- Ooh, do I have something exciting inside this box?
Let's open it up and check it out.
Spoiler alert, it's a new Sony Cool Friend camera.
I'm so excited!
(upbeat music)
Oh my gosh!
They sent the white one. Look at this!
It's so light.
Most of the Sony ZV line is geared more
towards vloggers and beginners.
This is by far the best beginner camera
that I could ever have wished to have had
when I first started making YouTube videos.
This right here is a full frame camera
and most of these run for a pretty hefty price tag.
So now that we have a full frame
affordable Sony camera, game over.
(upbeat music)
So this camera, I would kind of put in the lineup
between the Sony a7S III and the Sony FX3.
Now, there are some similarities, but there's also
some differences why you would choose the higher end cameras
over this one.
But honestly, for most people who are just coming
into this starting content creation, the past week
that I've been using this camera, I am so blown away
by the footage even just going outside vlogging that
if this was swapped with one of my Sony a7S IIIs
I am not even sure if I would notice when I'm looking
at the footage using the camera, I definitely would notice
first of all, because this is the white version
so it has a completely different look.
Even the buttons and some of the layout of things
even the interface on the screen
it has a completely different feel.
Then a bunch of the other cameras in the Sony Alpha lineup.
So you can get this with just the body or the kit lens.
So this is a 28 to 60 lens
and surprisingly this is actually a pretty decent lens
for how much zoom you can get.
Now, obviously one
of the reasons that you would be getting this type
of camera is to be able to swap out lenses.
So the fact that you're able to just pop this off,
add another lens will completely change the look
and feel of your video.
Why I really like this lens is if you are just using this
for vlogging, this is so small, it's super compact,
and even the camera body itself is super light.
This does have a flip out screen
just like so, watch this wait....this is great.
Ooh, there we go.
So this just rotates very similar to the a7S III
and I also like that it does flip this way
so I can see myself when I'm recording.
So Sony has so many different lines of cameras and
in their ZV line, which is geared more towards vloggers
and content creators and people kind of on the go.
It has a recording button up here at the top
but it also has a light that you'll see in the front.
And this is also something that I absolutely love is
on the front of the display you can see that there
is a red ring all the way around the display.
Hi Nathan.
- Hey! - Hello!
And that will let you know that you're recording
if you're filming this way.
And there have been so many times when I'm filming
and I actually don't realize that I didn't hit record.
So this, this will alleviate all of that.
The thoughtfulness that they put into this kind of a camera
for newer content creators is something
that I really love.
Oh man, I'm so excited to be testing out
this new camera right now.
I'm actually in Telluride.
I've never been here before.
We're going to dinner and we're in a little town
and today we snowboarded all day and I actually
am very impressed.
I mean, I fell a lot, but the amount that I
fell the first time that I did this was exponential.
So we are making progress, but this little town is so cute.
How you doing?
Hey!
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The best part about having a full frame sensor is
because the sensor is larger,
once it gets dark out, that's gonna allow so much more light
into the sensor.
So we'll be able to get lower light photos and videos.
So one of the reasons that I think a lot
of people would choose this camera over the a7S III
or the FX3 is obviously cost
because this is a much less expensive device
and this does have some really fun AI features
that some of these higher end cameras don't have.
But some of the things that I feel
like aren't really that big of a deal
for some content creators is you can only use SD cards
with this, whereas the FX3 and the Sony a7S III
you can use CF express cards which are much faster
and will allow you to record higher quality media.
So this can shoot up to 60 frames, 422 10 bit
which is equivalent to pretty much what you can film
with the Sony a7S III.
The big difference though is with recording time.
So you won't be able to record as long
as you could with the Sony a7S III.
You're basically getting a high end full frame camera
in a smaller, compact, lighter size with AI settings
with a few features missing
that most people probably really wouldn't even notice.
So some of the fun features I feel like for a lot
of newer content creators is the fact that it's taking
into account that you may not actually know how
to use a camera in all of the settings.
And I totally get that because there are some settings even
on my cameras now where I'm like, "Hold on a second,
how do I do this? How do I do that?"
Well, the great thing about this is it will do a lot
of these things for you.
You don't have to actually do any adjustments.
For example, it has this thing called product showcase.
This is so great for me
because obviously I'm always showcasing a product
but this will allow you to have a fast focus
of something that you're holding.
All right, so I'm gonna turn product showcase on,
when I hold up an item, it focuses on it so fast
this looks like I'm holding up an Oreo
but it's actually just the lens cap.
Product showcase.
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Product showcase and on Boxer's Dream.
So now we're gonna test out the background de-focus.
Now this is a shot that I feel like a lot of people
love to get.
I'm such a huge fan of having kind of that beautiful
blurred out Boca.
You can get that by adjusting the aperture, but honestly
if I told someone
that who just got this camera, they're like,
"I don't even know what that means," which, I mean
I feel like you probably kind of should maybe look it up
but with this, you don't really have to.
You just hit Background Defocus.
It automatically will adjust the aperture to
give you that look and you don't even have to know anything.
It hurts my soul, but also like that's freaking great.
So right now the background defocus is on,
so the background should be blurred out.
You can't really see what's going on.
I really love that Boca look that you can get
with a lens when you're turning the aperture all the way up.
But with this, it does it automatically.
So you don't even need to mess with any settings.
So now we're gonna turn it off
and it'll show you what it looks like without it.
So here's what it looks like with a background defocus off.
There are a lot of factors that go into this
depending upon the type of lens you have
what the aperture actually is, and this is a 4.5,
so this isn't really gonna give you that much defocus.
But yeah, this is what it looks like.
(soft music)
This other feature that I really like is it has
a cinevlog feature.
So when I click on this, this changes a bunch of settings
it turns it into cinetone footage
and it also makes it wide screen and 24 frames a second.
Then when you go in,
this gives you some different types of flavors of cinetone.
So this is auto color correcting your footage to
give you a really cool look.
The first thing that we're testing
out here is the cine vlog, and this is with nothing on.
This is off, off, off, off.
Next one will be on.
So here we are in cine vlog.
It is now on, and this has a more cropped look
because it does do the wide screen
and I was already shooting in 24 frames a second
but this will automatically take it down to 24.
Now we don't have any looks on yet,
so no little added flavors.
So this is what it looks like.
Just normal cinetone, no added color effects.
So let's add the first one, shall we?
So this is the gold variation of the cinetone.
Check it out. How does it look?
Shining, shimmering, gold and splendid.
This is cinetone Ocean.
How does it look?
Does it look like I'm swimming under the sea?
It's always greener in somebody else's lake.
Here's cinetone forest.
Does it look like I'm out in the forest, hunting
and gathering, planting, foraging for mushrooms?
There are so many color variations.
Now, in addition to cinetone is this, this is Clean.
Now within the Clean
there's other variations that you can do of this as well.
This is clean auto
but you can also change this to gold, ocean, and forest.
You can also adjust the levels
of intensity, high, medium, or low.
But we're just gonna go through the basic ones
so you guys can see.
This is Clean.
What do we have coming up next?
Here we have Chic up next.
How does it look? I don't know. (laughs)
The best part about shooting these types
of videos is kind of going back and watching the footage.
So like I am enjoying it
at the same time as you guys are while I'm editing it.
So here it is: Chic.
Next up, we have: Fresh.
How fresh does this look?
Do I look like super fresh?
Like the produce aisle at Whole Foods, I don't know.
Hard to say.
Here's Fresh.
And next we have Mono.
So this is a nice black and white
and this doesn't have the option of giving you a gold ocean
or forest, 'cause obviously it's black and white.
So this is what you get.
It does have the low, medium and high settings though
so if you do want to add a little more
you could do that as well.
But here it is.
These are all of the color looks
that you have for the cinematic vlog options.
There's so many options in here. I'm overwhelmed.
Like I'm basically only gonna be able to scratch the surface
of what this camera can do in this video.
It's just a quick little overview
but man, wow, there's so many things.
(soft music)
We are now at the top of the mountain going to dinner.
Like we took the gondola all the way up, we're here.
This is so cool.
(soft music)
Now, one of the reasons that people love full frame cameras
is because the sensor is much larger.
So this will allow you to get more light.
So this is so much better
for low light videos and photography.
And the other thing of course that I love about these types
of cameras is you can use full-frame lenses.
Now this is a new lens from Sony
and this is the 20-70 and I'm absolutely obsessed.
Now this lens is an F4 so a lot
of the G master lenses are like a 2.8 or a 1.8.
So even though this is an F4,
the fact that this is so small and compact,
the fact that I can get 20-70 inside of here is awesome.
Let's swap our lenses real quick.
Now, I love this lens, this is much higher quality glass
than this one, but because this is a 20,
this makes it almost like the ultimate vlogging lens.
Now, because this is a 20 millimeter
that's gonna give you a much wider field
of view when you're vlogging.
So here we go. I am vlogging.
Now there's a couple options for steadying your footage.
Now, right now I have all of the steady options off.
So this is just completely handheld, nothing special.
This right here is in standard, which I usually use
and you can see that there is a full frame here.
And when I switched to get this footage
a little bit more steady, that's when it crops
in slightly to help with the stabilization.
And here it is, little bit of a crop.
This is active steady.
So I love putting this on
because it gives you a much smoother kind
of vlog style, cinematic feel.
And here we are. Look at that.
Super smooth, super steady, gotta love it.
Now we have one more setting in here
which is dynamic active.
So this is super, super steady
but it does crop in a little bit more.
So there you see, we are cropped in
but it's also very, very steady, super stable.
And I mean obviously like I'm just holding this here
but when I'm walking around
and being able to get smooth, steady shots
of scenery or whatever it is that you're filming,
that's when I would definitely be using this.
This also has something that is very unique.
It has like an AI auto framing option.
Now this is really interesting.
So as you can see here, I'm not really moving around,
but the camera is actually moving a bunch.
And you'll see I'm staying in the center of the frame.
So this is like you would give
to someone who maybe doesn't even know how to use a camera
and they can keep you in the center
of the frame because it does all the work for you.
And it seems like the magic of this is
it's cropping in significantly.
So it's giving the camera a lot
of space to move around to keep you in the center
and it just knows, like it just knows that you should be
in the middle of the frame.
I'm so impressed.
Another fun AI feature in this, is with the microphone.
It has Microphone Directivity.
I have a microphone that I used to use by Deity
and it was really cool because it had a front
and back microphone and you could choose to use
both the front and the back and each one would kind of
record on a separate track or you could decide to
use the front or the back.
Well, what's cool about this is if you turn it on auto,
it will automatically detect where the microphone
should be pointing.
So say I'm out filming some scenery or just
filming something and I'm talking about whatever it is
that I'm looking at, the microphone will automatically
detect that I'm behind and that's where the microphone
should be directed.
But say I'm over here.
Oh, Nathan is now in the frame,
it's gonna know to switch the microphone to him.
- Hello, hello, hello.
The microphone is now listening
to me and my voice saying the ABCs,
A B C D E F G.
- But you can also manually decide where
you wanna have the microphone so it doesn't switch.
So if you know you're out filming
and you only want it to be focusing on you,
I'm going to switch it to the rear.
So now it should only be focusing on my voice.
Hi Nathan. Hello.
- Hi, can you still hear me?
Camera, can you hear me?
Hello camera,
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
- Like I'm sure I can hear you
but you can probably hear me better.
Okay, so now this is me talking.
So this is what it sounds like for me behind the camera.
- Hey, how's it going? Hey friends.
Hey. Hi. Hello.
- Yep. Now we're gonna switch it to all directions.
So this is front back, all around.
Hi Nathan!
- Hi. Now we're talking the same tone of voice
and I'm excited about Mario card
- So now here I am filming myself.
So if you're back there talking
- I'm still talking about Mario card over here.
- Yup.
So the microphone setting is definitely very interesting
and I'm super hyped to take this camera out.
Vlogging. It's so light.
Oh, I love it.
The other thing that I like
about this is it does have an XLR hot shoe.
So when you do take off your little microphone hat,
your microphone wig, windscreen,
whatever you want to call it,
this does give you access to this.
Now you can use any
of the Sony XLR hot shoe compatible devices.
Microphones, we've got plenty.
Now with the XLR hot shoe
why this is so great is you don't have any other cables.
You can just plug in a microphone and there you go.
Automatically have a microphone that's attached
and the camera will recognize it.
Now if you don't have one of these microphones,
and you have one that actually has a 3.5 millimeter input
like so that's okay
because we do have a 3.5 millimeter microphone inputs.
We also have headphone monitoring
a micro HDMI output,
USBC and that is where our SD card is.
Now, this is a Sony XLR input that I use all the time.
This is basically what I've been using for years
for audio input.
Now, why I like this is because it does have two XLR inputs.
So I'm able to use this Sennheiser AVX wireless system, and
if I wanna have an additional shotgun mic, I can plug that
in as well, fully kitted out.
That definitely adds a little bit of weight, (laughs)
but honestly considering the alternative, I'm into it.
I really love this AI feature.
It will recognize when two people are in the frame
and auto adjust the aperture so that both are in focus.
You'll see in this demo, the aperture is automatically
starting to change as Nathan comes into the frame.
So you'll see I'm still in focus.
He was out of focus,
and then he slowly starts coming into focus.
Super cool.
- I think you did it.
- Okay, go see.
Okay, I'm gonna pause. - Go see, go see.
Is he doing his genie back?
- Yeah, I did.
- So cool!
- Yeah
- If I would've had this when I first started vlogging,
I don't even know.
Another thing this has is a self-timer.
So you can set a timer
for three seconds, five seconds, or 10 seconds
and you can have this be repeated or only once.
So right now I'm just gonna do it once.
So I'm gonna do three seconds,
and I'm gonna flip that around.
Hi. Hello.
So something else that is cool on this
that I really love is they have an S&Q setting.
And I'm not gonna lie, for the longest time
I didn't actually realize what that stood for.
It stands for slow and quick.
This will give you a really quick way to be able to jump
into slowmo videos or time lapses.
I did actually shoot a little time lapse here
in Colorado when I was in Telluride
and I love shooting time lapses
and the fact that this was so simple
and easy to do made this time lapse just like that...easy.
So you can shoot 60 frames a second
and you can do up to 4K 120 and HD 240.
Those will actually be coming out later at launch.
So I can't actually test those out right now
but it is pretty cool that
if you do wanna shoot slowmo videos up to 240,
you can actually do that on here.
Well, thank you guys for watching.
I'm gonna link in the description if you wanna check
out this camera and get more information
because there's honestly so much more
that I didn't get a chance to cover.
This is such a powerful camera
for the price that honestly, I'm shook.
I'm just, everything about it.
Every time I jump into the menu
and just test it out more, I'm more and more impressed.
So I look forward to seeing what you guys think of it.
And I would love to hear from you guys.
What do you think
about all of this AI powered videography, photos
all of this stuff that is now being powered by AI?
I'm kind of into it, but it's also really scary
because what is even real anymore?
I don't even know.
Do I care? Do you care?
I don't know!
I'm so conflicted, but I'm not conflicted
in the fact that I really love this camera and this lens.
See you guys in the next video.
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And I think that's it.
Okay, bye.
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