- Hey guys, it's Justine, and today we are checking
out the brand new Sony vlogging camera,
this is the ZV-1 Mark II.
Now, this does look incredibly similar to their previous
ZV-1, but it has some amazing upgrades,
it now has an even wider angle lens,
it's an 18 to 50, It has cinematic vlog settings,
an AI microphone, touchscreen, USBC and a built-in
ND filter, which is, I'm not gonna lie probably
one of my favorite features out of everything.
There's also a bunch of little other upgrades
like closer focus, active mode, creative looks
upgraded S&Q, self-timer, shot mark, step zoom
and even connects with the Sony Creators app.
Whew, there is so much packed inside
of this little camera, it's pretty overwhelming.
So first thing is this ND filter,
which is built in and I'm so excited about this
because I do a ton of filming outside.
So as you can see this shot is very overexposed,
it's super bright.
Luckily we have a built-in ND filter
so we can turn that on right now.
And what's cool about this, is you don't actually
have to turn the camera off and it's super easy
because what you do have to do normally,
this is the camera that we've been filming
with outside and I have to actually screw this off
if I don't want the ND filter and if I want it on,
I have to screw it back on.
But with this, it's just the press of a button.
It's incredible.
The new cinematic vlog setting will give you
a wide aspect ratio and it'll automatically
switch your settings to 24 frames a second
and it lets you choose from various looks and modes.
Cinematic vlog, 24 frames a second.
We've got these black bars to make it just
look even more theatrical.
There's a bunch of different ones.
So it's really fun to kind of play around
find your look and see what you like the best.
The face priority auto exposure is something
that I absolutely love in these cameras.
It keeps the brightness of your face consistent
even in different types of lighting conditions.
It's pretty well lit 'cause it's kind of overcast.
But now when I walk into this dark parking garage
and now the light is behind me, this will automatically
adjust so that my face will stay lit and bright
and it'll automatically expose everything.
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Hello.
- [Man] There's no filming in here.
- It can be really bright in one second
and then the next you step into shade.
But with this, it's able to automatically
adjust on the fly depending upon,
what those lighting conditions are.
Creative looks let you choose from these 10
different presets and there's eight different settings
inside of those to change up the look of your videos
very quickly and easily.
There's also another option called My Image Style
that lets you change the brightness color
and look to whatever you want.
I like this because it quickly will let you
make some subtle adjustments if you need to.
Now, this new microphone is something that they released
in the ZV-E1 camera, and I already did review that camera
so if you wanna check out that video,
be sure to go watch it after you watch this one.
But what makes this so powerful is how it uses AI
to determine where it should be recording.
If I'm out filming and I'm talking behind the camera
it will automatically focus more on my voice,
but if a person steps in front, it may start recording
the audio from the front instead of the back.
You can manually choose where it records if you want
and that's super easy to switch right here in the settings.
This windscreen is a nice little addition
that helps block out unwanted sounds from the wind.
I like to call this the wind wig.
So go ahead, just try to change my mind
by calling it anything else.
It's not gonna happen.
If you wanna add an external microphone
there is a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack
and it has the multi interface shoe that works
with various Sony microphones.
Image stabilization is something that is always
very important for me on these types of cameras.
With active mode enabled, you'll be able to notice
a pretty big difference in how stable the footage is.
Also, if you wanna really dive in and get more stabilization
you can use Sony's plugin that uses the metadata captured
while you're filming to really get even more
of a smoother shot.
S&Q that stands for slow and quick.
On the top here you have a dedicated button
to choose from photo video or S&Q.
I love using this for time lapses and getting
quick slow motion B roll shots.
Now for those pros who want more control on coloring
you can shoot an S-Log3 and they even have proxy recording.
No, I don't usually shoot with proxy, but this is great
for those who do use proxy footage.
This can actually save you a lot of time
rather than having to create them in post later.
This has the recording lamp light right here,
and this red box around the frame is like this added
extra bonus of like, hello, yes you are actually recording.
I really wish that they had this on some
of their ProModel cameras.
And even if you think that you're a pro
and you'll never forget to hit record
there are definitely those times where I have forgot
and you don't ever realize it until it's too late.
Now, some settings that I really like in these cameras
is the background defocus.
This will quickly blur out your background
and adjust the aperture for you, so you will have that
beautiful, blurred outlook and all of that happens
at the press of a button.
This also has product showcase, which isn't a new feature
but it is worth mentioning because it works
so freaking well.
So I have product showcase turn on and we're gonna
try out these little almond bites.
So now you see me, now you see the Almond Bites.
(chuckles)
Did it focus on 'em?
Almond Bite?
Mmh.
You just switched to this mode and whenever
you hold something up in front of it
it will quickly adjust to focus
on that instead of your face.
They also have this skin smoothing feature.
Now, this has a low, medium and a high
and you can also decide to turn this off.
I like to keep it at the low, if not off
because sometimes when you have it set to the high version
I mean you begin to not even look like a person.
Like it is almost too smooth and too perfect
that you're like, something's up.
Is it a filter?
And you'll be like, hashtag no filter.
And then we're like, no, yeah, there's a filter.
So keeping it on the low end just like this
works pretty well for me.
And I think if you wanna use this feature
the low setting, mmh, it's perfect.
Now, I mostly use these cameras
for video and I honestly completely forget
that they actually take photos as well.
This has a 20 megapixel sensor with super fast
auto focused speed and it will actually let you shoot
24 frames a second of raw or jpeg up to about
a thousand frames and be completely blackout free,
which is pretty impressive in such a small little camera.
Another thing that these are great for is using them
as a webcam or a live streaming device.
It will only let you output up to 720, but honestly
for most calls or streams, it's gonna look pretty great.
So my friends, that's a first look
at the new ZV-1 Mark II camera.
I will put a link in the description if you wanna
get more information maybe.
Maybe I'll make you guys a special little ZV-1 Mark II vlog.
They're naming conventions on their cameras
like I just won't even go into it.
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