the new Sony a6400.

This was just announced by Sony

and we're getting a chance to check it out early.

This is due out in February,

so if you're watching this video

and this camera is already out,

I'll put some links in the description

where you can check out some future videos

that I'll be making with this camera.

This is a huge upgrade from the a6300

and a small upgrade from the a6500,

which has been my go-to recommended vlogging camera

for the past few years.

Actually have that camera right here.

This thing has been on so many adventures.

It's been around the world

and it has been such an incredible camera.

So, judging by body styles, the 6500 and the 6400

look very, very similar,

but there was one huge factor that are 6400 has

that the 6500 does not have,

is a flip up screen.

I know!

This is something that we have been begging Sony to do

in any of their full-frame or mirrorless options.

A lot of the times, you can't see what you're filming

and most of us, we're always filming ourselves

or we're filming on the go.

And there's been so many times in hotels

that I forgot my little monitor

and I'll have to film a video

and just hope that I'm in frame.

The only way that I can kinda see you guys

is if there's a mirror.

I have to go like this to see in the mirror, to see you.

It's really quite silly.

This is such an exciting, exciting thing

and that I think a lot of you guys are really,

really gonna love.

For most of my videos this past year,

I did upgrade to the a7III, which is an incredible camera.

So that camera has been pretty much my main camera

when I'm out and about.

That wasn't good.

Maybe I just don't like this club.

It's just not sized right from my body.

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For these videos that I film like this,

these are all filmed on the a7S II.

Now this isn't a full frame camera like a7III

but it is the latest generation APS-C mirrorless

in the Sony Alpha family.

Look at that.

You guys can see yourself.

This is so great, I'm so glad they finally decided

to add a flip screen.

So this style flip screen isn't entirely new to Sony.

They have the RX100 Mark V.

As you can see here, it has a very similar style

so they basically just replicated what they did

on the RX100 and attached that to the 6400.

One of the challenges with this is

if you have an external microphone

you won't be able to see the screen if you use it.

So this is my normal setup, it just have a microphone

that attaches to here.

This is one of my favorite microphones

because it does work for Sony's hot shoe so you don't

don't need to use any plugs or anything,

it just automatically works.

So as you can see, that's gonna pose a bit of a problem.

But the good thing is when I am filming,

I can still see if I'm in frame or in focus,

even though that microphone is in the way.

One of the things though is these cameras

have really good onboard audio.

So I did a test with the microphone and without

the microphone and you can see there is a difference.

So it's definitely not something that is necessary

in every condition.

So the setup that I'm currently using.

This is a little bit not really the most practical

because I can't actually see myself too well.

But I can see enough to know if I'm in frame or not.

This is a very simple setup.

This is usually my go to,

even though I can't fully see the screen, it still works.

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So I popped off the microphone to see what the

onboard audio sounds like sounds like

and this is what it's sounds like

in comparison to using this microphone

that was on top of it.

Oh my gosh, I love this flip-up screen so much.

It's just like, "finally you've arrived!"

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If you're outside or you're worried

that there's gonna be wind,

I would recommend using a microphone.

We also put together a few vlogging rig options.

So if you do wanna add an external mic

and still be able to see your screen,

this is something that I will probably be using

pretty frequently, especially when I travel.

And honestly I cannot recommend this microphone enough

because it will also work with a hot shoe,

but it will also comes with the cable.

So if you do decide to use this setup

you can just plug the microphone in

directly to the audio input.

So this is my current setup

I have this side mounted bracket.

This does make the camera a little bit bigger

but you're gonna have better audio.

You still gonna be able to see your screen up here

and Jenna also has a very interesting setup.

She's got the flip-up screen.

And this is kind of a side option

which I actually really like this too,

because I feel like I love being able to hold my camera

from the bottom.

I like both options.

It's gonna be interesting to see what you guys end up doing.

I have this bad habit already

of looking up at the screen instead of looking here.

Reminder to you guys don't look at the screen.

Look at the lens.

But you can look at the screen

when like you know, you're not filming anything.

One of the main highlights and probably most of you guys

are wondering, how much does this thing cost?

You might also be wondering why you have tape all over it.

I have it taped because this camera isn't officially

out yet, so I didn't want people to know

what I was filming with.

The price for just the body is $900,

which is actually really good

because the price of this Sony RX100 is almost like 1000,

maybe even over 1000 if you get some of the other packages.

So not only are you getting an incredible camera

which you are getting the option

to have interchangeable lenses, which is huge

because you can change the look of your videos

so easily by switching out lenses.

Obviously that's not new information to most of you

but for some of you, it may be.

With the 16 to 50 millimeter lens

that will run you 1100 dollars

and with this current rig that I have on right now,

this will run you 1300

and this is the 18 to 135 millimeter lens.

I really like this lens.

It's great, it's super versatile

and even though it is an 18 millimeter

it'll probably act as about a 24 millimeter

when you're holding it out filming yourself.

It's just the right length to fit yourself in frame

and yet have some zoom options

to be able to get up and close

to get really cool close up shots of people.

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That autofocus, crispy!

This is my first test of a6400.

I'm using a super simple setup right now.

No microphone, no nothing.

Just the simple 18 to 135 lens.

It is, there Shana, hi!

- Hello.

- 135, 18

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This is the lens, we just call it a little pancake

because that's basically what it looks like.

It's so cute and so small.

So if you are looking to save some money

but still wanna get a fairly decent lens

I would definitely recommend this, it gets the job done.

It also makes your camera super, super light.

This is so light like, I can't believe it.

I'm so used to vlogging on the a73 for the past year.

This is just so magical!

Another really cool thing is this does interval

shooting for time lapses which is huge.

So you'll be able to create 4K time lapses.

You can shoot in .jpeg and raw.

So, depending upon what quality you're looking for

you can make the choice or you can shoot with both.

The intervals can be set anywhere from one to 60 seconds

and you can shoot from one to 9999 shots.

Most of the new cameras that Sony has been releasing

they've removed the PlayMemories app from the camera

so we used to use that a lot to do time lapse videos

and photos and all kinds of things.

But now that option isn't available.

Being able to have built-in interval shooting is incredible.

Sony will shortly be releasing some software

so it'll make it super easy to put those together

on your phone or on your computer,

but you can just use Final Cut or Premier

or if you guys have a Time Lapse App already

that does it for you, you could use that.

This now has an S&Q option

which is right here on the wheel.

This is something that most of the higher end cameras have

and that stands for slow and quick.

This allows you to easily create slo-mo videos.

This was available on the previous version of the 6500,

but it wasn't here on the menu dial like this.

This is something that I use so often on my a73.

So it's really great to be able to just flip that switch,

go to the S&Q and on this camera

you can film 120 frames a second in slo-mo

and another little trick that I like to do

is if you turn the frame rate to one

that will also allow you to do time lapse videos.

Obviously the time lapse video on the S&Q setting

isn't as good as if you do the interval shooting

because you're getting those high res photos.

You can tell the quality difference.

So, this one was shot on interval shooting.

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And this was shot on one frame a second, the S&Q option.

The S&Q option is super easy, super simple.

It basically makes the video for you

so you don't have to do any post production,

but if you do want that higher quality video

I definitely recommend trying out the interval shooting.

This will shoot 4K, 30 frames a second

and also 24 frames so I would love to hear a show of hands,

who likes 30 and who likes 24.

Leave those in the comments below.

As I said, you can also shoot full HD

in 120 frames a second, also 60 frames a second.

You can also do 4K HDR HLG.

It also has support for S-Log2 and S-Log3.

So if you are looking to color grade some of your footage

that is something that this will be able

to provide you with.

As you can see here,

this is what it looks like normally

and this is what it looks like color graded

a little bit in Final Cut.

Something else that is new in this camera

is you can do proxy recording.

So most of my videos I shoot in 4K

and I just take those 4K clips

and I edit those directly on my computer.