Recording Features

Overview: The Sony ZV-E10 II (ZVE10M2KB) Alpha Series Interchangeable Lens Mirrorless Content Creators' camera kit contains the ZV-E10 II camera body and the 16-50mm zoom lens (SELP16502). This camera takes your vlogging to the next level with features such as a wide lens selection, 4K movie shooting, and a 3-capsule directional microphone with a windscreen. The camera comes with a rechargeable battery and an adjustable neck strap. The ZV-E10 II has an APS-C sized image sensor, and is compatible with Sony E-mount lenses. With the LA-EA5 Mount Adapter (sold separately), the camera can also use Sony A-mount lenses.

3" Flip-out LCD Screen: The ZV-E10 II uses a 3" LCD screen with 1,036,800 dots. You can open the LCD approximately 176° and rotate it approximately 270° for make the screen easily viewable from any angle, and shoot from any position. The touch screen provides convenient touch focusing, touch tracking, and touch shutter. The brightness of the LCD monitor can be adjusted in 5 steps from -2 to +2, plus a Sunny Weather setting dramatically increases the display's visibility in bright daylight.

Display Options: You can choose how much information appears in the LCD monitor while shooting or viewing photos. There are five options: Display All Info, No Display Info, Histogram, and Level.

Live View: The ZV-E10's Live View lets you use the LCD screen to frame your photos as you shoot. When the Live View display is set to "Setting Effect On", the LCD or viewfinder will provide an accurate preview of your photo, including the white balance, exposure compensation, creative style or picture effect. With the "Setting Effect Off", you can check the image composition without the effects of the exposure settings.

SteadyShot: When an "OSS" (optical SteadyShot) lens is attached, the ZV-E10 II allows you to turn on SteadyShot to help reduce blur caused by camera shake when shooting still images. For movies, you can select "Standard" SteadyShot to reduce camera shake when using an "OSS"-equipped lens. When using a 200mm focal length lens (or more), you can use "Active" SteadyShot, which electronically narrows the angle of view to compensate for camera shake. The included 16-50mm zoom lens is equipped with Optical Steady Shot.

Image Sensor: The ZV-E10 II features a 26 MP, APS-C Exmor CMOS image sensor (23.3 x 15.5 mm). It has approximately 27.0 total megapixels and 26.0 effective megapixels. The sensor is coupled with the fast BIONZ XR processor for excellent sensitivity and fast auto-focusing.

Still Image Recording Formats: The ZV-E10 II can shoot still images in 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, and 1:1 aspect ratios in large, medium, and small image sizes. Still images are recorded in JPEG or HEIF file formats in Light, Standard, Fine, and Extra Fine compression rates. You can also record still images using a compressed RAW format. RAW images must be transferred to a computer for processing, editing, and printing using the downloadable Imaging Edge Desktop software. You can select the following image sizes:

Movie Recording Formats: The ZV-E10 II can record 4K and Full HD movies in a range of recording formats:

Built-in Microphone: The camera is equipped with a built-in 3-capsule directional microphone on the top of the camera body. If the built-in mic is picking up wind noise, you can clip on the included "fuzzy" wind screen. Other audio recording options include optional external microphones that attach to the camera's Multi-Interface Shoe, or plug in a mic into the provided 3.5mm microphone jack.

Livestreaming Video and Audio: The ZV-E10 II can livestream audio and video to a network, via either a wired or wireless connection. For a wireless livestream, connect the camera to a smartphone via Bluetooth. A wired livestream can be conducted by connecting the camera to a computer via USB cable (not included). Camera settings for livestreaming include:

Interval Shooting: You can automatically shoot a series of still images at a preset shooting interval and number of shots that you set in advance. You can create a time-lapse movie from the resulting still images using the free downloadable Imaging Edge Desktop (Viewer) software. Parameters you can set before shooting include:

• Shooting Start Time: 1 second to 99 minutes 59 seconds
• Shooting Interval: 1 second to 60 seconds
• Number of Shots: 1 to 9999
• AE Tracking Sensitivity: High, Mid, Low

Media Slot: The ZV-E10 II has a single media slot that will accept SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards. SDXC cards with a speed rating of V60 or higher are recommended for recording movies in XAVC HS 4K, XAVC S 4K, and XAVC S HD file formats. Cards with a rating of V90 or higher are recommended for XAVC S-I 4K and XAVC S-I HD movies. For Time-Lapse shooting, SDHC/SDXC U3 or higher cards are recommended for XAVC HS 4K, XAVC S 4K, and XAVC S HD formats. You should use SDXC V90 or higher cards for XAVC S-I 4K and XAVC S-I HD time-lapse shooting.

Product Showcase Setting: The camera settings are configured for situations such as movie shooting for product reviews. The camera tends to focus on objects that are closer to it. The Product Showcase setting can be turned on to provide optimal settings for product reviews, and naturally transistions from face to objects as you present the product review.

Background Defocus: By simply pressing the Background Defocus button, the background becomes defocused to make the subject stand out. Turning off the Background Defocus mode automatically returns the setting to a clear background.

Focus Modes: The ZV-E10's Fast Hybrid Auto Focus system utilizes both phase detection (759 points) and contrast detection (495 points) to achieve focus under dim lighting conditions. You can choose from the following Auto/Manual Focus Modes:

• AF-S (Single-shot AF): The camera focuses and the focus is locked when you press the shutter button halfway down. Recommended for use with motionless subjects.
• AF-A (Automatic AF): Single-shot and Continuous AF are switched according to the movement of the subject. If the subject is motionless, the camera locks the focus. If the subject is in motion, the camera continues to focus.
• AF-C (Continuous AF): The camera continues to focus when you press and hold the shutter button halfway down. Recommended for use when the subject is in motion.
• DMF: After focusing automatically, you can make fine focusing adjustments manually (Direct Manual Focusing).
• Manual Focus: When it is difficult to get the proper focus in auto focus mode, you can adjust the focus manually. This mode allows you to set the distance of a subject by rotating the focusing ring to achieve a sharp focus.

AF (Auto focus) Area: You can select between 5 settings:

• Wide: The camera focuses automatically on a subject in all ranges of the image.
• Zone: You can select a zone (consisting of 9 focus areas) on the monitor on which to focus.
• Center: The camera uses the AF area located in the center area exclusively.
• Spot: You can change the size of and move the focusing area in order to focus on a small subject or narrow area. (Select from XL, L, M, or S)
• Expand Spot: If you cannot focus on a single selected point, you can use focus points around the flexible spot as a secondary priority area for focusing.

Eye AF: The new Eye AF function can be assigned to a customizable button. When Eye AF is selected, the camera focuses on a person's eyes for extremely sharp focusing of the face.

Face Detection: The camera can detect human faces, and adjusts the focus, exposure, performs image processing and adjusts flash settings for best results. Faces can be registered, and priority given to those faces over others in the frame. Up to 8 faces can be detected and/or registered.

Focus Lock: If a subject is off-center and outside of the AF area, you can lock the focus of the camera.

Drive Modes: The camera offers the following shooting modes:

• Single Shooting: Default setting for standard picture taking.
• Continuous Shooting: You can take photos continuously while the shutter button is held down. In Hi+ shooting mode up to 11 images per second can be taken, 8 fps in Hi, 6 fps in Mid, and 3 fps in Lo.
• Self-Timer: You can set the camera to four different self-timers:
  • 10 Second: After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released about 10 seconds later. This is convenient when the photographer wants to appear in a photo.
  • 5 Second: After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released about 5 seconds later. This is convenient when the photographer wants to appear in the photo.
  • 2 Second: After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released about 2 seconds later. This is convenient to reduce camera-shake.
  • Continuous: The camera records 3 or 5 images continuously after a pre-selected delay of 10, 5, or 2 seconds. You can choose the best shot from the shots taken.
• Bracket Shooting: The camera is capable of shooting multiple images, each with a different setting. You can choose from the following Bracket options:
  • Continuous Bracket: Shoot 3 or 5 images, each with different degrees of brightness (0.3EV, 0.5EV, 0.7EV, 1.0EV, 2.0EV or 3.0EV). The images are taken as you press and hold the shutter button.
  • Single Bracket: Same as Continuous Bracket above, except that the shutter button is pressed for each image.
  • Focus Bracket: The camera records multiple images while shifting the focus position. You can shoot 2 to 299 shots and shift the focus between 1 and 10 degrees.
  • WB Bracket: The camera records three images, each with different color tones, according to the selected settings of white balance, color temperature, and color filter. You can select Low (small changes in white balance) or High (large changes in white balance).
  • DRO Bracket: The camera records three images, each with different degree of D-Range Optimizer. You can select Low (small changes in DRO) or High (large changes in DRO).

Shooting Modes: The top-mounted Control Dial lets you select from the following shooting modes:

• Intelligent Auto: These modes allow easy shooting with settings adjusted automatically. The Scene Recognition function lets the camera automatically recognize the following shooting conditions: Portrait, Infant, Night Portrait, Night Scene, Backlight Portrait, Backlight, Landscape, Macro, Spotlight, Low Light, Night Scene (with a tripod), and Tripod.
• Program Auto: For shooting with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the aperture value), while allowing you to adjust other settings manually.
• Aperture Priority: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the aperture value manually, letting the camera set the appropriate shutter speed. This mode gives you greater control over the depth of field.
• Shutter Priority: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the shutter speed manually, letting the camera set the appropriate aperture. With a high shutter speed, the moving subject appears as if it is frozen on the image. With a slow shutter speed, the moving subject appears as if it were flowing.
• Manual Exposure: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the exposure (shutter speed and aperture) manually.
• Memory Recall: You can register often-used camera settings (including Shooting Mode, Aperture, Shutter speed) in one of three memory positions for easy recall.
• Scene Selection: This mode lets you shoot with preset settings based on the scene. You can choose from: Portrait, Sports Action, Macro, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, and Night Portrait.

Creative Look: In Intelligent Auto or Superior Auto mode, you can select Creative Look to get one the following effect filters to achieve more impressive and artistic expression: Standard, Portrait, Neutral, Vivid, Vivid 2, Film, Instant, Soft High-key, Black & White, or Sepia.

Exposure Compensation: Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. You can make the image look lighter (increased exposure) or darker (decreased exposure) The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/-5.0 EV in 1/3-step or 1/2-step increments in the menu.

Metering Mode: A 1200-zone evaluative sensing system provides multi-pattern measuring for superior exposure control accuracy in a wide range of lighting conditions. You can select the method for measuring the brightness of a subject from the following five methods:

• Multi: This method uses the whole screen divided into 1200 zones to measure light.
• Center: While emphasizing the central area of the screen, this method measure the average brightness of the entire screen.
• Spot: This method measure light only in the spot metering circle in the center of the frame.
• Entire Screen Average: Measures the average brightness of the entire screen.
• Highlight: Measures the brightness while emphasizing the highlighted area on the screen.

White Balance: You can adjust the color tones according to the lighting conditions. You can choose from the following WB options: Auto WB, Auto (Ambience), Auto (White), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent (Warm White), Fluorescent (Cool White), Fluorescent (Day White), Fluorescent (Daylight), Flash, Underwater Auto, Color Temperature, Color Filter, and Custom (1, 2, 3).

Color Temperature/Color Filter: You can adjust the white balance further by selecting Color Temperature or Color Filter in the Custom White Balance option. With Color Temperature, the higher the number, the more reddish the image, and the lower the number, the more bluish the image. Color Filter achieves the effect of Color Compensation filters for photography. Based on the set color temperature as the standard, the color can be compensated to Green (G) or Magenta (M).

ISO Settings: ISO is a unit of measurement of sensitivity to light. The larger the number, the higher the sensitivity. The camera's ISO can be set manually or automatically, between 100 and 32,000, depending upon the exposure mode. When the Expanded ISO range is turned on, sensitivity can be set as low as ISO 50, or as high as 102,400. For Movies, the sensitivity is set between ISO 100 and 32,000.

Multi-Interface Shoe: The ZV-E10 II does not have a built-in flash, but is equipped with the Multi-Interface Shoe, allowing you to use an external flash, such as the HVL-F28M, HVL-F46RM, or HVL-F60RM2. The ECM-G1 vlogging shotgun microphone and ECM-S1 wireless streaming microphone are also compatible.

Flash Features: When an optional external flash is attached, the camera offers several Flash Modes: Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow Sync, and Rear Sync. You can adjust the amount of flash light in a range of -3.0 EV to +3.0 EV with the Flash Compensation feature.

Wi-Fi / Bluetooth

Wireless Overview: The Sony ZV-E10 II lets you connect wirelessly with your mobile phone, tablet, or computer via Bluetooth (ver. 4.2) or Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n/ac, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) through the Creators' App (mobile) or Imaging Edge Desktop software.

Creators' App: To interface with the Sony ZV-E10, your smartphone/tablet must have the Creators' App. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and requires iOS 16 or later. It is also compatible with Android smartphones and tablets with the Android 9.0 and up operating environment.

Bluetooth: When connected via Bluetooth, the camera can acquire location data from the mobile device and record that data onto the still images and movies. Using the Imaging Edge Desktop application on your personal computer, you can organize and view your images on a map.

Wi-Fi Functions: The following wireless functions can be performed with the ZV-E10 II and Creators' App:

• Controlling the Camera: You can use a smartphone as a remote controller for the camera. Your device can be used as a shutter release and a viewfinder.
• Send to Smartphone: You can transfer still images to a smartphone for viewing. Images can be transferred in its original image size, or resized to 2M or VGA. RAW images are converted to JPEG format before being transferred.
• Send to Computer: You can transfer images stored on the camera's memory card to a computer connected to a wireless access point or wireless broadband router in order to easily make backup copies.
• View on TV: Images can be viewed on a network-enabled TV. While connected, you can playback images in a slideshow. You can choose from a short or long interval between slides, and select HD or 4K playback.

Play And Print Functions

Playback Screen: You can view your photos back as a single image on the LCD monitor, as an Index or as a Slide Show. During Image Index mode, you can view 9 (3 x 3) or 25 (5 x 5) images at once.

Auto Review: After an image is recorded, you can have the camera automatically display it on the LCD monitor for two, five or 10 seconds. You can also turn off auto review.

Image Rotation: Vertical shots can be rotated automatically so that they are displayed upright during playback. This can be done manually or automatically.

Slide Show: You can automatically play back still images continuously in a slide show. You can set the interval to 1, 3, 5, 10, or 30 seconds.

D-Range Optimizer/Auto HDR: The camera allows you to correct the brightness and contrast of an image automatically, using the D-Range Optimizer (DRO) and Auto High Dynamic Range functions. The DRO optimizes the gradations of a recorded image in each area of the image; you select the optimal level from Lv1 (weak) and Lv5 (strong). When Auto HDR is selected, the camera shoots three images with different exposures, then overlays them to create one image with the correct exposure and an overlaid image.

Protect Images: You can protect all images on your memory card or select only certain images to be protected from accidental erasure.

Connections

Microphone Jack: The 3.5mm microphone jack lets you connect an external microphone. If the external microphone has plug-in power, the power for the microphone is supplied by the camera through this jack. When an external mic is connected, the built-in microphone is turned off automatically.

Headphone Jack: You can connect headphones to the camera through this stereo 3.5mm headphone jack. This allows you to listen to audio as it's being recorded, or as the movie file is being played back.

HDMI: The camera has a Micro HDMI (Type D) jack for connecting the camera to an HDMI-equipped TV or video recorder.

USB-C: The ZV-E10 II is equipped with a USB 5Gpbs (USB 3.2) USB-C port. SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1 enables blazing fast file transfers (up to 5 Gbps), compared to USB 2.0 (480 Mbps maximum). This extra speed is especially useful when you're performing PC-tethered shooting, allowing you to quickly review your images on your PC monitor without having to wait for the images to load.

Multi Interface Shoe: The top-mounted Multi Interface Shoe is a single-point connection for multiple Sony accessories, such as flash units, video lights, and microphones.

Battery Information

InfoLithium Battery: The ZV-E10 II is powered by the supplied, high-capacity NP-FZ100 InfoLithium battery (7.2V 2280mAh 16.4Wh). The battery communicates data to the camera, so that the percentage of battery power remaining can be displayed. The battery life specs are as follows:

• Shooting Still Images: Approximately 610 shots
• Shooting Movies:
  • Typical Recording: Approximately 130 minutes
  • Continuous Recording: Approximately 195 minutes

Charging: The NP-FZ100 InfoLithium battery requires approximately 255 minutes (4 hours 15 minutes) to reach a full charge in the camera, using an AC adapter with an output of 1.5A.

Power Save: You can set different time intervals for the camera to switch to Power Save mode. You can set the interval to 10 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, or 30 minutes. Once the camera goes into Power Save mode, you can return to the shooting mode by pressing the shutter button halfway.

Software

Imaging Edge Desktop: Sony offers software for Windows- and Mac-compatible computers for importing still images and movies recorded with the camera to your computer. With Imaging Edge Desktop, you can view your images, and use various convenient features to enhance the images you have shot. Imaging Edge Desktop is required for importing XAVC S and XAVC HS movies to your computer. and for opening and processing RAW images.

Creators' App: The Creators' App is a mobile application for smartphone and tablets that allows you to transfer still images and videos to your device, shoot remotely, and set up cameras. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and requires iOS 16 or later. It is also compatible with Android smartphones and tablets with the Android 9.0 and up.

Sony Catalyst Browse/Catalyst Prepare: You can also use Catalyst Browse (free software) for previewing clips and recorded movie files, and to view and edit media metadata, and apply image stabilization using metadata. You can also apply color calibration, copy to the local hard drive, and transcode to a variety of formats. Catalyst Prepare (paid software) adds to the functions of Catalyst Browse, allowing you to organize clips using bins, perform basic timeline editing with storyboards, etc. Catalyst Browse requires a 64-bit operating system, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and macOS 12 (Monterey), 13 (Ventura), or 14 (Sonoma).

Lens Features

Optics: The Sony ZV-E10 II camera comes with the SELP16502 (E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II) retractable zoom lens. The lens is compatible with the Sony α-series Interchangeable Lens Cameras with the Sony E-Mount. The lens has a 35mm equivalent focal length of 24-75mm, and is recommended for a wide variety of photos, from snapshots to portraits.

Power Zoom: The SELP16502 features an electrically-driven zoom mechanism. When the camera is powered on, the lens extends approximately 7/8", and becomes instantly ready for shooting. The lens retracts approximately 5 seconds after the camera is powered off. You can zoom in and out by sliding the zoom lever up or down. You can also control the power zoom by turning the zoom/focus ring when the camera is in Auto Focus mode.

Optical SteadyShot (OSS): Equipped with Optical SteadyShot (OSS), the lens compensates for blur caused by camera shake for normal handheld photography. OSS also reduces the reliance on high ISO settings when shooting in dark environments, which greatly enhances the effectiveness of the Hand-held Twilight and Anti-Motion Blur shooting modes. Optical SteadyShot gives you a 4-stop shutter speed advantage when activated.

Focusing: The lens can be used with Sony Interchangeable Lens cameras in the auto-focus, Direct Manual Focus, or manual focus modes. You can switch between focusing modes in the camera menu.

Specifications:

• Focal Length: 16-50mm
• 35mm Equivalent: 24-75mm
• Mount: Sony E-mount
• Aperture:
  • Maximum: F3.5 (wide) - F5.6 (tele)
  • Minimum: F22 (wide) - F36 (tele)
• Angle of View (APS-C): 83°-32°
• Lens Construction: 9 elements in 8 groups, including 1 ED and 4 aspherical elements
• Aperture Design: 7-blade circular
• Minimum Focusing Distance: 9.84" (wide), 12" (tele)
• Filter Diameter: 40.5mm
• Dimensions: Diameter 2.594", Length 1.24"
• Weight: 3.8 ounces