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Sony has announced the ZV-1, which it calls a content creator camera. It's built around a 1"-type 20MP stacked CMOS sensor and the 24-70mm equiv. F1.8-2.8 lens from the RX100 III, IV and VA, but it uses a fully articulating touchscreen and reworked ergonomics to allow for selfie-style operation. In essence, the ZV-1 gives you the hardware of an RX100 VA redesigned to make vlogging and facing-the-camera shooting easier.
The ZV-1 includes a number of features and modes intended to make vlogging easier. These build on Sony's very dependable Eye AF capabilities, to give confidence that your footage will be in focus while you concentrate on talking to your audience. There's also a directional three-capsule mic setup built into the top of the camera to help isolate what's being said from ambient noise.
There's a 'background defocus' mode that automatically opens up the aperture to its maximum setting, accessed from a button on the top of the camera, and an AF mode that will prioritize nearby objects if that you hold up in front of the camera, rather than continuing to focus on your face. And there's also a front-mounted tally light, to indicate when the camera is recording.
The ZV-1 will be available from early June
with a list price of $799
The specs are broadly consistent with recent RX100-series models, including 4K UHD video at up to 30p, 1080 capture at up to 120p and high-speed upscaled video at up to 960p. There's no built-in viewfinder or headphone socket, but the ZV-1 does have a 'multi-accessory' hot shoe on which to mount an external mic.
The ZV-1 will be available from early June with a list price of $799 (CAD$999). In the US there will be a promotion that drops the price to $749 if you buy before June 28th. Sony is also discounting its VCT-SGR1 bluetooth shooting grip if you buy it with the ZV-1, until June 28th in the US and June 25th in Canada.
Go hands-on with the Sony XV-1
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