Sony ZV-E1 review: An impossibly small full-frame camera

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Over the past couple of years we've seen Sony develop its camera ranges into two, primary families: the Alpha 7 lineup — which includes high-end full-frame cameras — and the ZV models which have vloggers in mind. These models are designed for use by on-the-go content creators. But what happens when you try to blend those two ranges into one, single camera?

The answer to that question is the ZV-E1. It is — in some ways — the spiritual successor to the A7c. It's compact, features all the vlogger-friendly tools of the other ZV models, but has a full-frame sensor, a powerful image processor and an E mount for interchangeable lenses. It's trying to be the best of both worlds, offering a powerful, but easy-to-use camera that's super compact.

4/5

Sony's flagship ZV camera combines the power and capabilities of a full-frame Alpha camera with the portability and features from its creator range to great effect. 

This isn't the first time Sony has stuffed a full-frame sensor into a tiny camera body. In fact, its entire A7 range is relatively compact. But when talking 'impossible' levels of compactness, there was the A7c. It was launched almost as a teaser of what was to come from Sony, but the general tone around the camera was that it wasn't a 'proper' Alpha. So it makes sense that Sony has tried again, made it smaller, but rebranded it as part of the ZV lineup.

There's no denying the Alpha series' influence on the camera though. It's got the same sensor as the A7S III inside and even features the Alpha logo on the front of the body. Where the ZV-1F was launched as a gateway camera for creators who shoot on their phones, the ZV-E1 seems more like a gateway into Sony's world of interchangeable lens-compatible E Mount full-frame