Buyer’s guide to vlogging cameras
Sony ZV-1
• £699
ALTHOUGH it has quite a bit in common with Sony’s RX100 series of compact cameras, including the 1-inch type stacked Exmor RS CMOS sensor with 20.1million effective pixels and Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 9.4-25.7mm f/1.8-2.8 lens with an effective focal length of 24-70mm, the ZV-1 has been designed specifically for vlogging.
Typically Sony, the ZV-1 is capable of producing 4K video with full-pixel readout and has a total of 315 phase detection AF points, giving good coverage across the scene. This is accompanied by Real-time Eye AF which does a brilliant job of spotting eyes in the frame and focusing on one.
There’s also an excellent stabilisation system and a few novel features designed to meet specific requirements of vloggers. For example, Product Showcase mode primes the camera to watch out for items being held up to the lens and to switch from focusing on the eyes to focusing on the item. It’s perfect for product demonstration or explanation vlogs. There’s also Face Priority auto exposure and Background
