So Sony just launched the ZV E10, couple of days ago, mainly focused on Vloggers! The Sony ZV-E10 is a 24MP APS-C mirrorless interchangeable lens camera.
Some Specs.
- 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor
- Highly reliable AF system with face and eye detection
- 4K/24p video capture with no crop (4K/30p is cropped)
- 1080/120p capture for slow-motion footage (cropped)
- Built-in directional 3-capsule microphone with windscreen
- Fully articulating touch-sensitive display
- 3.5mm headphone and microphone ports
- Livestream-capable via USB-C connection
- 440 shots per charge, 80 mins continuous record per charge
- Capable of shooting vertical video, for those tiktoks
The Sony ZV-E10 will be available at the end of August, in either black or white, at a body-only price of $700. You can also pick one up kitted with the Sony 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 Power Zoom lens for $800.
The ZV-E10 shoots oversampled 4K video at 24 and 30p. There’s a noticeable crop in the 30p mode (1.23x, the same as the a6100), but no crop when shooting 24p. The ZV-E10 also offers high-speed shooting capabilities up to 1080/120p, allowing for a 4x slow-motion effect.
A multi-interface shoe on the top left of the camera body supports digital audio. And Sony has several different microphone options that work with this proprietary means of connection.There’s no sensor-shift image stabilization in the ZV-E10 but electronic shake reduction is available, and optical IS is supported via Sony’s OSS-equipped lenses. During video capture, users can choose between ‘Active’ and ‘Standard’ stabilization modes.
The ZV-E10 is capable of streaming live audio and video when connected to a WiFi-enabled device via USB-C. It supports UVC/UAC standards and can transmit up to a 720p stream depending on the device it’s connected to.
The ZV-E10 offers a rudimentary Auto ISO implementation, inconsistent with the most recent Sony ILC’s (though the same as the a6100). Users can only dial in an upper and lower ISO limit but have no control over the chosen shutter speed from the Auto ISO settings. Most other Sony ILCs allow users to select a minimum shutter speed or speed threshold, but that option is absent here.
Both the camera’s 1080/120p capture and 4K/30p capture come with slight crops, 1.14x and 1.23x, respectively. All the other video settings use the full width of the sensor (unless ‘Active’ IS is turned on). Below you can see just how extreme the crops are (thankfully, they’re not too bad):
Overall, the camera handles pretty well as a vlogging tool. The onboard microphone provides decent quality audio, even as I stepped outside near a very noisy highway. The 4K/24p video + Standard IS combo uses the full width of the sensor, so I was able to leave the kit lens zoomed all the way out to a 24mm equiv. I also left the camera in its Program exposure mode with the default ‘Wide’ AF area option (AF-C). The camera handles the changing light conditions with ease: there are no jarring aperture flutters. And I remained in focus throughout the clip, with minimal hunting, despite moving around quite a bit.
The ZV-E10 has quite a bit to offer: good quality oversampled and uncropped 4K/24p capture, headphone and microphones ports, a selfie touchscreen, a high-quality onboard vlogging microphone, industry-leading video AF performance, painless livestreaming capability and best-in-class battery life. But from a body design and control standpoint, the ZV-E10 makes a lot of sense. The camera offers excellent customization and handles fairly well as a videomaking tool.
The camera’s face end eye detection work extremely well during both stills and video capture. The product showcase feature is also really cool/useful for vloggers.
For vlogging, the Fuji X-T200 is better for the vloggers because the rolling shutter is much better controlled during 4K capture.
