Sony’s ZV-E1 Interchangeable Lens Camera Has Content Creators In Its Sights – SlashGear

Beautifully, the ZV-E1 implements many of the innovations Sony baked into its most recent high-end cameras like the A7R5, including focus breathing compensation, multiple subject recognition, AI-powered subject detection, and sticky Eye AF tracking that predicts your eye’s exact location whenever it reappears in the frame. It also has unique self-vlogging tricks like an AI auto-framing feature that can crop and zoom to keep you perfectly centered while recording, focus mapping for quickly checking you’re in focus, and a product showcase mode that quickly focuses on objects entering the scene.

There are some downsides to the ZV-E1’s tight build, including the lack of an electronic viewfinder. This will make it tough to check your image quality in bright conditions. It’s also light on buttons and dials, meaning you’ll often be at the mercy of the fully articulating touch screen to make routine adjustments. 

Thankfully, Sony managed to find room for essentials like the multi-interface hot shoe. You can use it to attach accessories like the cable-free ECM-B10 and ECM-B1M vlogging microphones to keep your setup nimble (though the built-in 3-capsule microphone should adequately satisfy your audio recording needs in more controlled environments). You’ll also get a mini-HDMI port, a single SD UHS-II card slot, 3.5mm headphone input, USB-C with webcam functionality, and a slightly bigger grip that’s been widened to support Sony’s NP-FZ100 batteries, which offer the best battery life currently available in Sony mirrorless cameras (up to 90 minutes of 4K/60P recording).