Sony ZV-E10 Mark II vs Sony ZV-E10 - Worth The Upgrade?

the Sony zv E10 Mark 1 and Mark I were

excellent cameras for Content creators

and beginners but the two cameras are

very different in terms of technology

and you might be surprised to hear the

newer and more expensive camera isn't

necessarily better because each camera

has its upsides and downsides so the

right camera really comes down to your

shooting Style and what you need it for

so let's do a deep dive into both of

these cameras and find out which camera

is right for you and why also I'll leave

links down below for the best pricing on

both of these cameras so first up let's

start off with the design of these two

cameras because while they might look

similar they're actually very different

both cameras are part of the Sony zv

line of cameras made for Content

creators YouTubers vloggers and Casual

beginners size-wise both cameras are

about the same size and weight but the

zv1 Mark II does have a slightly bigger

grip and that's because it actually has

a larger battery the zv1 Mark II uses

the newer and larger protop batteries

that you actually see in the

professional Sony cameras and this is

going to give you significantly better

performance in longer runtime and the

zv1 actually has smaller and older style

of battery which is really not known for

its runtime but the zv1 mark1 will still

give you pretty decent runtime you'll

get about 40 minutes on a single charger

video where the zv1 Mark II will do

almost double that and both cameras can

also be plugged in Via USBC for charging

and because they're part of the same

camera lineup the button layout is

actually very similar they both have a

single button to flip between photo

video and slow motion and this makes

using this camera much faster and they

also have two separate record buttons

for photo and video but but best of all

they both have a three capsule

microphone built right into the camera

that's going to give you very Solid

Audio but the sound in the zv1 Mark I

should be better not because the

microphone is better but rather because

the camera can actually detect if the

sound is coming from the front of the

camera or behind the camera and this

will lead to Better Sound isolation

giving you crisper results however the

audio on the zv1 Mark 1 is still very

solid one major Improvement of the Mark

I over the Mark 1 is that you can now

insert the SD card in the side of the

camera whereas the Mark 1 requires you

to open up the bottom battery

compartment and put it in that way which

is really annoying if you have your

camera on a tripod now both cameras have

a caculating screen that is touch

enabled however the zv1 Mark I only has

touch autofocus whereas the zv1 Mark II

has 100% touch control meaning you can

go into your menus using the touch you

can do touch autofocus and there's even

a quick menu on the main screen giving

you access to all of your major settings

making this camera not only faster to

use but you also don't have to go into

your menus as much or use the physical

buttons but let me just stop the hype

train right here if you guys are doing

any kind of talking head setup like this

chances are you're going to set up your

camera one time and then just never

change the settings again it doesn't

really make sense to pay the extra money

for a touchscreen unless you're doing on

the go vlogging or on the-go filming if

you have your camera in one spot chances

are you can save your money and not get

the more expensive camera but there's

still a lot more to talk about so let's

talk about how the photos and videos

from this camera actually look now

arguably the most important part of

image quality is the Sens sensor and

processor and the technology inside of

these cameras is very different the zv1

Mark II has a 26 megap apsc size sensor

and the zv1 Mark I has a 24 megapixel

apsc size sensor both of these sensors

are pretty standard for cameras like

this but to really understand the

difference in the actual visual image

quality between these two cameras I shot

a ton of side-by-side comparisons

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the zv1 Mark II in my opinion has richer

colors and better skin tones and holds

large patches of colors like a blue sky

a lot better without any sort of banding

or artifacting and another really big

difference between the two cameras is

low light shooting because of the

different sensors now both cameras are

really good at low light by default

because of how Sony designs their

sensors but the zv1 Mark II is much

cleaner at high isos you can record as

high as 6500 ISO and get very little

noise but once again let me stop the

hype train right here depending on how

much low light shooting you do and how

much you really care about the cleanness

of your image low light may not be a

huge factor for you and a lot of you

guys will be perfectly fine with the

Mark 1 camera but if you're shooting

something serious where every megapixel

matters the Mark I is a much better

option now one of the most underrated

things about any camera system that

people never really talk about is the

auto Focus performance so I'll be really

quick before you guys click away the zv1

Mark II has a newer and faster processor

that does give it better autofocus but

the autofocus in the Mark 1 was already

really great to begin with and in a

head-to-head walking test both cameras

perform just about the same and I don't

think most vloggers and content creators

will really see the difference however

one great thing about the Mark I camera

that I do think puts it ahead of the

Mark 1 is that the Mark I does have

subject detect mode for autofocus

subjects so if you're in any kind of

tricky shooting scenario where you just

wanted to specifically focus on animals

peoples insects birds this is a really

useful tool to have and one great

autofocus feature that both cameras have

is something known as product showcase

this is where you hold a product up to

the camera and the autofocus will

immediately snap to the product and then

back to your face when you put it down

and this can be really useful for beauty

vloggers Tech creators like me or anyone

else that's talking about products I

guess hm who else could use this mode

let me know if you have any ideas now

besides image quality let's talk about

how fast this camera can actually shoot

photos and videos and let's start with

video because this is mainly meant to be

a video first camera and when it comes

to video there's a massive difference

and I mean massive difference between

the zv1 Mark I and the Mark I both

cameras can shoot 4K at 24 and 30 frames

per second which is pretty fantastic and

this is probably the mode that most

vloggers and content creators are going

to be shooting on but this 4K video is

also down sampled from 6K in the zve 10

mark1 and 5.6 6K in the zv1 Mark I

basically giving you a much higher level

of detail and quality in a smaller and

more manageable 4K file size but one

place where the zve E10 Mark II really

shines is that can also do 4K at 60

frames per second and this is a feature

that everybody has been dying to get in

this camera and this is going to be a

huge deal for some serious content

creators out there but again you have to

ask yourself how much slow motion

shooting are you doing and are you

really going to need 4K for that slow

motion personally I shoot a lot of slow

motion so this is a feature I'm obsessed

with but it gets better the zv1 Mark I

has a maximum bit rate of 100 megabits

per second which is decent but not

amazing the zv1 Mark II can actually

shoot at a much higher quality video

Codec and can give you bit rate anywhere

between 200 to 600 megabits per second

basically your bit rate defines how much

usable data you have in your video file

even if they're both 4K video fil

and with a higher bit rate you're just

going to get more data to color grade

more data to play around within your

editing process so if you're serious

Creator this is a huge leap forward in

terms of the video technology in these

cameras and this is actually the same

bit rate in codec that you also get in

the much more expensive professional

Cinema Camera the fx30 and its little

brother the a6700 which are both PR LEL

cameras and the zv1 Mark II is

significantly cheaper than both of them

and both the Z cv10 Mark 1 and Mark I

can also shoot full HD at 60 frames per

second and 120 frames per second for two

times and five times slow motion but the

biggest reason that I'm personally

excited about the zv1 Mark II is that it

now has 10 bit color whereas the zv1

Mark I only had 8 bit color this is a

huge deal if you're someone that likes

to color grade and really make something

cinematic with your images and just to

give you guys an idea of how big of a

difference that is 8bit color is 16

million but 10bit color is one billion

color billion with a B it is a huge leap

forward so if you're someone that's

serious about your content this is going

to go a long way to helping you make

better content and both the Mark 1 and

Mark I also have slog 3 and Cinema

profiles built into the camera so you do

have a really nice starting point to

color grade your footage no matter which

camera you're using but with 10bit color

you are naturally going to have a much

easier time with the Mark I however if

you don't want to do any sort of serious

editing or spend a lot of time on it the

mark 2 actually has two features exactly

for you the Mark I now has Crea profiles

in it which look phenomenal right in

camera and this way you can simply use

this filter get a cool cinematic look to

your video and just shoot your video

like that with no color grading required

the Mark 1 also has created profiles

built into the camera but there's not as

many of them and they don't look quite

as good so this is a feature that might

be worth upgrading for and another

really cool feature for someone that

wants to get that cinematic look with

very little work is something known as

cinematic flly vog mode this is where

the camera puts black bars to the top

and bottom of your video to make it look

more like a movie although I personally

don't love this for YouTube but what I

do like about this mode is that you

actually have an adjustable color filter

that you can add to your video to get

different cinematic looks and even

adjust the color temperature to make it

look warmer colder to really dial in the

exact look that you want and even adjust

the speed of your autofocus pulse to

make them look more human and less like

a robotic camera which does add to the

immersion I suppose but I'm I'm going to

stop the hype train yet again the zv1

Mark II is a phenomenal camera but it's

only good for someone that wants to make

something cinematic someone that wants

to take their videos to the next level

and be a real artist or artist with

their videos but if you're talking about

real estate if you're doing cooking

tutorials you're talking about Finance

you're not really trying to make your

videos look like a movie and in that

case you probably won't see a huge

performance Boost from The Mark 1 to the

mark 2 in that case you might just want

to stick with the Mark 1 and save a bit

of cash but one thing about the Mark I

that I think everybody will appreciate

is that because it has a larger battery

life and also better thermals the Mark I

does not overheat that easily on 4K at

standard mode I was able to get an hour

plus of video and 4K 60 I got about 40

minutes before this camera overheated on

the higher 200 to 600 megabits per

second mode which is really only meant

for professional cinematic Shooters I

was able to get 4k at 24 for about 40

minutes and and 4K at 60 for about 28

minutes so if you're someone like me

that likes to shoot a lot of slow motion

or does long form talking head videos

like this the mark 2 is definitely a

better camera because it has better

thermals but if you're a vlogger that's

only shooting a minute here 2 minutes

there the Mark 1 is cheaper and honestly

save money where you can now despite

both of these cameras meant for shooting

video they're actually powerhouses when

it comes to shooting photos and whether

you're a YouTuber vlogger or content

creator at some point you're you're

going to need to shoot a YouTube

thumbnail or take a photo for your

Instagram and for that it's really

helpful to have a strong photo camera

with you both cameras can shoot 11

frames per second in 14bit raw which is

going to give you plenty of room to

color grade and edit your photos but

they also have a very large frame buffer

meaning you can shoot for a really long

time before these cameras need a break

so both of these cameras are good for

shooting action they can shoot for a

long time and you can edit the heck out

of your photos there's really not much

more that a content creator you YouTuber

or vlogger could possibly want from

their cameras and the autofocus is also

really excellent but you might be

surprised to hear that the Z10 mark1 is

actually better for photos because it

has a physical shutter that prevents any

sort of rolling shutter or Jell-O effect

that you sometimes see in fast moving

photos the zv1 Mark II only has an

electronic shutter so if you're doing a

lot of action shots or you're whipping

your camera side to side you're going to

see some sort of Jello-O or wobble

effect which might not look great your

especially going to notice this if

you're shooting any sort of straight

lines or if you're shooting balls that

sounds kind of dirty but you'll probably

have a tough time shooting sports with

the zv1 Mark I personally I wish they

kept the physical shutter in the Mark I

but unless you're shooting some really

intense action you probably won't notice

the difference between the two cameras

and the Mark 1 might be just fine for a

lot of you so who is the zv E10 Mark 2

and mark1 4 and is it worth the upgrade

if you already own the Mark 1 if you're

someone that's thinking of upgrading it

really depends on why you want the

upgrade for me personally the larger

battery and the touchcreen is 100% worth

it that alone I'm willing to pay the

,000 for because that touchscreen is

going to help me shoot faster it's going

to make my life easier and I'm going to

be able to record for a lot longer and

have to worry about overheating a lot

less but if you're someone that's simply

plopping this camera down in your office

talking to it while you're making a

talking head video you probably don't

need to upgrade because you'll never

actually use any of the touch features

or the extended battery life for the

most part you probably won't even see a

performance boost however if you're

someone that's making cinematic content

you will 100% see a difference your

color grading will look better you'll

have 4K at 60 frames per second and

overall you'll have a higher bit rate

codec that's going to allow you to push

the color grades a lot further than you

could with the 8 bit in the zve 10 Mark

1 so that kind of also leads me to who

are these cameras for the zv1 mark1 is

the ultra casual budget level

entry-level camera for someone that just

wants to make content talk to the camera

and you don't really have to be making

high quality cinematic content you're

just trying to communicate your message

to an audience maybe it's real estate

maybe it's cooking maybe it's Finance

you're just trying to make stuff with a

video The Mark I is a really good camera

for someone that maybe wants a cinematic

camera like the fx30 or the a6700

because it actually has the exact same

sensor in the zv1 Mark II and if if you

really want a cinematic camera on a

budget you're already making content and

you want to level up your content by

doing better color grading doing more

with your videos and just leveling up

your edits overall the Mark I is going

to help you achieve your vision a lot

easier with less hurdles and less

obstacles if you're an artist The zv1

Mark II is not only a great camera but

also very much worth the upgrade if you

already have the Mark 1 but whether

you're getting the Mark 1 or the Mark I

you want to make sure you get the best

possible price on your camera and for

that make sure to check out the links in

the description down below for the best

possible pricing on this camera and I

we'll see you in the next video peace