In the world of consumer level video cameras, you’re pretty much stuck with the lens your camera came with. If you want to create film-style looks or achieve depth of field with your videos, you need to move up to professional video cameras or DSLR’s. That’s all changing with the new Sony NEX-VG10, a consumer level camera with features previously reserved for pro or DSLR cameras.
The biggest feature with the Sony NEX-VG10 is that you can swap out the lens. It comes with an 18-200mm lens, but you can swap it out with any A or E mount lens. For you, that means you can achieve film-like depth of field in your videos…or just about any type of creative shot you want.
The NEX-VG10 records full HD video in the AVCHD format to either SDHC or Memory Stick cards. And it has all the other features you’d expect with a high-end consumer camera…external microphone jack, full auto and manual recording modes, 14 megapixel still photos and so on.
The NEX-VG10 is expected to hit the street on 9-10-2010 with a price of $1,999. You can pre-order the camera or learn all the blow by blow camera details from Sony’s web site by clicking here.
Beautiful Bali captured with the Sony NEX-VG10 Handycam camcorder from SonyElectronics on Vimeo.
A critical question now is, are there or will there be adapters so you can attach lenses from different manufacturers. I found this cool guide to all the different lens mounts around wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_mount#List_of_lens_mount_types
And the other minor buzzkill on this camera is records interlace, not progressive. Philip Bloom the DSLR authority says this:
“One thing that stands out, but not in a good way is the 1080i 60i recording in the US….but we need 1080p!!”
Hi I need to know the difference between Sony NEX VG10 and Sony HDR-AX2000 AVCHD Camcorder
I am in the process of buying a new one and I don’t want to buy the wrong one… can you give me full details on which is better to buy??? I want to get one for professional use.
thank u
Hi
I need to know the difference between Sony NEX VG10 and Canon EOS 5D Mark II ?
i’ll use it for corporate video and documentary..
which one is the best ?
@Magdy – The NEX VG10 isn’t even available yet, so a true comparison can’t be made. But one is a video camera and the other is a still photo camera that shoots video (which means you face some challenges in setting up shots with DSLR cameras that you don’t face with regular video cameras). I’ll take a wild guess that the Canon will shoot better looking video…but from experience I can tell you the Canon will be a bit more challenging to use, again because it’s a still photo camera that shoots video.