Am I? Because I have used like DSLRs and stuff, 142 00:09:47,710 --> 00:09:51,970 and I like kind of the tactile clickiness. I like having it feel 143 00:09:51,970 --> 00:09:55,713 sort of like it's a professional thing. - So would you that this is two minimalist? 144 00:09:56,590 --> 00:09:59,880 - You know what? It does make sense if the market for this 145 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:03,230 is the same people who buy like, - It's like obvious. 146 00:10:03,230 --> 00:10:06,980 - The most expensive Tesla or like, 147 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:11,670 the iMac Pro 5K when they have absolutely no need for it. 148 00:10:11,670 --> 00:10:16,150 - How much would you pay for this? - Oh, I'd probably pay 149 00:10:18,290 --> 00:10:21,680 3000, 3,500. - 3500? - Yeah. 150 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:27,150 - It is six grand US. (man in cap groans) 151 00:10:27,150 --> 00:10:31,460 So I'm gonna give this to somebody who's used cameras a lot and is a photo enthusiast. 152 00:10:31,460 --> 00:10:36,000 We have Andy here. - Hello. The grip, like, 153 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:41,670 if you see this part, I'm still using my finger tip to grab the grip, 154 00:10:41,670 --> 00:10:44,680 instead of have my whole hand on the grip. 155 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:49,210 There's like a gap, you see that? - [Lee] Yeah. - So I'm not a big fan of the grip. 156 00:10:49,210 --> 00:10:52,910 I'm changing the ISO here. Unlike the other, 157 00:10:52,910 --> 00:10:58,820 mirrorless camera, or you change the ISO the exposure on screen also, change. 158 00:10:58,820 --> 00:11:03,250 But this thing, only if you have pressed the shutter. 159 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:06,280 - [Lee] Oh, you don't get a preview live? - [Andy] You don't get a preview live. 160 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,930 That's very strange. And then you can actually navigate the touchscreen 161 00:11:09,930 --> 00:11:13,450 when you are looking through the EVF. So if you put your thumb here. 162 00:11:13,450 --> 00:11:17,070 - Oh, it's got the little like circle type of thing. - [Andy] There's a little mouse thing. 163 00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:21,800 Right now if I'm using my finger on the screen, I'm definitely like heating my face-- 164 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,320 - Your face. - [Andy] Which is not great. Okay. 165 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,113 - Would you edit your photos on the camera? - Oh, that's tough. 166 00:11:29,113 --> 00:11:33,570 'Cause editing a photo on a small screen, feels kinda a bit weird. 167 00:11:33,570 --> 00:11:39,070 Especially when you shoot a lot of photo, and then you want to add it a batch of photo, 168 00:11:39,070 --> 00:11:44,270 that's kind of, dumb. So how much would you pay for this camera? 169 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:48,880 - I'll probably just pay like four grand, 'cause because this is a Zeiss, 170 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,640 and Zeiss-- - They know how to make lenses, and they used to make good film cameras. 171 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,000 - And they're like still hired higher tier, 172 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,190 compared to regular Sony, regular Sony lens cameras. 173 00:12:00,190 --> 00:12:03,560 - This camera's $6,000 US. 174 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,960 - Oof, that's a little bit harsh. - Okay, so we're back from trying the camera out. 175 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,960 Let's see how easy this photo is to get into Lightroom. 176 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,363 I could even just hit the Share button, right? 177 00:12:14,550 --> 00:12:15,533 Share. 178 00:12:17,890 --> 00:12:25,100 - [Lee] Oh, you can go to Facebook. So you have Dropbox, Flickr and OneDrive. 179 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,940 Okay. I mean, personally, even as someone who loves taking photos and does it all the time, 180 00:12:28,940 --> 00:12:33,360 I don't really share my photos on Flickr. So that's a little bit of an odd decision. 181 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,280 And so the Share button actually doesn't take you into Lightroom, but I think just swiping down here. 182 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,350 And now we're in Lightroom . Go to All Photos. 183 00:12:40,350 --> 00:12:42,600 So bring in one of the photos into Lightroom, 184 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:48,670 it's loading, loading... It's a raw photo. So I understand why might a little bit to load. 185 00:12:48,670 --> 00:12:52,443 See if we can adjust the white balance easily. 186 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:57,003 I'll give Adobe credit. Lightroom mobile, 187 00:12:57,930 --> 00:13:05,580 is fairly powerful because it's essentially Lightroom in a much smaller, 188 00:13:05,590 --> 00:13:09,040 phone factor. But I will say right off the bat 189 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,723 that these sliders are a little bit on the annoying side to adjust, 190 00:13:12,723 --> 00:13:16,553 'cause they're not easy to do, in like one degree increments. 191 00:13:17,610 --> 00:13:21,630 The sharpness is pretty good. 192 00:13:21,630 --> 00:13:24,920 Like me looking at the back of this display, 193 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:29,290 it's only a 720P display, but the sharpness on the back of this display, 194 00:13:29,290 --> 00:13:34,450 is pretty good. Of course it might be better or worse 195 00:13:34,450 --> 00:13:38,380 when you actually look at it on a computer or on any sort of bigger display. 196 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:41,653 But most things like this will probably look good on your phone, 197 00:13:41,653 --> 00:13:46,410 because it's such a small display. I don't know if Zeiss has a winner here. 198 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:51,580 I understand that they designed this camera from the ground up, which is probably why it costs $6,000. 199 00:13:51,580 --> 00:13:55,650 It's not easy to engineer something in-house entirely. 200 00:13:55,650 --> 00:13:59,180 So it's a good achievement, respect Zeiss, you guys know what you're doing, 201 00:13:59,180 --> 00:14:04,850 but I don't see a lot of people buying this camera. Because for the amount of money this costs, 202 00:14:04,850 --> 00:14:08,900 there's just so many other options that I think would be better for most people. 203 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:13,130 But if you are one of the people who would buy this camera, let me know in the comments down below. 204 00:14:13,130 --> 00:14:17,120 I hope more cameras in the future integrate smart features like this. 205 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,863 Maybe even to edit your photos on your camera, if you need to. 206 00:14:20,863 --> 00:14:25,920 But to edit on such a tiny display while holding a heavy-ish camera, 207 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,510 isn't the most ergonomic experience. 208 00:14:29,510 --> 00:14:32,760 And so I think that most people will skip this. 209 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,210 But, good job Zeiss for making something really different. 210 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:41,570 This is a camera that no one's really done to this level of engineering before, 211 00:14:41,570 --> 00:14:46,040 but it does feel quite gen one. Thank you to BNH for sending us the ZX1, 212 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:52,860 and thank you guys for watching. If you want to watch another camera video, we recently-ish did a video on the Sony FX6. 213 00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:56,853 And we have a video coming up on the Leica, SL2-S.