Should I Buy Sony ZV E10 Now Or Wait for ZV E10 Mark 2

According to Sony, Sony will release a new ZV series mirrorless vlogging camera in the spring of 2024. Many people believe that it will be the ZV E10 Mark 2. It can be seen that Sony’s official website has released the inventory of Sony ZV E10, and the price of second-hand ZV E10 platform has also dropped. It seems that people are waiting for the release of ZV E10 Mark 2.

When will ZV E10 Mark 2 be released?

There has no a concrete, bullet-proof report with a known release date of ZV E10 Mark 2.

As per Mirrorless Rumors by Andrea Pizzini, the next vlogging camera is set to succeed the widely acclaimed ZV-E10, which debuted in 2021 as Sony's inaugural video-centric APS-C system camera. Even without a viewfinder, it garnered favor among content creators and social media influencers due to its fully articulating screen ideal for selfie recording, touch focus feature, extensive lens options, and user-friendly design.

Sony ZV E10 Mark 2 Forecast

The Sony ZV E10, as a hot-selling APS-C format, interchangeable lens mirrorless camera, has been widely regarded as one of the best vlogging or live streaming cameras you can buy under $1,000. Sony defines it as a vlogging camera, but its sensor is the same as Sony's Alpha 6400. Therefore, when using the same parameters and lens, you can theoretically take the same photos as the Sony Alpha 6400. At the same time, the Sony ZV E10 is more expensive. Low. Until 2024 the Sony ZV E10 is also a very competitive camera, whether shooting videos or photos.

We have collected a large number of online reviews of ZV E10 and If the ZV E10 is upgraded to the ZV E10 Mark 2, you may expect the following points.

1. 4k 60-120p video shooting

The ZV E10 can only shoot 4K UHD up to 30p. Although the 4k video quality of the ZV E10 is very good, 30p is far from enough for sports content creators or users with high frame rate requirements. Therefore, on the ZV E10 Mark 2, we hope to see an upgrade in the number of frames under 4k video.

2.Stabilization

The ZV E10's stabilization system only takes effect when shooting videos, and it uses Electronic Image Stabilization, and there will be screen cropping when shooting 4k videos.

Therefore, on the ZV E10 Mark 2, I hope to see In-body Image-Stabilization. For Sony, stabilization has never been their strong point. We don’t expect five-axis in-body stabilization as powerful as Olympus, but we still hope that without a gimbal or a video tripod, the ZV E10 Mark 2 can Capture videos stably.

3.Microphone

As a vlogging camera, the microphone quality of the ZV E10 is really unsatisfactory. Although people are likely to use additional microphone systems when vlogging or live broadcasting, this cannot cover up the fact that the ZV E10's microphone performance is disappointing. In fact, Sony is fully capable of equipping the ZV E10 Mark 2 with a more powerful microphone, but due to cost considerations, Sony will probably not do that.

4.'jello' effect

I believe most ZV E10 users (especially video users) are impressed by the 'jello' effect. When panning left and right or moving at high speed, the ZV E10's screen will have a very obvious 'jello' effect. I very much hope Sony can fix this issue on the ZV E10 Mark 2. No matter how light the gimbal or video tripod is, I hope the ZV E10 Mark 2 can become a camera that can shoot videos in the hand.

Price

Sony, most of the time, mark2 will be more expensive than mark1. The ZV E10 is currently priced at $599 USD on Sony’s official website.

The A7IV was released at a price point $500 higher than the III, while the A7RV debuted with a price tag $400 higher than the IV. Similarly, the Z-V1 II is set to launch with a price increase of $100 compared to its predecessor.

Therefore, our best guess is that the price of the ZV E10 ii may be $699 USD in the body-only case. However, we do not rule out the possibility that the price will be close to $800 USD after a large number of hardware upgrades.

Summarize

According to statistics, 48% of Sony's sales come now from vlogging cameras. This means that when the ZV E10 mark 2 is released, Sony must carefully consider the upgrade based on the ZV E10. Considering the extent of the upgrade from zv1 to zv1 mark2, I speculate that the new ZV E10 ii will have certain hardware upgrades and an increase in price. But for users who are in need now, ZV E10 is still a competitive choice.