Sony ZV-1 Vlog Digital Camera

Sony ZV-1BDI (ZV/1BDI, ZV_1BDI, ZV1BDI, ZV-1BDI.EU, ZV1BDI.EU) ZV-1 Vlog Digital Camera

Content creators and vloggers rejoice! The Sony ZV-1 is a compact digital camera specifically designed for those targeting the web with their photos and videos. Built on the advanced RX100-series platform, the ZV-1 retains many desirable imaging capabilities while introducing a refined physical design and specialized modes perfect for vlogging and content creation. A standout feature is the side flip-out 3.0" touchscreen, ideal for front-facing recording. The body also includes a directional 3-capsule microphone for enhanced audio recording and a Multi Interface Shoe for attaching various accessories. The ZV-1 is sleek and lightweight, with a larger right-hand grip for one-handed recording, a front tally lamp, and a large REC button on the top plate.

Beyond its physical design, the ZV-1 incorporates several dedicated imaging functions, including the Product Showcase Setting for optimized focusing between faces and close-up objects, the Background Defocus function for creating shallow depth of field effects, a Skin Softening function, and a Face Priority Auto-Exposure setting to ensure correct exposures when on camera.

Internally, the ZV-1 features a 20.1MP 1"-type Exmor RS stacked CMOS sensor and BIONZ X image processor with front-end LSI. This setup delivers impressively fast performance and wide-ranging sensitivity for various conditions. The camera supports Real-Time Eye AF and Real-Time Tracking for quick and precise focusing and subject tracking. It also supports UHD 4K recording at 30p with no recording limit, and a micro-HDMI port allows use with an external recorder or monitor. Footage benefits from Sony's S-Log2 and HLG picture profiles, providing refined color, dynamic range, and detail matching their professional cine cameras.

The ZV-1 is equipped with a ZEISS 24-70mm-equivalent standard zoom lens with a bright f/1.8-2.8 maximum aperture range, perfect for isolating subjects and performing in low-light conditions. This versatile zoom lens also features Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, which works with electronic digital image stabilization and Active SteadyShot mode to ensure steady footage and photos in challenging lighting and shooting conditions.

 

Sensor

SENSOR TYPE

• 1.0-type (13.2mm x 8.8mm) Exmor RS CMOS sensor, aspect ratio 3:2

NUMBER OF PIXELS (EFFECTIVE)

• Approx. 20.1 Megapixels

Lens

LENS TYPE

• ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T* Lens, 10 elements in 9 groups (9 aspheric elements including AA lens)

F-NUMBER (MAXIMUM APERTURE)

• F1.8 (W) - 2.8 (T)

ND FILTER

• Auto / On (3 steps) / Off

FOCAL LENGTH (F=)

• f=9.4-25.7mm

ANGLE OF VIEW (35MM FORMAT EQUIVALENT)

• 84 deg. - 34 deg.（24-70mm)2

FOCUS RANGE (FROM THE FRONT OF THE LENS)

• AF (W: Approx. 5cm (0.17 ft.) to Infinity, T: Approx. 30cm (0.99 ft.) to Infinity)

OPTICAL ZOOM

• 2.7x

CLEAR IMAGE ZOOM (STILL IMAGE)

• 20M Approx. 5.8x / 10M Approx. 8.2x / 5.0M Approx. 11x / VGA Approx. 44x

CLEAR IMAGE ZOOM (MOVIE)

• 4K: 4.35x,HD: Approx. 5.8x

DIGITAL ZOOM (STILL IMAGE)

• 20M Approx.11x / 10M Approx.16x / 5.0M Approx.23x / VGA Approx.44x

DIGITAL ZOOM (MOVIE)

• Digital Zoom Approx.11

Screen

SCREEN TYPE

• 7.5cm (3.0 type) (4:3) / 921,600 dots / Xtra Fine / TFT LCD

ADJUSTABLE ANGLE

• Opening Angle:approx. 176 deg., Rotation Angle:approx. 270 deg.

MF ASSIST MAGNIFICATION

• 5.3x, 10.7x

TOUCH PANEL

• Yes

Camera

IMAGE PROCESSING ENGINE

• Yes (BIONZ X)

STEADYSHOT (STILL IMAGE)

Optical

STEADYSHOT (MOVIE)

• Yes (Optical type with electronic compensation, Anti Rolling type)

FOCUS TYPE

• Fast Hybrid AF (phase-detection AF / contrast-detection AF)

FOCUS MODE

• Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF, DMF, Manual Focus

FOCUS AREA

• Wide (315 points (phase-detection AF), 425 points (contrast-detection AF)), Zone, Center, Flexible Spot (S/M/L), Expanded Flexible Spot, Tracking (Wide/Zone/Center/Flexible Spot(S/M/L)/Expanded Flexible Spot)

OBJECT TRACKING

• Yes (Tracking)

EYE AF

• [Still images] Human (Right/Left Eye Select) / Animal, [Movie] Human (Right/Left Eye Select)

LIGHT METERING MODE

• Multi Pattern, Center Weighted, Spot, Entire Screen Avg, Highlight

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

• +/- 3.0EV, 1/3EV step

ISO SENSITIVITY (STILL IMAGE)(RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE INDEX)

• Auto (ISO100-12800, selectable with upper / lower limit), 100/125/160/200/250/320/400/500/640/800/1000/1250/1600/2000/2500/3200/4000/5000/6400/8000/10000/12800 (Extendable to ISO64/80), Multi-Frame NR: Auto (ISO100-12800), 100/ 200/400/800/1600/3200/6400/12800/2560034

ISO SENSITIVITY (MOVIE)

• Auto:(ISO125 Level-ISO12800 Level, selectable with upper / lower limit), 125/160/200/250/320/400/500/640/800/1000/1250/1600/2000/2500/3200/4000/5000/6400/8000/10000/12800

WHITE BALANCE MODES

• Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluor.: Warm White, Fluor.: Cool White, Fluor.: Day White, Fluor.: Daylight, Flash, Underwater Auto, C.Temp./Filter, Custom

WB MICRO ADJUSTMENT

• Yes (G7 to M7,57-step) (A7 to B7,29-step)

SHUTTER SPEED

• iAuto (4" - 1/2000) / Program Auto (30" - 1/2000) / Manual (Bulb, 30" - 1/2000) / Aperture Priority (30" - 1/2000) / Shutter Priority (30" - 1/2000)5

ELECTRONIC SHUTTER

• iAuto (4" - 1/32000) / Program Auto (30" - 1/32000) / Manual (30" - 1/32000) / Aperture Priority (30" - 1/32000) / Shutter Priority (30" - 1/32000)

APERTURE

• iAuto (F1.8/F11(W)) / Program Auto (F1.8/F11(W)) / Manual (F1.8/F11(W)) / Shutter Priority (F1.8/F11(W)) / Aperture Priority (F1.8/F11(W))

IMAGE CONTROL

• Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness, Creative Style, Color Space (sRGB / Adobe RGB), Quality (RAW / RAW & JPEG (Extra fine, Fine, Standard) / JPEG (Extra fine, Fine, Standard)

NOISE REDUCTION

• Long exposure NR: On/Off, available of shutter speeds longer than 1/3 sec., high ISO NR: Normal/Low/Off, Multi Frame NR: Auto, ISO100-25600

DYNAMIC RANGE FUNCTIONS

• Off, Dynamic Range Optimizer (Auto/Level 1-5), Auto High Dynamic Range (Auto Exposure Difference, Exposure difference Level (1.0-6.0EV, 1.0EV step))

SHOOTING MODE

• AUTO (Intelligent Auto), Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, Manual Exposure, MR (Memory Recall) [body 3 sets / memory card 4 sets], Movie Mode (Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, Manual Exposure), Movie AUTO (Intelligent Auto), HFR Mode (Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, Manual Exposure), Panorama, Scene Selection

SCENE SELECTION

• Portrait, Sports Action, Macro, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Handheld Twilight, Night Portrait, Anti Motion Blur, Pet Mode, Gourmet, Fireworks, High Sensitivity

CONTINUOUS SHOOTING SPEED (MAXIMUM) (WITH MAX. RECORDING PIXELS)

• Continuous Shooting Hi: approx. 24 fps, Continuous Shooting Mid: approx. 10 fps, Continuous Shooting Low: approx. 3.0 fps678

SELF-TIMER

• 10sec. / 5sec. / 2sec. / 3 or 5 consecutive shots with 10sec. 5sec. or 2sec. delay selectable / Bracketing shots with 10sec. 5sec. or 2sec. delay selectable

DRIVE MODES

• Single, Continuous shooting, Self-timer, Self-timer(cont.), Cont.-bracketing9, Single-bracketing9, White balance bracketing9, DRO bracketing9

INTERVAL REC

• Yes (1-60 sec. interval, 1-9999 shots, AE lock/AE tracking (High/Mid/Low))10

PANORAMA (SHOOTING)

• Sweep Panorama

PICTURE EFFECT

• [Still Image]: Toy camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color, High Contrast Mono., Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Richtone Monochrome, Miniature, Watercolor, Illustration, [Movie]: Toy camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color, High Contrast Mono.

CREATIVE STYLE

• Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Black & White, Sepia

PICTURE PROFILE

• off/PP1-PP10 (Black Level, Gamma (Movie, Still, Cine1-2, ITU709, ITU709 [800%], S-Log2, S-Log3, HLG, HLG1, HLG2, HLG3), Black Gamma, Knee, Color Mode, Saturation, Color Phase, Color Depth, Detail, Copy, Reset)

NUMBER OF RECOGNISED SCENES

• Still Image: iAuto: 33, Movie: off/PP1-PP10 (Black Level, Gamma (Movie, Still, Cine1-2, ITU709, ITU709 [800%], S-Log2, S-Log3, HLG, HLG1, HLG2, HLG3), Black Gamma, Knee, Color Mode, Saturation, Color Phase, Color Depth, Detail, Copy, Reset)

Flash

FLASH MODE

• Auto / Flash On / Slow Synchro / Rear Sync / Flash Off

Recording

COMPATIBLE RECORDING MEDIA

• [XAVC S (100Mbps)] SDXC/SDHC Memory Card (UHS-I U3 or higher); [XAVC S (60Mbps/50Mbps)] SDXC/SDHC Memory Card (Class 10 or higher); [AVCHD/Still image] Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro11, Memory Stick Micro(Mark2)11, SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card (Class 4 or higher), micro SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card (Class 4 or higher)1112

RECORDING FORMAT

• [Still Image]: JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0, Exif Ver.2.31, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), [Movie]: XAVC S, AVCHD format Ver.2.0 compatible

RECORDING FORMAT (MOVIE AUDIO)

• XAVC S: LPCM 2ch, AVCHD: Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch (Dolby Digital Stereo Creator)

COLOUR SPACE (STILL)

• sRGB, Adobe RGB

DCF/DPOF

DCF/DPOF/EXIF/MPF

STILL IMAGE NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS (IMAGE SIZE)

• 3:2 mode: 20M (5,472×3,648) / 10M (3,888×2,592) / 5M (2,736×1,824), 4:3 mode: 18M (4,864×3,648) / 10M (3,648×2,736) / 5M (2,592×1,944) / VGA, 16:9 mode: 17M (5,472×3,080) / 7.5M (3,648×2,056) / 4.2M (2,720×1,528), 1:1 mode: 13M (3,648×3,648) / 6.5M (2,544×2,544) / 3.7M (1,920×1,920), Sweep Panorama: Wide (12,416×1,856/5,536×2,160), Standard (8,192×1,856/3,872×2,160)

MOVIE RECORDING MODE (NTSC)

• NTSC/PAL Selector: [NTSC] AVCHD: 24M FX (1,920x1,080/60i) / 17M FH(1,920x1,080/60i), XAVC S 4K: 30p 100M (3,840x2,160/30p) / 30p 60M (3,840x2,160/30p) / 24p 100M (3,840x2,160/24p) / 24p 60M (3,840x2,160/24p), XAV C S HD:60p 50M (1,920x1,080/60p) / 60p 25M (1,920x1,080/60p) / 30p 50M (1,920x1,080/30p) / 30p 16M (1,920x1,080/30p) / 24p 50M (1,920x1,080/24p) / 120p 100M (1,920x1,080/120p) / 120p 60M (1,920x1,080/120p)

MOVIE RECORDING MODE (PAL)

• NTSC/PAL Selector: [PAL] mode AVCHD: 24M FX (1,920x1,080/50i) / 17M FH (1,920x1,080/50i), XAVC S 4K: 25p 100M (3,840x2,160/25p) / 25p 60M (3,840x2,160/25p), XAVC S HD: 50p 50M (1,920x1,080/50p) / 50p 25M (1,920x1,080/50p) / 25p 50M (1,920x1,080/25p) / 25p 16M (1,920x1,080/25p) / 100p 100M (1,920x1,080/100p) / 100p 60M (1,920x1,080/100p)

HFR

• Recording: NTSC/PAL Selector: [PAL] mode XAVC S HD: 50p 50M (1,920x1,080/250fps), 50p 50M (1,920x1,080/500fps), 50p 50M (1,920x1,080/1000fps) / 25p 50M (1,920x1,080/250fps), 25p 50M (1,920x1,080/500fps), 25p 50M (1,920x1,080/1000fps), NTSC/PAL Selector: [NTSC] mode XAVC S HD: 60p 50M (1,920x1,080/240fps), 60p 50M (1,920x1,080/480fps), 60p 50M (1,920x1,080/960fps) / 30p 50M (1,920x1,080/240fps), 30p 50M (1,920x1,080/480fps), 30p 50M (1,920x1,080/960fps) / 24p 50M (1,920x1,080/240fps), 24p 50M (1,920x1,080/480fps), 24p 50M (1,920x1,080/960fps) Sensor Readout Number of effective pixels: Quality Priority: 240fps/250fps (1,824x1,026), 480fps/500fps (1,824x616), 960fps/1000fps (1,244x420)/ Shoot Time Priority: 240fps/250fps (1,824x616), 480fps/500fps (1,292x436), 960fps/1000fps (912x308)

STILL IMAGE NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS (IMAGE SIZE) DURING MOVIE

• 16:9 mode: 17M (5,472×3,080) / 7.5M (3,648×2,056) / 4.2M (2,720×1,528)

PROXY RECORDING

• Yes (1280 x 720 (Approx. 9Mbps))

Interface

INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS

• Multi/Micro USB Terminal*15, Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0), Micro HDMI, Microphone jack (3.5mm Stereo mini jack), Multi Interface Shoe

WI-FI

• Yes (IEEE802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz band))

BLUETOOTH

• Yes (Bluetooth Standard Ver. 4.1 (2.4GHz band))

Power

POWER SOURCE

• DC3.6V (supplied battery)

BATTERY SYSTEM

• Rechargeable battery pack NP-BX1

POWER CONSUMPTION (CAMERA MODE)

• Approx. 2.1W with LCD monitor (CIPA standard)

USB CHARGE/USB POWER SUPPLY

• Yes (Shooting, Playback)

BATTERY LIFE(STILL IMAGES)(CIPA) 

• Monitor: Approx. 260 / Approx. 130min., Monitor (When Auto Monitor off is set to 2sec): Approx. 410 / Approx. 205min.13

BATTERY LIFE(MOVIES ACTUAL SHOOTING)(CIPA) 

• Monitor: Approx. 45min.141516

BATTERY LIFE(MOVIES CONTINUOUS SHOOTING)(CIPA) 

• Monitor: Approx. 75min.1415

Others

SHOOTING FUNCTIONS

• Product Showcase Set, Background Defocus, Face Detection, Face Registration, Still Image Recording (during movie recording), Smile shutter, Grid Line, Digital Level Gauge (pitch and roll), WB Bracket, DRO Bracketing, MF Assist, Peaking (Display:Off/On) (Level: High/Mid/Low) (Color: Red/Yellow/Blue/White), Zebra, Marker Display, Audio Rec Level, Audio Level Display, Self-portrait timer, TC/UB, PC Remote Control, Gamma Disp. Assist, [Mov] AF Tracking Sensitivity, [Mov] AF Drive Speed, Set File Name, Touch Shutter/Touch Focus/Touch Tracking, My Menu, Soft Skin Effect

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS

• BRAVIA Sync (Control for HDMI), 9/25-frame index view, Auto Orientation, Slide Show, Forward/Rewind (Movie), Delete, Protect, Motion Shot Video, Beatuty Effect, Photo Capture, Rating, Automatic Image Rotation

TRILUMINOS COLOR

• Yes17

4K IMAGE OUTPUT

• Yes

OPERATING TEMPERATURE

• 0 degrees C. - +40 degrees C. / 32 degrees F. - 104 degrees F.

Print

PRINT

• Exif Print,PRINT Image Matching (PIM3)

Size & Weight

DIMENSIONS (W X H X D) (APPROX.)

• 105.5 x 60.0 x 43.5 mm (4 1/4in. × 2 3/8 in. × 1 3/4 in.)

WEIGHT (CIPA COMPLIANT)

• Approx. 294g (10.4oz.)(Battery and Memory Card are included) / Approx. 267g (9.5oz.)(Body Only)

Colour

• Black

In the Box

• Sony ZV-1BDI Digital Camera
• Rechargeable Battery Pack (NP-BX1),
• Micro USB cable,
• Wind Screen,
• Wind Screen Adaptor,
• Instruction Manual