Sony ZV1 Tutorial | Ultra Slowmo HFR mode | Cinematic Test footage | Setup, demo & tips 

how much is this camera ( if it says the price later in the video idk cuz im only at like3 minutes) oh and also where do i get it? can you put a link to a website that i can get it from

Thanks Swink, really appreciate the kind feedback:) This sort of thing is really helpful and reassuring for checking I’ve calibrated what I’m trying to do in a way that’s helpful for the audience! I only got into cameras and videography big time 6 months ago when I started the channel to stave off the isolation of pandemic restrictions, so I really try to give info that would have most helped myself in those early days of learning:) Thanks as always for watching and have a great day 👍

Thanks man! I looked at your channel too - really cool storytelling-check it out folks 👍

Thank you:) I really like the Sony ZV1 - the quality and flexibility given price and portability are really compelling

Great to hear and thank you:) do let me know if there’s any ZV1 or other content you’d find particularly helpful or interesting and I can try to pick it up in a future video

Too kind, thank you:) at some point I’ll probably upload all the original music as separate vids on the channel if enough people are interested

Max you are a diamond sir, massive lot appreciate both the kind words and the mentality of spreading positive energy in a world where too few people have that outlook:) I’ll do my best to live up to those standard 😆 💪 Especially given your background do let me know if you have any themes or topics you’re interested in me covering. The day job takes priority and constrains me a bit but I have a big list of things I do with the time I have free and good additions always welcome:)

Great to hear Daphne:) glad it helped! Let me know if you have any questions, consider subbing if you enjoyed and have a great weekend 👍

Thanks Wai, nice to see you again and glad this one was helpful:)

Awesome Danny, glad it helped and thank you for watching:) Let me know if you have any Qs, consider subbing if you enjoyed and have a great day!

Hey AV, great to hear from you and again some solid analysis- thanks for sharing. Agree generally; at lower framer rates I usually aim for the 180 degree shutter rule or sometimes higher but at super high frame rates you end up with hardly any light so have to adapt somehow 😂 Hope you’re doing well and having a good day 👍

Thank you - really glad to hear:) Do let me know if you have any questions and if further ZV1 content might be handy please consider subscribing. Have a great day!

@@dbvares8745 Already hit that big red button! I'm a complete novice with cameras up until now I had used a gopro... No idea how it works and its meant to be point and shhot haha

@@Premier_lawns_official Then thank you so much! I totally relate to your second point. I started this channel to help stay sane during lockdown and invested a few weeks later in the ZV1 when I was getting frustrated with the limits of filming on my smartphone. I think you'll do great once you persevere as it's a really capable little camera and I've really enjoyed getting to understand it (and videography more broadly). Initial user friendliness sure is not the best though. Let me know if there's any kind of questions or content that would help as you're exactly the type of person I'm hoping to assist with my experience:)

In terms of Sony cameras that can shoot this type of ultra slow motion there aren’t many cheaper option I’m afraid. However don’t be surprised if the next Apple & top end android phones allow up to 240fps slomo (the ‘least extreme’ of the ZV1 options)

I failed at Slow Mo my ZV-1 shoots regular video. I dont cant get how to get it into HFR slow mode. My brain however is in slow mode. I think I have to slow it down in Post Prod...

So normal slow mo (100 or 120fps) does need to be slowed down in post production. Depending on your editing software many can do this with just a couple of clicks:)

Hey Urban Cook, thanks for the nice comment and the great question. Light flicker is a problem with artificial lights which are powered by the mains electricity (plug sockets). There’s an explanation in more detail on flicker in this video on low light tips: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sGS17Cy5AOE.html If you’re able to use continuous light sources (LED lights are often good for this, anything designed for video or photo work like ring lights etc) that should help eliminate flicker. You can also try battery powered light sources like a portable lights, lantern etc or natural light (sun, fire) as none of those should cause flicker. Last thing to be aware of, as shutter speed gets higher flicker gets worse so ultra slowmo is particularly vulnerable-there’s not much you can do in camera since you’ll be anywhere from 1/250 to 1/1000 shutter as your lowest option, so the best solution is to try and manage light sources instead. Hope that helps, let me know if you have other Qs:) Thanks for watching, consider subscribing if you like this sort of content and have an awesome day 💪👍

@@dbvares8745 Hey buddy thanks for getting back so quick i thought it would be the lighting ....im just a point and shoot person so i use the intelligent mode whish is fine with me and the quality is awesome on this camera but i will try to use the slow mo on some of my video's thanks for your help ...oh and i have subbed lol Kind regards Urban

No worries, happy to help and welcome on board:) I totally agree the ZV1 is a little beast and does great on auto in most situations. I’m a real nerd for this stuff though so I love learning how to control and tweak every little bit 😆 Take care and have a great day 💪👍

@@dbvares8745 If you get a chance check out a couple of latest videos and let me know what you think ...but be kind lol

Ok so I’m subbed on my personal account now (leaderoftheproject) and just dropped a like on your asparagus poached egg vid. Really liked it:) quality is good, like the style of making the ingredients the star, music and font fit the style well and DAMN I looks tasty 😆 Only a couple of thoughts: there’s a couple of bits with asparagus where the camera tries to focus on your hand instead so you get a pulsing effect. If you want to eliminate that you can set your camera up in a fixed spot get the autofocus at the right distance (like on the pan) and then switch to manual focus and it will lock that focus for you. You can set up a shortcut button to switch auto to manual focus so it’s a breeze. The other one is just a thought, but for some stuff like chopping you could throw in a timelapse effect or speed up the footage if you wanted to. Not necessary but might be a nice effect to see how everything comes together. I actually covered both things in a vid (these are genuinely my thoughts rather than trying to push an old vid 😆) in case useful. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9zwIur02jHo.html I intend to check out some more though, I like your style of food from what I’ve seen:) Stay in touch man, it’s always nice to chat to other friendly creators in a different topic area 👍😊

Hey Yoho, is it the frame rates which are different by any chance, or something else?

Hey BSTV, I’m a fan of Sandisk sd cards and have a few of these (amzn.to/3kZgDej - Amazon affiliate link). They work well for 4k and are pretty good value in my view. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching, consider subbing if you enjoyed and have a great weekend 👍

Hey Mr Brauer, great questions. So the slow motion frame rates from 50/60fps and above are indeed all 1080p. Personally I think they look fine and mix In seamlessly enough on a 4k timeline with 4k24 clips. As for higher 4k, generally the larger the camera sensor the more processing power is needed to increase 4k recording frame rate. It’s the same reason you will pay 3 times the cost of an iPhone for a crop or full frame sensor camera that can do 4k60 or above. The iPhone has the double advantage of a comparatively much smaller sensor than even a compact camera like the zv1 along with Apple silicon processors which are best in class for portable processing power. The advantages of larger sensors tend to be around overall image quality, more potential bokeh/background blur Amd better low light performance. You can see some of these things in action in this comparison: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lZ3msRPd11g.html Of course both sides of the fence have benefits so it’s all about what matters most to your use:) Hope that helps make things a bit clearer! Thanks for watching, consider subbing if you enjoyed and have a great day 💪👍

Hey HdD, no special lens on the ZV-1 for this video, just the built in one. you can however use all these tips with wide angle or macro lenses. Videos on those linked here if you're interested: Wide angle lenses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dg18IDHjFbs.html Macro lenses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ebEswa7u80k.html Thanks for watching, consider subbing if you like the content and have a great weekend!

Hey there! It sounds like you are in PAL mode (that will give frame rates like 25,50,100 in normal shooting and 250,500,100 in HFR mode). You can still use all these for slowmo but the ratio will just be back to 25fps instead of 24 - so 100fps would let you slow to 4x slowmo 250fps would let you do 10x slowmo etc. If you’d like to shoot in NTSC mode with the frame rates I have here you can switch the camera. Doing this formats your SD card so make sure you take everything you want and save it somewhere else first!:) Go to the camera menu: setup (yellow tab); page 2; the fourth option is NTSC/PAL selector. If you choose that and select ok it will change you from PAL to NTSC mode. Did that help? Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any other questions 👍

DB Vares very helpfull Thank u so much :)

My pleasure:) if you found this helpful then please consider subscribing as I have some more ZV1 content planned in the next few videos. Have fun with the camera and an awesome day!

DB Vares sure

Hey Jay, HFR counts as a whole separate mode so need to be selected via the mode mode button. I haven’t tried but it’s probably possibly to register it as one of your memory recall options too. Hopefully that helps:)

@@dbvares8745 I finally found HFR mode