Sony Vlog camera ZV-1 | Digital Camera (Vari-angle Screen for Vlogging, 4K Video)

For what it is, it is outstanding.
Edit, my original review is below which is untouched. It still is good.However, I decided the camera is hampered by not having a large enough field of view.This is solved with the addition of the Ulanzi wide angle lens. Using the wide angle lens and a small gimbal like the Crane M2/ M3 is a superb setup with active stabilisation off, but the Ulanzi lens makes it much better even with active stabilisation on. So maybe budget to also buy the lens, which also makes the camera heavier and a bit bigger, although it’s still small.Original review:I have a Panasonic G9 and a thousand pound worth of lenses for that which shoots sublime video and has amazing stabilisation. However, it’s a pain to lug around, particularly when on holiday. So whilst it’s a fantastic pro level camera, I often was not using it as I simply couldn’t be bothered lugging it around.I wanted a smaller, compact and easier to transport camera that was more unobtrusive. There’s no perfect camera on the market. The Canon G7X Mk2 only does 1080. The Mk3 is slated for all sorts of issues. Sony has just brought out a new APC ZV, but you need to buy a lens, it’s larger with the lenses on, and it has rolling shutter issues. Having carefully weighed up all the options, I picked this.I am very pleased. The autofocus is outstanding (something that couldn’t be said of my G9), and in fact is as good as the latest £3000 Sony full frame. That is saying something on a camera of this size.The stabilisation is OK. Could be better, and it crops in on the full strength setting. There is something called Catalyst Browse, which is free to download to the PC/ Mac, and used the camera’s data to stabilise the image in post. This works really well, but only really at high frame rates, and videographers will know you like to set a 180 degree shutter speed, which basically means twice the frame rate- so 50 or 60 on this when filming 4K 24, 25 or 30 fps (unfortunately it doesn’t do 4K 60fps) which isn’t really a fast enough shutter speed for Catalyst Browse to work at its best. So if you want to use catalyst browse, be prepared to shoot at higher shutter speeds, which isn’t the end of the world if you upload to YouTube. Or just use the inbuilt stabilisation carefully or stick on a gimbal.The customisation options on the camera are amazing for something like this- again just as you will find on the high end Sony full frame ( older style menu). This means an amateur could feel quite overwhelmed if delving into the menus, but the more experienced will appreciate this. Fortunately the run and gun shooter is well catered for, by just leaving it on auto, but you won’t quite get the top end results you could get by setting it all up manually and shooting in HLG Log profile for example. Then again, I’ve been doing stuff like this for years, and then it all needs editing correctly in post- I just don’t have the time so will probably just shoot on standard with a 180 shutter speed most of the time.4K footage looks great. I have noticed that even in cloudy light outside I have to apply the built in ND filter when shooting with the aperture wide open and shutter speed at 60. The ND filter is a welcome addition (this is basically sunglasses for your camera so you can keep the aperture open wider in lighter conditions to get the blurred backgrounds) but not strong enough in bright sunlight to mean I still don’t have to close the aperture a bit.You can buy a unofficial stick on 52mm thread, and add a wide angle lens ( I may not bother as I don’t Vlog, which is where it improves the camera to give more space in shot) or add on a variable, stronger ND filter which I may well get.Make sure you buy extra batteries. It isn’t bad but you need at least 2 spare, and you can pick up an unofficial charger and 3 batteries for around £20 on Amazon.Overall, I’m delighted with this tool, and will lose it a lot.I also got the Sony handgrip free with mine. Maybe it’s not worth £130 but it is an extremely nice tripod and Bluetooth controller, very high quality and I am very pleased with that too.

Fantastic Video Camera
After comparing the ZV-1 to the G7X MKiii, We brought this to supplement the main camera on our YouTube channel.The video quality is so high that we now use it as our main camera. It is a tiny pocket rocket of a camera.The autofocus is amazing, the colours are good and 4k image is great and the audio means we no longer use an external mic.Consstabilisation is only OK, plastic build quality – although glad the money has gone on the insides, unlike the G7x MKiii that looks and feels good, but performs badly.If you are looking for a compact VLOG camera, this is the one to buy.

es una cámara increíble para vlogs y videos de YouTube. Lo que más me gusta es lo fácil que es de usar y lo compacta que es, ocupa muy poco espacio y la puedo llevar a todas partes sin problema. La calidad de imagen es excelente, tanto para fotos como para videos. Los videos se ven súper nítidos, y me encanta cómo difumina el fondo para que me vea aún más destacado en la grabación.El Eye AF y el seguimiento a tiempo real funcionan muy bien, me sigue el rostro sin perder el foco, y la pantalla giratoria es perfecta para verme mientras grabo. Tiene todas las funciones que un vlogger necesita y, en cuanto al precio, es una increíble relación calidad-precio. ¡Estoy muy feliz con esta cámara!

Stabilizacja ? Brak – bez gimbala za 2k nie ma co podchodzić do zakupu zv-1 dla celów innych niż na statywie. Szkoda