@@VicBarry Yes i do feel that there are very vfew reviews on some of the photo parts and how to set it up 'better' for different usecases and hope i/we can add to that since i feel its a interesting backup camera for many in my case mostly to the A1.
@@VicBarry unfortunately only next month as I live in Indonesia and it's not available here. So I'm going to travel to Singapore to get my unit, which is sitting there as a pre-order. Practicing patience these days a lot.
I tend to shoot in Auto all the time cause I’m “on the go” vlogging, but I know the zve1 does so good in low lighting I want to get the best of it. what setting would you suggest I switch to if I’m going to be like on a dark ride or outside at night? Like a certain iso range that work best? Auto works pretty good but I sometimes get the low light strobe effect still on footage.
Hey Molly. Try shutter priority instead of full auto. Use 1/50 and the camera will do the rest. Ultimately though for low light (depending on how much low light) you’re best bet is take the iso off auto and during it to 12800. This is the “2nd” base iso in the zv-e1. Chances are you may need an nd filter to darken the image as it’ll be super bright but at the some time it won’t be very noisy. As for the strobing effect this is to do with light frequency more than anything. For a start try changing the shutter speed slightly and see how that goes. There’s more in-depth settings that you can change that may help but start with the shutter speed.
@@VicBarry Thank you for such an in depth reply! I'm going to try playing around with both those settings and see how it goes. I vlog at Disney a lot and some rides are real dark with little spotlights on animatronics and I was getting some jittery-ness on Pirates of the Caribbean. I tend to shoot in 4k 30 though so should I use 1/60? Would you recommend I do that all the time instead of auto, not just for low light? I also like to use Catalyst Browse sometimes to stabilize footage, since I'm going all handheld, would you suggest I use Active or Dynamic instead with these settings or while in low light? Thanks again for all the help! I have my fist "media" invite this weekend and wanting the best quality.
@@VicBarry just bought this a month back and shot more pictures than video on the first trip. I couldn’t do proper video because the settings were all over the place. Regarding photos - quite good I just say. One shouldn’t expect Sony A1 level of dynamic range (which I actually found to be a bit below par) and one must not crop the photo too much because of a lack of resolution. Otherwise 12MP decent enough for photos. That’s my initial impressions. I’ll post links to my photos soon..
Hello Vic, A long time viewer and subscriber. A brilliant video that was so easy to follow as I set up my new ZV-E1. Thank you so much for sharing. And looking forward to more ZV-E1 hints a tips. Thank you so much, keep up the excellent work
Following along through this video after my unboxing has been super helpful. I'm coming from a Sony a6600 and AR3. New menu's are FUN! Thanks for the guide. Subbed!
This is a superbly informative guide for a beginner. I was recently shooting video and noticed that the brightness fluctuates slightly. The picture gets slightly lighter and darker throughout the recording (a simple video interview with one subject indoors with artificial lighting on auto mode). Do you have any ideas on what could be causing this?
Thanks Steven. Kinda hard to figure out to be honest as it could be a multitude of factors, but if the light is consistent, and the camera is in auto, then I'd hazard a guess that it's the auto mode is a problem. If there's a window near by, that's not blacked out, then even slight outside light changes could arguably be an issue for the auto mode. I'd suggest trying manual mode and dialing in the ISO as well (instead of auto) and see how that works out.
@@VicBarry Many thanks for the helpful advice. As you can tell, I'm still a relative newbie. :-) If that happens again in the same room where I usually conduct interviews, I'll disable the auto mode as suggested and manually adjust the ISO as needed. In the UK, we often have four seasons in one day weather, so it's possible the changing natural light is causing the issue as the room has several windows. I've also since bought two lights to point at the interviewee to see if that helps when shooting in auto, for a more consistent light. Thanks again, it's much appreciated.
Great video! Thank you for the info! So here is a question. In the focus menu, it won't let me select continuous autofocus, it just says it is unavailable. What am I missing? lol
Impossible to figure out, but a few thoughts - What lens are you using? Does it have a manual / af switch? Did you hit that by accident so the lens is on manual mode, and that will override the camera setting. What frame rate / mode are you in. As far as I know it's available in all modes, but worth seeing what mode you're in. Failing the above, might be worth doing a settings reset.
@@VicBarry thanks for the feedback! After further investigation I realized it was because I was using the Sigma adapter to an EF lens. Continuous autofocus works it just won’t show up in the menu lol
A nice camera by all reports, however, living in the Middle East, with ambient temps at +35c for many months of the year; the no go for me is the overheating issue, applicable as outdoor vid shooting would be a frequent use.
In picture profile 11, would it likely require color grading or any post work or is there a PP or creative color that you suggest (for shots with people primarily). Ideally would love to not spend time color grading and have something good right out of the camera. Thanks for any suggestions.
Vic, I saw another video about the dual ISO and how the camera can be grainy at say 8000 but at 12600 it switches to the second ISO and grain goes down? Can you do a video on best way to use this in low light and maximise the dual ISO?
why do most cameras skip 2k recording? i never understood that.. if most movie theater projectors are 2k.. , why the big jump from 1080p to 4k.. seems that 2k got overlooked so fast.., outside of the Alexa having made use of it for a while.. haven't got through the video yet, but im hoping to see that this has CineEI mode.. also, have you played around with S35 lenses at all on here?? trying to see 4K with clear image zoom VS using S35 mode for those lenses... from what I've read, better off just using clear imagine zoom to 1.5x ...., having some chapters for such an info packed video would be a nice touch too ; ) grateful regardless though, take care
OH HOW I GIGGLED TO MYSELF...After watching all your videos i decided purchase the ZV E1, it arrived yesterday. I followed your set up guide several times and then something clicked...i think every review on RUclips on the ZV E1 is missing one huge decision, all this talk about it over heating in 4k 60, and when 4k 120 arrives it will basically self combust, well one other huge thing to consider...i set the camera up to its highest setting in 4k 60 and with a 128gb card it said i had 26mins of recording time....oh how i laughed... this card cost £75 and all i get is 26mins...so if your planning on filming in 4k 120p forget about the over heating consider how much your gonna have to spend to get a card that will give you 1 hours worth of filming even if its in small clips.
Hey 👋 yeah 4k 60 is data hungry. But this isn’t unique to the ZV-E1. You’ll find this in any camera that shoots 4k 60 I’m afraid. Might be more or less depending on bit rate but it’ll still have large file sizes.
Hello and thanks for this tutorial. What setting is causing the camera to shift the sky exposure down a stop or so when it's slightly blown out. The sky keeps flashing a darker gray color when I review the footage;
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Leverage these settings and then shoot something like this - ruclips.net/video/TyTu2tZGRDg/видео.html
Great walk through VIc! Thanks.
Thanks David 🙏
great to see. thanks for sharing must be me that is not seeing it available congrats my friend
Do everything on zv-e1
Made it till the end!!
All the way to the end? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
watching still pondering how to set mine up in interesting ways so any extra input i might have overlooked is cool.
Hey Daniel. Cool. Hope you found it useful.
@@VicBarry Yes i do feel that there are very vfew reviews on some of the photo parts and how to set it up 'better' for different usecases and hope i/we can add to that since i feel its a interesting backup camera for many in my case mostly to the A1.
British, irish, and australian people really loving sayin haytch for h
😂 thanks Hayden.
Thanks man, I'm going to receive mine soon. Your tutorial is of great help to be ready to shoot.
Hey :) Awesome stuff!! When will you get your Sony ZV-E1?
@@VicBarry unfortunately only next month as I live in Indonesia and it's not available here. So I'm going to travel to Singapore to get my unit, which is sitting there as a pre-order. Practicing patience these days a lot.
@@ÁzsiábaSzakadtam Ha! Good stuff! I travelled for mine as well lol
Keep it coming Vic, great videos on ZV E1. My wife won’t let me spend the money but I can dream.
Time for a new wife 😂
@@VicBarry I think you could be correct.
@@wakeywarrior 😂😂😂😂😂
Very helpfull video 🙏 thanks so much
Thank you again
Very helpful tutorial, thank you! 🙏
No worries Ronie. Glad you found it helpful 🔥
Great detailed Review.. 👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Can you make a video as well on the camera mode for stills ? Thank you and great content
thankyou! for this!
No problem! Hope it helped?
You are fantastic!!! Thank you so much Vic for your wonderful video. Thank you, thank you, thank you: bye ❤
You are so welcome!
very helpful, thanks!!
Glad it helped :)
thank you so much for taking the time to make videos like this!
You’re welcome 🙏
I tend to shoot in Auto all the time cause I’m “on the go” vlogging, but I know the zve1 does so good in low lighting I want to get the best of it. what setting would you suggest I switch to if I’m going to be like on a dark ride or outside at night? Like a certain iso range that work best? Auto works pretty good but I sometimes get the low light strobe effect still on footage.
Hey Molly. Try shutter priority instead of full auto. Use 1/50 and the camera will do the rest. Ultimately though for low light (depending on how much low light) you’re best bet is take the iso off auto and during it to 12800. This is the “2nd” base iso in the zv-e1. Chances are you may need an nd filter to darken the image as it’ll be super bright but at the some time it won’t be very noisy.
As for the strobing effect this is to do with light frequency more than anything. For a start try changing the shutter speed slightly and see how that goes. There’s more in-depth settings that you can change that may help but start with the shutter speed.
@@VicBarry Thank you for such an in depth reply! I'm going to try playing around with both those settings and see how it goes. I vlog at Disney a lot and some rides are real dark with little spotlights on animatronics and I was getting some jittery-ness on Pirates of the Caribbean. I tend to shoot in 4k 30 though so should I use 1/60? Would you recommend I do that all the time instead of auto, not just for low light?
I also like to use Catalyst Browse sometimes to stabilize footage, since I'm going all handheld, would you suggest I use Active or Dynamic instead with these settings or while in low light?
Thanks again for all the help! I have my fist "media" invite this weekend and wanting the best quality.
absolutely good and thank you
You’re welcome. How’s the ZV-E1?
@@VicBarry just bought this a month back and shot more pictures than video on the first trip. I couldn’t do proper video because the settings were all over the place. Regarding photos - quite good I just say. One shouldn’t expect Sony A1 level of dynamic range (which I actually found to be a bit below par) and one must not crop the photo too much because of a lack of resolution. Otherwise 12MP decent enough for photos. That’s my initial impressions. I’ll post links to my photos soon..
after the firmware upgrade now it allows to rec 120 p 4k and 240 p HD
Hello Vic,
A long time viewer and subscriber.
A brilliant video that was so easy to follow as I set up my new ZV-E1.
Thank you so much for sharing.
And looking forward to more ZV-E1 hints a tips.
Thank you so much, keep up the excellent work
Wow. Thank you so much. Glad that it helped so much 🔥❤️ And yeah, lots of zv-e1 vids on the channel too
@@VicBarry Thanks. I will definitely watching
Following along through this video after my unboxing has been super helpful. I'm coming from a Sony a6600 and AR3. New menu's are FUN! Thanks for the guide. Subbed!
Thanks Jon! That's awesome! Glad you found the video so helpful! Yeah, loving the new menus! Thanks so much for the sub as well! Appreciate it!
Thanks!
Thanks Dave. How are you finding the ZV-E1?
This is a superbly informative guide for a beginner. I was recently shooting video and noticed that the brightness fluctuates slightly. The picture gets slightly lighter and darker throughout the recording (a simple video interview with one subject indoors with artificial lighting on auto mode). Do you have any ideas on what could be causing this?
Thanks Steven. Kinda hard to figure out to be honest as it could be a multitude of factors, but if the light is consistent, and the camera is in auto, then I'd hazard a guess that it's the auto mode is a problem. If there's a window near by, that's not blacked out, then even slight outside light changes could arguably be an issue for the auto mode.
I'd suggest trying manual mode and dialing in the ISO as well (instead of auto) and see how that works out.
@@VicBarry Many thanks for the helpful advice. As you can tell, I'm still a relative newbie. :-) If that happens again in the same room where I usually conduct interviews, I'll disable the auto mode as suggested and manually adjust the ISO as needed. In the UK, we often have four seasons in one day weather, so it's possible the changing natural light is causing the issue as the room has several windows. I've also since bought two lights to point at the interviewee to see if that helps when shooting in auto, for a more consistent light. Thanks again, it's much appreciated.
Great video! Thank you for the info! So here is a question. In the focus menu, it won't let me select continuous autofocus, it just says it is unavailable. What am I missing? lol
Impossible to figure out, but a few thoughts - What lens are you using? Does it have a manual / af switch? Did you hit that by accident so the lens is on manual mode, and that will override the camera setting.
What frame rate / mode are you in. As far as I know it's available in all modes, but worth seeing what mode you're in.
Failing the above, might be worth doing a settings reset.
@@VicBarry thanks for the feedback! After further investigation I realized it was because I was using the Sigma adapter to an EF lens. Continuous autofocus works it just won’t show up in the menu lol
Hi thx for the vid ! Do you know how to switch between the memory recalls (1-2-3) with a button ?
You’re welcome. Off the top of my head I don’t think you can. You have to always go into the mode and switch.
@@VicBarry ok shame, thank you :)
TQ for sharing!
👋 no problem. Hope it helps.
A nice camera by all reports, however, living in the Middle East, with ambient temps at +35c for many months of the year; the no go for me is the overheating issue, applicable as outdoor vid shooting would be a frequent use.
Might be worth looking at the FX30 or FX3 as they both have fans but even then…
120P + DYNAMIC STABLIZER. iS THAT A THING OR IS THAT SETTING BLOCKED?
In picture profile 11, would it likely require color grading or any post work or is there a PP or creative color that you suggest (for shots with people primarily).
Ideally would love to not spend time color grading and have something good right out of the camera. Thanks for any suggestions.
Hey Kim. PP 11 is the way to go. S-Cinetone is designed around skin tones and looks great direct out of camera.
Does the ZV-E1 have a variable shutter for 1/48 shutter speed?
What is the 4k60 crop factor with the dynamic active?
Vic, I saw another video about the dual ISO and how the camera can be grainy at say 8000 but at 12600 it switches to the second ISO and grain goes down? Can you do a video on best way to use this in low light and maximise the dual ISO?
Have you tested this with a Ninja V by chance? I am curious if it can get a 10bit 422 4K signal output?
Hey. It does 10 bit 422 internally. It’ll also do it externally.
why do most cameras skip 2k recording? i never understood that.. if most movie theater projectors are 2k.. , why the big jump from 1080p to 4k.. seems that 2k got overlooked so fast.., outside of the Alexa having made use of it for a while..
haven't got through the video yet, but im hoping to see that this has CineEI mode.. also, have you played around with S35 lenses at all on here?? trying to see 4K with clear image zoom VS using S35 mode for those lenses... from what I've read, better off just using clear imagine zoom to 1.5x ...., having some chapters for such an info packed video would be a nice touch too ; ) grateful regardless though, take care
Clear Image Zoom is genuinely fantastic. Well worth checking out.
OH HOW I GIGGLED TO MYSELF...After watching all your videos i decided purchase the ZV E1, it arrived yesterday. I followed your set up guide several times and then something clicked...i think every review on RUclips on the ZV E1 is missing one huge decision, all this talk about it over heating in 4k 60, and when 4k 120 arrives it will basically self combust, well one other huge thing to consider...i set the camera up to its highest setting in 4k 60 and with a 128gb card it said i had 26mins of recording time....oh how i laughed... this card cost £75 and all i get is 26mins...so if your planning on filming in 4k 120p forget about the over heating consider how much your gonna have to spend to get a card that will give you 1 hours worth of filming even if its in small clips.
Hey 👋 yeah 4k 60 is data hungry. But this isn’t unique to the ZV-E1. You’ll find this in any camera that shoots 4k 60 I’m afraid. Might be more or less depending on bit rate but it’ll still have large file sizes.
i just dont get it, how do you utilize the full xavc-I writting speed of 600 mbps?!
is it possible to change the icons that show up when you swipe left/right on the screen?
Hey Zed, on the Sony ZV-E1 you can't. You can turn off the swipe for left or right, but right now you can't customize.
Hello and thanks for this tutorial. What setting is causing the camera to shift the sky exposure down a stop or so when it's slightly blown out. The sky keeps flashing a darker gray color when I review the footage;
What mode are your shooting in?
@@VicBarry now when I preview the clips on my computer it's fine. Shooting in manual exposure.
but at first the clips on my computer were having this flickering in the highlights that were slightly blown.
Weird. Unless it’s some glitch on the computer or a monitor issue maybe
@@VicBarry i'm glad it's not showing anymore but truly strange. I'm a total noob though so never know. I'm on an M1 PRO 16 inch.
How can I get the "Audio Meter" to appear on screen while recording on the ZV-E1?
Audio signals need to be turned on. They should be on by default I think. Too left of the screen
İ was close, wasn't i? 😅
Hahahahah
wait this has timecode??? O.o
It does 🔥
Mines is saying I need a V90 card
A lot of money to spend on a camera if you are a complete beginner
Hey Steven. Absolutely it is. Granted some people who stick at it will potentially end up with this camera or something similar at some point