#6 Sony EX1 - Top Ten Cameras of the Digital Age

Watch the full video here: I love this camera. It was the best camera of the pre-DSLR era, and then it’s little brother, the EX1R was born. The EX1R’s body design was nearly flawless, it was packed wiht great functionality, and of any Sony camera I ever used, it had the simplest user menu, and a perfect hardware configuration. It’s 1/2″ TrueHD sensor produces a great image. It includes a super, easy-to-use interval recording feature, and records frame rates up to 60 frames per second. The only downside to the EX1R was that it recorded to Sony’s proprietary SxS media; however, the addition of SxS to SD card adapters some years later, made this our go-to camera for many years. The Sony EX1R was the logical conclusion of cameras like the Sony PD150, Canon XL1, and Panasonic DVX100. The market disruption caused by video DSLRs, made the Sony EX1R a less desirable camera to the masses, but it still has a devoted user base to this day. The Sony EX1R is the onl