WEBVTT 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:05.330 - It is six grand US. (man groaning) 00:00:05.330 --> 00:00:10.040 So many of you may have never heard of the lens manufacturers Zeiss, 00:00:10.040 --> 00:00:14.210 or if you're into cameras, you will have known them for their legendary lenses. 00:00:14.210 --> 00:00:17.260 But today we're talking about the ZX1, 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, 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. 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, 00:00:32.710 --> 00:00:36.670 but it has a full Adobe Lightroom CC mobile on it, 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, 00:00:41.990 --> 00:00:46.300 shoot, edit, share. Right off the bat the packaging is really nice. 00:00:46.300 --> 00:00:49.670 It feels very soft. It is exactly what a premium product should be, 00:00:49.670 --> 00:00:53.350 which I would expect from Zeiss because they've been doing this for a long time, 00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:58.890 at least with their lenses. Wow, this is a metal lens hood. That's nice. 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, 00:01:02.310 --> 00:01:06.240 this makes sense. Oh, this is kind of a funky way to do, 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.623 an instruction manual quick start guide. 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, 00:01:13.510 --> 00:01:16.660 but let's see what's in the rest of the box. But before that, 00:01:16.660 --> 00:01:21.960 a word from our sponsor, PIA. PIA is a VPN that allows you to access services and websites 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:25.320 as if you were in a different country, encrypts all of your internet traffic 00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:29.020 and uses a safe, protected IP, connect up to 10 devices at once, 00:01:29.020 --> 00:01:32.240 clients for Windows, Mac iOS, Android, iOS, and Linux, 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:37.090 buy a one-year plan for $39.95 in the link in the video description. 00:01:37.090 --> 00:01:42.350 So I noticed right off the bat, that this camera already has pre-installed anchors, 00:01:42.350 --> 00:01:47.097 where the straps would go. And so that makes me think that, "wow, 00:01:47.097 --> 00:01:50.690 "it comes with a Peak Design camera strap, which is really cool. 00:01:50.690 --> 00:01:53.740 If you don't know Peak Design, they make a lot of really cool camera strap, 00:01:53.740 --> 00:01:58.060 a bit bags, camera accessories in general. But their strap is where they started. 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:01.110 And it's got this really cool locking mechanism, 00:02:01.110 --> 00:02:04.190 where you just slide in the anchor, and you can put the strap on really easily. 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. 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:11.540 So that this might be one of the only cameras 00:02:11.540 --> 00:02:14.800 where you will use the strap it comes with, 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, 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, 00:02:23.790 --> 00:02:27.810 and then a little tripod adapter with an Allen key. That's a very nice touch, 00:02:27.810 --> 00:02:30.823 they clearly partnered with Peak Design, Type-C charger. 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.580 And you have a Type-C cable. What's this? 00:02:35.580 --> 00:02:40.580 Oh, and you got a little Type-C to USB 3 adapter, 00:02:40.690 --> 00:02:46.550 and its own little tiny Velcro pouch. This is the cutest poach I've ever seen. 00:02:46.550 --> 00:02:50.940 Who does this? So let's take a look at the camera itself. 00:02:50.940 --> 00:02:54.860 It's an interesting shape. 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:58.780 52 millimeter front filter adapter. 00:02:58.780 --> 00:03:02.930 And a fixed 35 mm f/2 lens. 00:03:02.930 --> 00:03:06.420 So, 35 mm is a good portrait 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:10.063 or wide angle, like medium wide angle, like landscape, 00:03:11.150 --> 00:03:15.950 focal range. And this is a full frame sensor. It's 37.4 megapixels. 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 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. 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:27.610 So you have no option of taking this camera's lens off 00:03:27.610 --> 00:03:32.830 and putting something else on. Zeiss designed this from the ground up. 00:03:32.830 --> 00:03:38.040 They designed the camera body. This is their 35 millimeter Distagon lens which, 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:41.930 they are legendarily good at making, and the sensor as well. 00:03:41.930 --> 00:03:45.640 Like the entire camera was designed in-house. 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:48.150 And the grip, feels 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:53.750 not bad. I have this weird spacing in between where my fingers bend, 00:03:53.750 --> 00:03:57.860 which I think would get uncomfortable. So depending on your hand size, 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:05.200 it's a very like minimalist design, like the camera objectively looks nice. 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:08.510 And I think that Zeiss was definitely going for something that was very minimalist, 00:04:08.510 --> 00:04:13.373 but had physical dials. You have physical dials on the lens. 00:04:14.290 --> 00:04:18.400 Aperture dial. You have your shutter speed dial, 00:04:18.400 --> 00:04:23.110 and your ISO dial, which is really nice. Any camera that can integrate physical dials 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:26.690 for each exposure setting, I am personally a huge fan of. 00:04:26.690 --> 00:04:29.980 The touch display is 720P, and it's supposed to be as responsive 00:04:29.980 --> 00:04:34.970 as your typical smartphone display. In theory, that's kind of what this entire thing is. 00:04:34.970 --> 00:04:38.100 So on the touchscreen, they've made this like slidable control here, 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:42.600 where you can have your thumb and navigate the different settings in the camera 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. 00:04:48.690 --> 00:04:51.780 So when you look through the EVF, 00:04:51.780 --> 00:04:56.150 you can touch the touchscreen, and still navigate the menu through the EVF, 00:04:56.150 --> 00:04:59.660 even though the touchscreen actually goes off. So you see here. 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, 00:05:03.890 --> 00:05:06.980 you can still navigate the screen. Which is really cool. 00:05:06.980 --> 00:05:10.880 And of course when you're trying to change it here, it's relatively responsive. 00:05:10.880 --> 00:05:16.020 Oh, there's a little light. Okay. So not quite as good as 00:05:16.020 --> 00:05:20.110 the best smartphones, but I would say this is one of the best touchscreens 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. 00:05:25.010 --> 00:05:26.160 Can you guys hear that? 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. 00:05:34.020 --> 00:05:38.200 The benefits to this, I guess, are things like it being quieter. 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, 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:46.190 famously the Fuji X100 series has a leaf shutter as well. 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, 00:05:50.350 --> 00:05:53.950 is that the shutter speeds are much more limited. 00:05:53.950 --> 00:05:57.250 The highest shutter speed that you can use on this camera, 00:05:57.250 --> 00:06:01.510 is one over 2000. And for a leaf shutter that's on the higher end, 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 00:06:05.540 --> 00:06:09.130 are designed, where you can't do a faster shutter speed than that. 00:06:09.130 --> 00:06:12.740 So if you're shooting really, really fast action, 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, 00:06:17.470 --> 00:06:20.490 this is probably not the camera for you, 00:06:20.490 --> 00:06:23.850 but for those of you who are okay with one over 2000 or lower, 00:06:23.850 --> 00:06:28.220 then this camera would be a high performer in many other situations. 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:31.760 Man, this camera is so weird because normally, 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, 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, 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. 00:06:44.470 --> 00:06:48.620 Maybe they'll change that in a future firmware update, 'cause this is running Android. 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, 00:06:52.640 --> 00:06:56.400 but for now, it only has four things available. 00:06:56.400 --> 00:06:59.740 And then you have the little focus magnifier for the EVF. 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, 00:07:04.270 --> 00:07:07.263 there's a battery, but what's missing? 00:07:08.140 --> 00:07:11.410 The SD card slot. So typically the SD card slot in the camera is, 00:07:11.410 --> 00:07:15.750 right next to the battery. But in this camera, there is no SD card slot, 00:07:15.750 --> 00:07:19.900 because it has a built-in 512 gig SSD. 00:07:19.900 --> 00:07:24.740 Which is cool, but, I mean, you're stuck with 512 gigs. 00:07:24.740 --> 00:07:28.500 That's probably enough, 'cause you'll probably just offload your photos, 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:32.720 and then share them, or like they want you to, 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:36.430 edit them on this camera and then share them from this. 00:07:36.430 --> 00:07:39.530 Zeiss has designed a swiping system. 00:07:39.530 --> 00:07:43.150 So this is how you get to your settings, where you can set raw JPEG. 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, 00:07:49.290 --> 00:07:55.160 and 60fps up to full HD. Which is not amazing by today's standard. 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.633 So from gallery view, here's a photo of my cat, 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:01.820 you can get to the Android view, which gives you Instagram 00:08:01.820 --> 00:08:06.100 and Lightroom built into the camera. Now, unfortunately, as far as I can tell, 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:10.690 the only Android apps that you can install on this camera are Instagram and Lightroom. 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, 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.900 or Snapchat, like, some other social media of any kind, 00:08:19.900 --> 00:08:24.120 you should be able to install it and use it on this camera, 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.030 but there is no... When I go to the settings, there's no Play Store. 00:08:28.030 --> 00:08:31.910 All you get is manual support tutorial, Instagram, and Lightroom. 00:08:31.910 --> 00:08:34.343 You can connect Dropbox and Anes, 00:08:35.540 --> 00:08:39.460 at home to this. So you can wirelessly transfer your photos from this camera 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:42.840 to ANES or Dropbox, and then access them that way. 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:47.840 But that seems like a sort of roundabout way to do this. 00:08:48.010 --> 00:08:53.120 Why don't we try this camera, and take a couple photos of Colton, 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:57.950 and see what it's like from a professional user's perspective 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. 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. 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. 00:09:10.980 --> 00:09:14.340 This looks like Oreo or something. - [Lee] You can use the touchscreen 00:09:14.340 --> 00:09:17.380 to navigate the settings on with the display off. 00:09:17.380 --> 00:09:21.420 So you can touch the glass display right now, navigate stuff. 00:09:21.420 --> 00:09:24.562 - Interesting. I don't like it at all. 00:09:24.562 --> 00:09:27.840 (Lee laughs) Get out of here. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.977 All right, Madison, like I said, scream. 00:09:31.977 --> 00:09:36.010 (Madison screams) (man in cap laughs) - As someone who doesn't use cameras like this 00:09:36.010 --> 00:09:41.550 most of the time, what did you think of this brief experience? 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, 00:09:47.710 --> 00:09:51.970 and I like kind of the tactile clickiness. I like having it feel 00:09:51.970 --> 00:09:55.713 sort of like it's a professional thing. - So would you that this is two minimalist? 00:09:56.590 --> 00:09:59.880 - You know what? It does make sense if the market for this 00:09:59.880 --> 00:10:03.230 is the same people who buy like, - It's like obvious. 00:10:03.230 --> 00:10:06.980 - The most expensive Tesla or like, 00:10:06.980 --> 00:10:11.670 the iMac Pro 5K when they have absolutely no need for it. 00:10:11.670 --> 00:10:16.150 - How much would you pay for this? - Oh, I'd probably pay 00:10:18.290 --> 00:10:21.680 3000, 3,500. - 3500? - Yeah. 00:10:21.680 --> 00:10:27.150 - It is six grand US. (man in cap groans) 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. 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:36.000 We have Andy here. - Hello. The grip, like, 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:41.670 if you see this part, I'm still using my finger tip to grab the grip, 00:10:41.670 --> 00:10:44.680 instead of have my whole hand on the grip. 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. 00:10:49.210 --> 00:10:52.910 I'm changing the ISO here. Unlike the other, 00:10:52.910 --> 00:10:58.820 mirrorless camera, or you change the ISO the exposure on screen also, change. 00:10:58.820 --> 00:11:03.250 But this thing, only if you have pressed the shutter. 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. 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:09.930 That's very strange. And then you can actually navigate the touchscreen 00:11:09.930 --> 00:11:13.450 when you are looking through the EVF. So if you put your thumb here. 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. 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-- 00:11:21.800 --> 00:11:25.320 - Your face. - [Andy] Which is not great. Okay. 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:29.113 - Would you edit your photos on the camera? - Oh, that's tough. 00:11:29.113 --> 00:11:33.570 'Cause editing a photo on a small screen, feels kinda a bit weird. 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, 00:11:39.070 --> 00:11:44.270 that's kind of, dumb. So how much would you pay for this camera? 00:11:44.270 --> 00:11:48.880 - I'll probably just pay like four grand, 'cause because this is a Zeiss, 00:11:48.880 --> 00:11:52.640 and Zeiss-- - They know how to make lenses, and they used to make good film cameras. 00:11:52.640 --> 00:11:56.000 - And they're like still hired higher tier, 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:00.190 compared to regular Sony, regular Sony lens cameras. 00:12:00.190 --> 00:12:03.560 - This camera's $6,000 US. 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. 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:10.960 Let's see how easy this photo is to get into Lightroom. 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.363 I could even just hit the Share button, right? 00:12:14.550 --> 00:12:15.533 Share. 00:12:17.890 --> 00:12:25.100 - [Lee] Oh, you can go to Facebook. So you have Dropbox, Flickr and OneDrive. 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, 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. 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. 00:12:37.280 --> 00:12:40.350 And now we're in Lightroom . Go to All Photos. 00:12:40.350 --> 00:12:42.600 So bring in one of the photos into Lightroom, 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. 00:12:48.670 --> 00:12:52.443 See if we can adjust the white balance easily. 00:12:54.110 --> 00:12:57.003 I'll give Adobe credit. Lightroom mobile, 00:12:57.930 --> 00:13:05.580 is fairly powerful because it's essentially Lightroom in a much smaller, 00:13:05.590 --> 00:13:09.040 phone factor. But I will say right off the bat 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:12.723 that these sliders are a little bit on the annoying side to adjust, 00:13:12.723 --> 00:13:16.553 'cause they're not easy to do, in like one degree increments. 00:13:17.610 --> 00:13:21.630 The sharpness is pretty good. 00:13:21.630 --> 00:13:24.920 Like me looking at the back of this display, 00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:29.290 it's only a 720P display, but the sharpness on the back of this display, 00:13:29.290 --> 00:13:34.450 is pretty good. Of course it might be better or worse 00:13:34.450 --> 00:13:38.380 when you actually look at it on a computer or on any sort of bigger display. 00:13:38.380 --> 00:13:41.653 But most things like this will probably look good on your phone, 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. 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. 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:55.650 It's not easy to engineer something in-house entirely. 00:13:55.650 --> 00:13:59.180 So it's a good achievement, respect Zeiss, you guys know what you're doing, 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, 00:14:04.850 --> 00:14:08.900 there's just so many other options that I think would be better for most people. 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. 00:14:13.130 --> 00:14:17.120 I hope more cameras in the future integrate smart features like this. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:20.863 Maybe even to edit your photos on your camera, if you need to. 00:14:20.863 --> 00:14:25.920 But to edit on such a tiny display while holding a heavy-ish camera, 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:29.510 isn't the most ergonomic experience. 00:14:29.510 --> 00:14:32.760 And so I think that most people will skip this. 00:14:32.760 --> 00:14:36.210 But, good job Zeiss for making something really different. 00:14:36.210 --> 00:14:41.570 This is a camera that no one's really done to this level of engineering before, 00:14:41.570 --> 00:14:46.040 but it does feel quite gen one. Thank you to BNH for sending us the ZX1, 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. 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:56.853 And we have a video coming up on the Leica, SL2-S.