My Sony ZV E10 Settings for Photography and Videography

You've been asking, so here are my settings for the Sony ZV E10 for photography and videography. We also are setting up the custom buttons and function menus on the Sony ZV E10 to make it way easier to use when shooting.
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Gear Used in This Video
👉 Sony ZV-E10 4k Camera: geni.us/N7fLy
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👉 Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD Lens: geni.us/booYc7
👉 SMALLRIG ZV-E10 Cage with Silicone Handle: geni.us/omEfs
👉 Rode VideoMic GO II Camera-mount Directional Microphone: geni.us/UrfiR2q
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GEAR I USE
Cameras:
-Sony a7siii: geni.us/FT92
-Sony a7iv: geni.us/xoow
-Sony ZV-E1: Full Frame 4K Camera: geni.us/OaXpVk
-Sony ZV-E10 4k Camera: geni.us/N7fLy
-Sony a6400: geni.us/B18m6U
-Sony ZV-1: geni.us/EQesw3
-Gopro hero: 11 geni.us/Rhs8tNL
Lenses:
-Sony 16-35mm f2.8 GM Lens: geni.us/P3EB
-Sigma 24-70 f2.8 art lens: geni.us/Fog3nO
-Sony 20mm f1.8 Sony e-mount lens: geni.us/83Bb
-Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD Lens: geni.us/jcLc5WT
-Sigma 16mm f1.4 geni.us/tIyzB
-Sony 18-105mm f4 OSS geni.us/7rtb4A
-PolarPro Peter McKinnon VND Edition II (2-5): geni.us/zkHMPgQ
-PolarPro Peter McKinnon VND Edition II (6-9): geni.us/7fCe
Gimbals:
-Zhiyun Crane M3: geni.us/NyJRT6
-Zhiyun Weebill S: amzn.to/30HDK3F
Microphones:
-Sony ECM-B1M Compact Shotgun Microphone: geni.us/KaRG
-RODE VideoMic NTG geni.us/AIKx6Hu
-Rode VideoMic GO II Camera-mount Directional Microphone: geni.us/UrfiR2q
-RODE VideoMicro geni.us/spt1
-DJI Wireless Mic geni.us/q6CZN
-RODE Wireless GO II (2 transmitters and receiver kit): geni.us/RbgBkOA
SD Cards:
(A7Siii / A7iv / ZV-E1)
-Lexar 128gb V90 SD card: geni.us/42wqkLD
(a6400/ZV-E10/aps-c cameras)
-SanDisk 128GB Extreme SD card: geni.us/Aj3fB
-SanDisk 128GB Extreme microSDXC: geni.us/ZP71B
Tripods:
-NEEWER 66 inch Carbon Fiber Tripod: geni.us/Fgaj1
-SIRUI T-0S Series Travel Tripod with B-00 Ball Head: geni.us/Py3gO
-SIRUI Carbon Fiber Travel 5C Tripod (less expensive version): geni.us/v6pWDF
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00:00 Introduction
00:31 NTSC VS PAL
02:06 Menu layout
03:27 Photography Menu Settings
06:13 Photography Shoot modes
15:30 Video Menu Settings
20:48 Tab 3 - Network settings
22:12 Tool Box Settings
26:44 "My Menu" set up
27:33 Custom Buttons
31:25 "Fn" Function menu set up
38:30 S&Q set up
41:58 shutter and aperture dials
43:19 outro

[@SleepyTelly]

I think I may have a problem… I like watching videos about my camera more than actually using it. 😅

[@KyleWattsTV]

Join the club 😆

[@AlexanderKiriaki]

Same 🛶

[@DebraBerry]

Me too!

[@BeadnWithNicoleB]

😂

[@theabilitytochooseyourownt1004]

I think I can relate 😂

[@atharvagaikwad1411]

Manual Mode is insane! Having complete control of focus is blowing my mind. At first, I had no idea how the meter worked, but now it's a game changer. "Taking a Manual Photo from a cheap camera looks like a shot from an expensive one!" This is so true!!

[@KyleWattsTV]

The zve10 is surprisingly good with photography

[@theoldschoolwolf6345]

@@KyleWattsTV yea its my first camera ever and I've been using it basically exclusively for photography with the sigma 30mm f1.4 :) its amazing. Soon I'll try to get some video footage too when I figure out the right settings to try so I can make my own car edits or something

[@dailymarcos]

which lens would you recommend for food photography?@@theoldschoolwolf6345

[@peterbikker896]

Kyle, I'm a bonehead beginner. I know nothing. I went to so many ZV-E10 setting vids on YT with an ever bigger conundrum. You're the only dude that made it easy to use and understandable! Your tuteledge put the U & C in USEABLE CAMERA. Now I'm looking forward to creating photos and vids with my elementary students. Thanks so much! Much Props & Accolades to ya from a US teacher in Taiwan :)

[@KyleWattsTV]

🙏

[@RedAgain2626]

super helpful video! Just unboxed my zv-e10 and this was perfect!

[@filmfinland9691]

THX very much from Finland. Very good video!

[@dmitriik4867]

Thank you so much Kyle! I really enjoyed your explanations of almost all of the menu items, now it makes more sense to me how to set up all things on this camera!

[@Carbon_Wolf18]

Thank you so much cause I just got my zv-e10 today and I had no clue about some of this stuff until I watched your video :)

[@JulianLambert]

Really helpful and comprehensive, thx.

[@beatrizlobbo]

This video is perfect!!! Thank you so much

[@ravicholachagudda5912]

This video is amazing. free education for beginners great job 💯❤❤💥

[@muneeburrehman3929]

Just got me ZV E10 and I found your video really helpful. It's looking like a piece of cake for me now to use the device ❤❤

[@emmam7861]

Best Sony ZV E10 video, was so helpful! Thank you so much for this video! It was SO helpful! I've been looking for so many videos that would explain, and be a step by step video for the Sony ZV E10 camera and none of them were helpful or even well explained. And then, I randomly tapped this one and it turned out to be the best out of the best! It was very well explained, and helped me understand how the camera works so much, and the fact that you took the video into a step by step explanation was amazing! Thank you SO much!

[@KyleWattsTV]

Very glad to have helped!

[@CliffR]

Thanks so much for the awesome detail in this guide

[@Ptpop]

Hi Kyle. Excellent video. I was using my ZVE10 for making KZbin videos. Started using it to make a music video and screwed up all my settings. Your video got me back on track. Thanks.

[@azooz00]

Man your videos are breath of a fresh air.. im just getting started and really like your videos on zv e10 . Keep it up.

[@KyleWattsTV]

🙏

[@gilbertolivas1590]

subscribing after this video. I got this camera for christmas and i’m still learning how to use it! Thank you for the help man

[@KyleWattsTV]

Thanks for watching! Hope the video helps

[@evettemurtha]

Thank you sooo much. this was a very great training

[@LucasMarak]

Thats was great learnt a lot thanks Kyle,tk care ❤

[@irinapokalenko7783]

It's the first training which I think - great, even I am not American. Thank you so much.❤

[@justinadams-turner5238]

thank you so much. Im going to give your settings a try on my trip to Tokyo

[@FernandoCampoi]

One fo the best video i ever seen about ZVE10 setup, it's very helpful. Sony should sponsor you! lol

[@lesliedougan2897]

Thank you kyle Thank you explaining NTSC. Pal. I have watched lots of videos and not one as ever explained the frame rates of the two systems.

[@Ninon]

Thanks for posting this!

[@TheNEWNetworkTV]

Great information...thank you!

[@timbrowntown]

I didn't even think about adding the S&Q framerate to the function menu. Genius!

[@KyleWattsTV]

Big time saver

[@doseofanu.chathu]

Waiting for my sony zv e10 Will be receiving next week, excited 🎉

[@KyleWattsTV]

Awesome!

[@officialbluash]

yoo what a timing after so much waiting and reseaching am finally buying ZVE10 this week and it will be first camera and this video will help a lot as all the previous one's did

[@KyleWattsTV]

It’s a pretty fun camera!

[@DreamSavior893]

Congrats!

[@alessandropaglietti778]

Ottime informazioni grazie😊

[@LS-is5ob]

love the videos on the zve10! i already commented on your other video and was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to shoot broll of a product with this thing? handheld would be amazing, i struggle alot with it :(

[@WorkFromHype]

I appreciate all the ZV E10 content man! It's the camera I used to start YouTubing and I am continually impressed by the footage I am able to capture with it.

[@Shot4ShotPhoto]

I’m purchasing one today after 11 or so years of using a Powershot. I’ve been taking photos and making videos for years, shooting manual the whole time but only have experience with the Powershot and my phone. Do you think I’ll see a noticeable difference?

[@kaibe5241]

@@Shot4ShotPhoto 4k right off the bat, is a HUGE difference and gives you amazing editing capabilities which you wouldn't have on your powershot, just as a starting point.

[@Shot4ShotPhoto]

@@kaibe5241 most definitely. I’ve been using the ZV E10 for a while now and the difference is night and day. Even in slowmo shots, the 1080 is a higher quality than anything my Powershot or iPhone can do. I’m loving it.

[@Prof.waleedkhalid]

Amazing.

[@djcarlo]

keep it up mate

[@LEntrepreneurAfricainINSPIRE]

Good JOB 🎉

[@myriadpro1641]

i absolutely LOVE the sony zv e10 and i dont even own one YET... its the most wide genre camera for cheap CRAZY oppurutunities with it!

[@KyleWattsTV]

Great camera! It’s definitely better than its price. I believe Sony wanted to keep it less expensive to make it a hot selling camera.

[@IndieVR]

Cheers, subbed!

[@namnsoukpanah]

I really do enjoy your contents, premium stuff! What's the photography quality on the ZV E10 camera like? I'm thinking if getting it for my street photography and portrait shots.

[@KyleWattsTV]

Just put out a video on the photography side of this camera! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIDSpoekj7F-g68

[@PaulFeinberg]

Watched the whole thing but didn’t need to lol 😂 great Job!

[@hmmm8271]

thank you sir

[@ancienttekk]

What are best video settings for the 11mm, mines only allows for 25p 100 m & 25p 60 m?

[@mussietube9909]

Hi kyle quick question, i have the same camera.. but how can i keep different settings when i switch from video to photo... i shoot slog but when switch to photo portrait for example i keep the picture profile on it.. and everytime i most change this manualy

[@idrider4748]

Hi I’ve just bought the Sony ZV-10 and found your Vlog page. Very helpful and informative I’m using your recommendations, I’m trying to find the best JPEG image size for vlogging to my KZbin channel. The options I have are L 20M, M 10M and S 5.1M so I’m unsure which would be best, can you advise me please, many thanks

[@KyleWattsTV]

L 20m will have the most data and be the highest quality

[@idrider4748]

Thank you that’s a great help, changing settings as we speak. Keep up the great work

[@procamara359]

Hello do you have any heating problems recording on this camera in 4K 100 Mbits for long time?

[@passha5232]

Very nice explanation good work. I bought camera in jun 2023 when i was following your setting to set up my camera I don't see some of the settings your showing on zve10 i don't know why any idea ? And trying to record in 4k with 24/100 but in my zve10 it has 25/100 or 25/60 but says i need different memory card to support this setting any insight on this? Thanks. My main concern some setting are missing in my camera

[@KyleWattsTV]

If you are outside of North America your camera will be in PAL mode which will give you 25,50,100. The camera doesn’t record the 50/100 in 4k only in 1080 for those. You won’t see 24,60, or 120 cause that’s NTSC mode which works in North America

[@passha5232]

@@KyleWattsTV thank you so much for your reply. But i am in usa. Still i don't see the settings your showing in this video in my new Zv-E10 camera. I even bought Sigma 16mm f1.4 lense along with kit lens but i am so confused between this two lense they are almost has same quality. Any suggestions weather to keep lense are return them as i am beginner in photography. And what is NTSC mode ?

[@SHREDxJUICE]

Is there any way to film in 120fps with S&Q completely uninvolved? Any time I film in 120fps (not in S&Q mode) my videos still come out with half of the video slowed down. I only want to use slomo in post. Any advice would be super helpful!!

[@KyleWattsTV]

S&q will render your clip into slow motion in camera with no audio.

[@manueldeangelis161]

Hi good video, The aspect ratio why choose 3:2 than the others? is a thing that I can be sure with that in post if I may need to respect the resolution settings from IG? Bcz, I need to do a portrait shooting around the city and then after post I need the best settings so I can get the best quality settings to upload pics on IG thanks

[@KyleWattsTV]

The full sensor size is 3:2 so you can always crop in post if you need to

[@manueldeangelis161]

@@KyleWattsTV Ok so you suggest to leave as 3:2 ratio right? I use aperture priority mode also

[@kiki2880]

Finally

[@Juan082998]

Any idea why my camera wouldn't be showing the red stuff like on yours

[@artaara-ns4hf]

Can you clarify the issues which I am facing after shoot there is lots of light difference happening..why I don't know

[@aubreyking3685]

Hey there.. what cage is that on your e10? I cannot seem to find one online..

[@KyleWattsTV]

geni.us/omEfs

[@Ajaysunil]

Bro which lens is better for sony zv e10, tamron 17-70mm f2.8 or the sony 18-105f4. If i had to choose only one lens .

[@KyleWattsTV]

I’m really liking the tamron 17-70 mostly because that f/2.8 and better lowlight, but the 18-105 just has a cool look to it. Plus the added zoom range. And it also does have power zoom that you can control with the zve10 zoom rocker

[@Ajaysunil]

@@KyleWattsTV which lens makes sharp images? Also i think indoor video shooting will matter to me mostly.

[@KyleWattsTV]

@@Ajaysunil the tamron is sharper. Also better inside in low light

[@Ajaysunil]

@@KyleWattsTV ok thank you.

[@revenger681]

Hmm. You mentioned dummy batteries with a plug. I've been curious if I could use a special adapter for long recording sessions. I just bought this as my first ever camera. I hope it'll be good. Now, let me search and find out what a dummy battery is.

[@KyleWattsTV]

amzn.to/4aYpNjw

[@revenger681]

@@KyleWattsTV awesome, thanks!

[@eduardovitor9235]

Hello, can I take photos and film at the same time? como seria isso?

[@KyleWattsTV]

I don’t believe so.

[@BackpackerUmesh]

Hey, does it record 1080p 10bit 4:2:2 in normal recording mode? Not S&Q bcoz S&Q does not record audio...!!!

[@KyleWattsTV]

No the zve10 is an 8 bit camera. You will wanna take a look at the new zv-e1 or a7iv, a7siii or fx30 if you want 10bit

[@PradeepKumar-tq4ev]

How much max time, it is getting for full video record 1080p. Thanks 🙏

[@KyleWattsTV]

There is no record limit on this camera. It will record until the battery dies or the SD card gets full.

[@PradeepKumar-tq4ev]

@@KyleWattsTV that is what I asked. How much time the battery lasting for 1080 p video recording and for 4k. Is there any overheating in 1080p video record. Thanks.

[@KyleWattsTV]

Sony states: When you're shooting outdoors or anywhere without a power supply, you can rely on the camera's battery to power up to 125 minutes of continuous movie shooting or up to 440 still images. If you set the temp setting to high in the menu, you won’t have any overheating issues

[@PradeepKumar-tq4ev]

@@KyleWattsTV oh thanks 😀

[@citi9589]

for only photo! this zve10 o sony a7ii?

[@KyleWattsTV]

Zve10. Way better auto focus

[@LEEKTVV]

The zve10 has a built in flash?

[@KyleWattsTV]

No built in flash. The a6400 and 6500 have a built in flash though

[@LivingwithKathlina]

Hi at 10:14 I don’t see a center focus option only wide zone and flex

[@KyleWattsTV]

The setting in the menu below that called “focus area limit” is where you can select what modes show up in the “focus area” category

[@dominicchen]

What lens is on the camera

[@KyleWattsTV]

The one on the camera in the video is the Tamron 17-70mm

[@aubreyking3685]

looks super-cool. I went with the sigma 18-50. Looks tiny, by comparison.

[@KyleWattsTV]

It’s also a great lens! Very sharp.

[@JAMESDOWDELL-dv9se]

NOTE THAT NTSC HAS NOW BECOME ATSC IN THE USA.

[@user-pg2ge3bo5w]

Please don't skip some settings, I wanna see the bracket mode but u skipped:(

[@JYMBO]

You said the word "Video" 4 times in the first 10 seconds LOL

[@Lonlysky]

first of all thank you, but also telling you that you are running to fast, especially in the end where I am struggling now to understand where you are and what you are doing.