Sony ZV-1F/BQ IN5

The Sony ZV-1F is a compact vlogging camera with a Type 1 (13.2x8.8mm) sensor and a fixed 20mm equivalent lens. This is a camera clearly aimed at vloggers, and features a three-capsule mic and fully articulating screen for facing-the-camera video creation.

Key specifications

• 20MP Type 1 (13.2x8.8mm) BSI CMOS sensor
• 20mm equiv. 7.6mm F2.0 lens
• Contrast detection autofocus
• 8-bit 4:2:0 video
• 4K up to 30p
• 1080 up to 120p

The ZV-1F will be available from late October at a recommended price of $499. This is $300 less than the launch price of the existing ZV-1 model.

The ZV-1F is the company's second vlogging camera to be built around a Type 1 sensor but uses a wide-angle, 20mm equivalent, prime lens rather than the 24-70mm equiv zoom on the ZV-1. Despite the significantly lower price, the ZV-1F can shoot 4K video at up to 30p using the full width of its sensor.

This combination of a wide lens and full-width readout allows it to deliver a usefully wide angle-of-view, even with digital image stabilization engaged (imposing a 1.23x crop and giving an approximately 25mm equivalent field of view).

A combination of cropping and Sony's 'super resolution' upsampling allows the camera to offer a 2x 'zoom' despite the fixed lens. The camera's 5.5K sensor means that anything beyond 1.4x zoom must be taken from an area smaller than 4K and upscaled, so you're limited to '1.5x zoom' in 4K mode.