Sony NEX-VG10 AVCHD E-Mount interchangeable Lens Camcorder reviewed and sample footage examples
Sony announced the World's first interchangeable lens HD consumer camcorder in mid 2010, not it's here. Blunty3000 took it to San Fransisco to put it through its paces.
Model Highlights: 1920 x 1080 Full HD video recording, large Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, Quad Capsule Spatial Array stereo mic, 14MP still image capture, A-mount lens compatible via adaptor, E-mount 18-200mm zoom lens included.
The NEX-VG10 is compatible with Sony E-mount Series of smaller, lighter lenses which are optimized for video shooting with silent operation and autofocus, as well as Sony α and Konica Minolta A-mount lenses (via optional LA-EA1 adapter).
The NEX-VG10 has the same sensor format that Sony builds into the full-sized α DSLRs. With 19.5 times the surface area of conventional camcorders8, the large Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor makes capturing cinematic video with a shallow depth of field a breeze.
The Quad Capsule Spatial Array stereo microphone contains four precision placed microphone capsules to provide exceptional front-side directivity and stereo separation. There's also a microphone jack for external microphones as well as a stereo headphone jack for precise audio monitoring.
The combination of a large image sensor and high quality interchangeable lenses can help capture beautiful vistas with a shallow depth of field, crisp images of a subject while the background artistically out of focus and rack focus on subjects switching from foreground to background.
Sony's NEX-VG10 provides the options previously reserved for professional videographers to consumers. It is equipped with the same Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor used in Sony's "NEX-5" and "NEX-3" digital cameras which is approximately 19.5 times bigger than what you would find in conventional camcorders. It has a powerful BIONZ processor allowing photographers the ability to capture full 1920x1080 high definition video at up to 24Mbps for true cinematic Blu-ray quality.