{"id":2446,"date":"2011-08-24T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2011-08-24T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:52:29","slug":"sony-to-release-nex-vg20-video-camera-an-update-to-the-nex-vg10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/24\/sony-to-release-nex-vg20-video-camera-an-update-to-the-nex-vg10\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony To Release NEX-VG20 Video Camera, An Update To The NEX-VG10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago, Sony made some waves when they released a video camera called the <strong>NEX-VG10<\/strong>. \u00a0What was unique about the camera was that it was a true video camera, yet offered interchangeable lenses and depth of field like DSLR cameras. \u00a0It was the first of it&#8217;s kind and for the most part still is. \u00a0You can read about the original NEX-VG10 <a href=\"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/the-sony-nex-vg10-a-consumer-friendly-video-camera-with-interchangeable-lenses\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/store.sony.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&amp;storeId=10151&amp;langId=-1&amp;categoryId=8198552921644735999#\/handycamCamcorderSection\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now Sony has announced an updated version of the camera, called the <strong>NEX-VG20<\/strong>. \u00a0It&#8217;s still pretty much the same camera&#8230;it looks and works the same. \u00a0However, this time around Sony has addressed common user complaints with the original model. \u00a0Here are the highlights of the changes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recording modes<\/strong> &#8211; The original NEX-VG10 offered recording in 30p. \u00a0The new NEX-VG20 will offer multiple recording modes; 24p, 60p and 60i. \u00a030p has been dropped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auto-Focus<\/strong> &#8211; The original NEX-VG10 was slow(ish) to focus. \u00a0The new NEX-VG20 is said to have much faster auto-focus, along with a focus assist function.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a05.1-channel surround sound recording and full audio level control have been added to the NEX-VG20<\/p>\n<p><strong>Megapixels<\/strong> &#8211; The image processor hasn&#8217;t changed, but megapixels for still photos have been bumped from 14.2 to 16.1. \u00a0This doesn&#8217;t effect the video portion of the camera, only the still photo quality the camera can produce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAW<\/strong> &#8211; Again, a still photo function of the camera. \u00a0The original NEX-VG10 shot photos only in the JPG format. \u00a0And a lot of people complained. The new NEX-VG20 can do JPG or RAW.<\/p>\n<p>The new NEX-VG20 is slated for release in November 2011 with a price of $2,199 for the camera with a 18-200mm lens or $1,599 for the camera body only. \u00a0The major reasons someone would want to upgrade is to take advantage of the new recording modes and speedier auto-focus. \u00a0In the meantime, you can see a promo video for the camera below:<\/p>\n[simple_video]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago, Sony made some waves when they released a video camera called the NEX-VG10. \u00a0What was unique about the camera was that it was a true video camera, yet offered interchangeable lenses and depth of field like DSLR cameras. \u00a0It was the first of it&#8217;s kind and for the most part still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[862],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/2451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}