Jordan and Chris at DPreview posted their comparison of the Nikon, Sony, and Canon camera and I thought I would share some of my thoughts since I shoot on these three cameras. Well, not the A7III but the A7rIII.
There are only a few channels on Youtube that I follow and watch because most people I just don’t trust. DPreview is one of these sources that I think is good. They get things wrong from time to time and they miss things, but for the most part, they are pretty good and I feel like they try to be honest, and that’s the most important thing.
Comparing cameras is very hard and really there is only so much you can do because there is so much potential for each camera if used in a particular way. No two people use the same camera the same, so while one camera might work great for one person, it might be awful for another.
Anyways, I want to share my thoughts on this video which I think is pretty good, but they left out a few things.
Also, about the Pansonic S1. Why was it not included? I think the answer is simple, it’s part of a different generation/class of camera being so much newer than the A7III. It has the superior EVF, the Nikon 3.2″ screen, dual cards, 10-bit recording, superior IBIS. It is the better camera, the only thing is, no phase detection autofocus which will hurt AF performance in some situations.
A7III, Z6, EOS R Comparison
Lenses For The Systems
Before we get started I want to share a quick point about the available lenses for each mount. I don’t necessarily think it’s fair to say Sony has more lenses thus it’s better. Yes, third party companies have been making lenses for Sony, but until this last year, most of those lenses are just DSLR lenses with fused extensions to them. Sigma lenses until last year were mostly DSLR designs adapted with an E-Mount. When you know that and understand this, there is no difference in using a Nikon F lens or a Canon EF lens and if you’re ok adapting here, then Canon and Nikon have a half a century of awesome lenses to choose from.
That being said, the specialty Zeiss lenses, the AF Rokinon lenses and even the new Tamron lenses have a lot to offer for Sony. I still do like a lot of the Sony lenses you can only get for Sony but I don’t think most of these lenses are or will ever be mainstream.
I guess there is a psychological thing where people have an issue with attaching a tube to your lens vs buying a lens that has it fused on already. I personally don’t have a problem with it and I adapt lenses all the time. I shoot with my Canon EF 40mm f2.8 on my EOS R all the time.
The Dual Card Slot Thing
It seems people are finally over making a big deal about the dual card slot thing. Most people actually don’t care. I’ve said this time and time again, but funky firmware is more likely to wipe out both of your cards than corruption. Don’t buy your cards on eBay unless it’s coming from Adorama or a trusted source, and check them by filling them up before you use them. If you’re a wedding photographer shoot with two cameras and multiple cards that you can swap for each event so you don’t lose the whole shoot. It’s really not a big deal.
I personally would prefer one CFexpres card to an SD card as well. High-End UHS-II cards cost just as much as CFexpress cards.
While the Sony A7III has dual card slots, the second slot is only UHS-I. So if you are using backup RAW with that camera, you limit your speeds to UHS-I.
So you can say, hey the Sony has dual card slots, it’s better, but factor in that it gimps the camera down to UHS-I speeds to use it.
UHS-I performance will be unacceptable for some people, but it actually won’t matter for video backup, and it’s pretty cool to have redundancy here if you’re a videographer. But you can get redundancy with the other cameras if you use an external record, but there are some limitations currently with the Nikon Z6. For example, Nikon won’t let you shoot N-Log internally, so if you’re shooting N-Log, you can only go to the external recorder.
Canon EOS R
They did a good job talking about features here and what the camera is all about. But it’s hard talking about the Canon EOS R because there is some magical thing to the camera. It just feels so nice to use. It’s like driving a Porsche or something. It might not be the best on specs but there is something very fun and very satisfying about the camera when using it. I really like mine and it just feels modern and special, it makes me happy. Also, the images render with a uniqueness no other cameras have.
DPreview for whatever reason hates the 4k video crop yet they always shoot on Micro Four Thirds cameras. I’ll never fully understand that. Often the same guys that have build their Youtube career on Micro Four Thirds cameras are the ones complaining the most about the 4k 1.8x crop on the EOS R, it’s a little ironic.
I personally don’t love the fact that there is a huge crop when shooting 4k, but I don’t really consider the EOS R a 4k camera. It’s really tuned for an amazing 1080p. It’s actually the best 1080p image of all the mirrorless cameras because it gives you the highest bitrate at 1080p. 120Mbps internally with the option to go 10-bit out. I was actually shooting my tutorials with the EOS R in 1080p until I got the Ninja V for my Nikon.
I also will say when I’m shooting events with my kids, I always bring my EOS R, because that 4k crop can give me some extra reach on my 24-105 lens. So I can go 1080p when shooting 24mm, or switch to 4k if I need more than 105mm, I love that capability.
The EOS R obviously doesn’t have IBIS but you can supplement that with IS lenses pretty easily and no IBIS in a camera technically will make it more durable.
Nikon Z6
They did a fair comparison here with the Nikon Z6 finally mentioning the superior display and EVF. They never did that in their previous comparisons. But they still left out that the Nikon Z6 has the 3.2″ display vs a 3.0″ display on the Sony and a 3.15″ on the Canon. But they gave the Canon the win because it flips out. I hate those flip out screens personally. It’s one of the reasons I will not be buying an X-T4 and Fujifilm better not put that crap on the X-H2. 🙂
Like Panasonic, Nikon uses a 3.2″ display on most of their full-frame cameras. It makes a big difference. It’s a little shocking Chris didn’t mention that the screen is much larger. Can you imagine a phone comparison video where Linus or someone didn’t lose their mind because one phone was bigger than another? I mean, he will go as far as doing a 30-minute rant just about the Notch on a Pixel phone.
Screen sizes and screen displays are very important today.
I’m not sure why camera comparisons review people always ignore the screen quality. it’s so important especially for landscape photographers or for shooting with manual lenses, like when shooting video. The bigger screen with higher resolution is a game-changer.
The only cameras with the big screens right now are the Nikons and Panasonics. Canon is close with the 3.15″ screen.
DPreview is also still stuck with that trend of saying the Nikon Z6 has that eyelash autofocus issue that a few Youtubers recklessly started. I think this is blown out of proportion as I get this same issue on all my cameras. Believe me, I’ve been watching for this when shooting with my other cameras. Maybe the Nikon does it a touch more, but my Fujifilm and Canon cameras also hit the eyelashes from time to time. Most people just aren’t shooting with fast enough lenses to make this very relevant. Especially if you’re on a kit f4 zoom lens or even an f2.8.
Autofocus, in general, is great with the Z6 – I think DPreview will still play it safe here and say Sony is better. I’m not sure if there is any relevant difference anymore. I tested the Z6 with the A9II side by side last year before the good firmware upgrade of the Z6 and saw no clear difference with the outcome. The Sony display just draw little focus boxes at a faster refresh rate but I didn’t see any noticeable difference shooting 35mm f2.8 with my kids running around like cracked out monkeys.
I bet you the Z6 has better tracking than the A7III. It’s definitely better than my A7rIII.
I would bet you the Z6 is actually better at AF than the A7III at this stage. But nobody compares these two anymore. People now always compare the Z6 to the A9II then say, “see, Sony AF is better.” And those results get applied to the A7III for whatever reason.
I will say, my Z6 smokes my A7rIII in AF performance. Not that it matters, they are both more than good enough.
Sony A7III
This was the camera to beat. Most Youtubers hyped up this camera so hard over these last few years that it’s hard for them to now point out its flaws compared to the other cameras. DPreview will usually tread carefully to save face since a lot of people bought this camera instead of the EOS R or Z6. And if you recommended an A7III over a Z6 as everyone did, you now look kinda dumb because the Z6 turned out to be a significantly better camera that often is on sale for $100 less.
There is still a lot I like about Sony and there is still good reason to pick a Sony over a Nikon Z6 and Z7 or an EOS R. Specs is not one of them. I like the Sony colors for general day to day photography. I don’t like it for landscape but I like it for shooting my family because they keep the image clean. Nikon tries to make some organic film look and Canon sometimes pushes things too hard into the warmer tones. Now for landscape, I much prefer Nikon and Canon to my Sony A7rIII in terms of colors. Ironically my A7rIII is my primary landscape camera still so it doesn’t actually matter that much. But I will say, if you’re starting out, you’ll get a much nicer more organic look out of your Canon or Nikon when shooting landscapes. But I still prefer the Sony look with my kids.
Most of the bad rep Sony got from their “color science” was from bad AWB in their early mirrorless cameras. Nobody has ever complained about Sony color science in the last 20 years they’ve been making digital cameras except when mirrorless came along. Also, color profiles have changed a lot over the years between the different cameras. A Canon 5DII looks nothing like an EOS R.
One thing I like about Sony is they are always on the bleeding edge of introducing new software and technology. I’ve always liked that about Sony and they’ve always made cool stuff. I will say the Sony FF cameras to me have always felt like they didn’t have souls but they are still great as tools for utility photography like Landscape. I think their APS-C cameras are a ton of fun though and they definitely have a soul.
Sony missed pretty hard with the Sony A7rIV, and Canon will now eat their breakfast, lunch and dinner with the R5. I told you guys the A7rIV was a big misstep and it left the market open for the competition. But don’t give up on Sony, expect them to introduce something very mind-blowing in the next few years.
Don’t go switching brands because the Sony A7III is not the best right now. Just wait.
Sony makes smartphones, I would like to see them fuse the two technologies. An Android-powered camera with Google voice controls and auto wifi connection would be cool and Sony is the only company in a position to really pull this off. Also, these new quad Bayer sensors Sony has are really cool and offer a TON of potential for hybrid cameras. Some sort of 40MP quad Bayer sensor that can drop down to 12MP by using the four pixels as one for insane low light shooting could make the next A7sIII mind-blowing. It could potentially be an 8k camera without losing the 4k low light madness that made the A7sII so amazing.
We already see this in Mavic Air II. A full-frame sensor with this tech would be so awesome. Expect it! I also expect some Sony 10-bit RAW codecs for their next generation of cameras.
There is no 10-bit with Sony mirrorless cameras currently, they reserve that for their higher-end video cameras. I’m not sure why so many people dismiss this. To me this is insane and I would never use Sony as a serious video system unless I was pairing it as a B-Cam with an FX9 or something. If I could only have one hybrid camera it would definitely be something that can produce 10-bit internally ideally, but going out 10-bit 4:2:2 to a recorder would nice as well.
People that recommend you 8-bit and tell you it’s fine for prosumer video work don’t know what they are talking about. If I hired a production studio to shoot something for me and they showed up with 8-bit cameras, they would immediately be fired.
But 8-bit it’s fine for a little B-cam or vlogging.
General Thoughts
Expect something great from Sony in the future that is truly unique. This is what Sony is all about. Nikon will continue to Piggyback onto their technology and produce a better camera but Sony will do it first, although Sony is getting a little better at design. After 20 years they finally learned how to weather seal a camera. 🙂
Canon has opened up their sensor technology to third-parties too, so don’t be surprised to see a Nikon with a Canon sensor one day. Canon is making sensors for security systems that are doing very well for them and this will give them R&D cash to drive more sensor development.
Canon is a monster, they are no longer playing around and will try to take some of the sensor market from Sony.
For the hybrid shooter, I’m still thinking Nikon and Panasonic are the best options with Nikon taking the cake for their amazing f1.8 Z lenses.
Conclusions
I think the big flaw with comparing cameras is just that – comparing cameras. Often review channels compare specs and recommend the whole platform based on a few specs in a single camera. And, often how they rate the importance of these specs is based on current trends, created by click-bait outrage videos and posts.
Really it’s such an investment to go with Sony, Canon or Nikon because of your buying into a lens mount. It’s more than just buying a camera.
You should always be looking at what the companies as a whole, what they’ve done in the past, and what to expect from them in the future. Canon, Nikon, and Sony have all positioned themselves very uniquely and their gear does not all cater to the same audience.
If I was a wedding/studio photographer I would go Canon without hesitation for those f2 zoom lenses.
If I was a hobbyist, I would go Sony or Nikon, unless I was going for a super amateur kit then it doesn’t matter as much. Actually, if I was going for an amateur kit I would go maybe Sony or Canon for the cheap lens options.
For hybrid video/stills shooters, Nikon and Panasonic are the best set up right now. Canon could take this though because they make it so easy to use EF lenses and they have nice Cine lenses already. But man, those Z lenses.
Landscape photographers could be happy with any system. Sony puts a decent screen on the A7rIII and A7rIV and the EVF is really good on those cameras. The R5 will be great and the Z7 is also great. Don’t forget the Panasonic S1H, no phase detection pixels is an advantage here. I’d probably lean a little more towards an A7rIII or A7rIV over an EOS R at the moment until we learn more about the R5.
But seriously, buying a camera is like dating a girl, or guy. Don’t just marry the girl cuz she’s hot. Look at his/her family, is their mom nuts, is their dad an alcoholic. You are not just marrying the guy/girl, you’re joining the family. The same is true with buying into a camera company, you are joining that family.
Is the company doing things or has a history of doing things that are compelling and interesting to your taste. To me the biggest thing I hate about Sony is their community online is absolutely abhorrent and it’s pushed me away from the system a little, I also hate their insanely aggressive refresh cycle that Fujifilm is now doing. So you buy a camera and a year and a half later it’s outdated.
I feel like Nikon is the gentlemen’s club. Canon, Panasonic, and Fujifilm are sorts of ambivalent but the Fujifilm community has started going down the path of the dark side, but for the most part, the Fujifilm community seems like they are just a bunch of artists looking to have fun.
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Hi Alik,
Thank you for your insight. You made me laught with the nut girlfriend’s mother and her alcoholic dad 😀
🙂
Dear Alik,
First of all, great post! Thanks for sharing your insights concerning this debate! I agree that camera suitability is a very personal preference. As far as I’m concerned, all camera companies are killing it right now, even though the market isn’t doing very well.
I am very excited to have stumbled onto your website! I jumped from a Fujifilm XT20 (and had an X-E2 before that) and bought a Canon RP about a year ago. I found you through your post on all available RF lenses, which is something that I’ve been searching for for a while now! I’m happy that there are a lot more 3rd party lenses available for the RF mount, even if they are just manual lenses at the moment.
I’m still trying to master the learning curve for the Canon RP. It’s great to own a more affordable and compact full frame sensor–as someone who shoots indoors often, I find that crop sensors tend to limit my shooting (even though I know that there are workarounds!). However, I do miss the dial-in capabilities of the Fujifilm bodies and their small lenses, and (in another post) I think you might be right about the focus-peaking of Fujifilm being better. Still, I’m excited by Canon’s prospects; and as frustrating as it was for me as a user, I’m glad that Fujifilm stick with their guns, namely APS-C and medium format.
I’ll be looking forward to more of your content and wisdom! In the meantime, I will be browsing your back catalog…
All the best,
Judy
Thanks Judy. I rented that RP last year for about a week and had a lot of fun with it. I shot a lot with the 35mm f1.8 and it was a great combo. The camera is just so fun to hold and shoot, if I didn’t already have the R I would have been tempted by it for sure, just for fun casual stuff.
How’s it going Alik,
I’m glad you made this post. I’ve been on the fence between the X-T3 and the Z6. I’ve had the X-T3 and the 23mm f/1.4 but sold it because I thought I wanted to go full frame and got the EOS R. Big mistake. Did not like the controls and the lens selection wasn’t for me. I actually miss my X-T3, the way it handled fit me well but full frame is always tempting me.
With that said, I’m considering the Z6. I like the lens selection and the controls seem like they’re the closest to how the Fuji handles when compared to Canon and Sony.
I only take pictures of my family, my growing child, the occasional portrait session, and street photography with the buddies sometimes. I’m a hobbyist at best.
I was pricing out the body and lenses and Fuji’s 1.4 primes cost pretty much the same as Nikon’s 1.8 primes. I think paying the difference to be in a full frame system is not that bad in this scenario. I would just be giving up the small form factor if I go with Nikon as the primes look quite long.
As a long time Fuji user and now someone who has taken a liking to the Nikon Z system, what are your thoughts with choosing between the two? And do you think the Z6 is kind of big for everyday use for family stuff (if paired with the Z 35mm)?
Thanks in advance!
Interesting insight about “I feel like Nikon is the gentlemen’s club. Canon, Panasonic, and Fujifilm are sorts of ambivalent” What do you think about Leica? Do you interested to try their camera/lenses ? 🙂
I would love to try Leica, but they’re a bit out of my price range. It’s sort of a different crowd completely, although their mirrorless cameras are looking pretty cool.
Hey Alik, I always read your articles with interest.
Something about the description of your experience with the EOS R caught my eye. You say:
In a recent article though, from March 2020, you said something different, referring to the EOS R. It actually seems to go in the opposite direction:
I’d be curious to know why your experience with this camera is described in such a different way on two posts that are only a couple of months apart.
Is there anything that make you reconsider? Thank you!
This is mostly in reference to customization and fluidity of use. Changing modes etc.
I still love the R but yes, but after using my Z6 more I see it’s been setup a little better and is easier to use.
And this mostly is an issue for me if I’m shooting a lot of versatility and want to switch things around a lot, landscape and street. If I’m just shooting street or with my kids and it’s set one way, it’s great. If I need to swap around my minimum shutter speeds or go into manual or into video, it gets a little difficult.
I can also set up all my cameras to be very similar, but not the Canon, It has to be the Canon way. If you only use the Canon all the time it’s ok, but if you switch around, it takes a little bit to get the muscle memory back. After using all the system the most I’m finding the Z6 to be the most fluid. (with a few issues as well, they don’t let you put whatever you want on whatever dial as Sony does) Fujifilm systems are also good depending on the camera. Canon’s controls and positioning and feel of everything is actually really nice and natural but I just wish there were other ways to quickly engage some features like Bracketing or the ISO minimum shutter. Also, when I”m switching between focus zone modes, which I do all the time, I still occasionally get hung up. It’s like one click twist the dial, it’s super fast if you get really good at it, to the Nikon level even. So I still puts these two above any other brand, but for some reason, and I can’t figure out why, I always get hung up. Maybe I’m pushing the button twice or not hard enough, I”m not sure but I find I always have to stop what I’m doing and check when I change focus modes or else I’m accidentally changing AWB or something if I’m not careful and try to do it without looking.
And like that touch dial, you have to just be super careful with it. I do like it though. The surface is just too smooth so it’s hard to control.
Little things like that. If I was only using the EOS R, which I did a lot when it came out it’s fine.
However, since I started using the Z6 back in around mid 2019, it’s kind of showed me that there are better ways of doing it and it’s sort of changed how I feel about every other camera. Like I never though I would care for the two function buttons next to the lens mount, but man, they are so useful. I can really change how I use things to do things very quickly. So now all the other cameras kind of feel clunky by comparison. Even the Canon. Like on the Nikon, it’s just one flick, of your thumb and you’re in video mode. Canon you have to push 2 buttons. Not a big deal at all, but you still have to stop what you’re doing and look.
And I have to say, I also own an old BMW. It’s so fun to drive love it, but clunky as hell, I have the old E46 with the SMG clutch. If I drive it all the time it’s fine, but I didn’t drive it for like a year, and getting back into it, man, it takes some getting use too.
Love the Canon’s though! Always will be a Canon fan 🙂 That R6 and that 85mm f2 is tempting me so hard.
Were you thinking of going Canon and this made you doubt?
Thanks for taking the time to elaborate on your take regarding these two cameras.
My question wasn’t directly linked to a decision in that sense. I was genuinely interested in the reasons behind your words, so I appreciate you going into the details.
I’m pretty much brand agnostic, and my cameras come and go. I don’t collect anything, but alongside the joy of documenting my life and the life of those around me, I really like to tinker, to test, to buy, to sell, etc.
I don’t feel the weight of labels like ‘GAS’ or ‘FOMO’ or whatever acronym might be used to describe this approach to photography. As long as it stays healthy and self-contained (by making sure this doesn’t affect my financial stability for example) I’m happy trying all the cameras I can get my hands on. Every now and then I also manage to take a picture I’m not embarrassed to share.
Alongside two Fujifilm cameras (X-T3 and X-H1) I currently own a Canon EOS R and an old Canon 6D (for some reason I still like to shoot with it every now and then, it feels very much like meditation when I do).
I like all these cameras: the Canon ones because of the deliberate and calm approach they inspire me to take when I shoot, the Fujifilm ones because they are less obtrusive, more… familiar (for the lack of a better word).
I got curious about the Nikon Z6, which is probably why I felt like engaging with this specific article.
I might end up renting one and see how I feel about that. Again, not really because I expect any progress in my photography by doing that, but just because that’s what I like to do: to try new cameras and eventually keep them until a new one will take their place 🙂
Running this blog I try to keep at least one camera from each brand to keep me grounded. I will say over time I go through phases over which camera I like and don’t like, there is a little flow to it. And I like adding a little spice to the articles rather than making this super dry and technical. Obviously I have to be careful doing that.
All these cameras are so good now all you can really do it nit pick over little features. Sometimes when you write articles about them comparing features, it sounds like a big deal, like one camera is better than the other, but in the end it’s not a huge deal at all. It all depends on what a photographer is looking for for the way he shoots and there is an overall unspoken feel or personality to each camera.
Lately I’ve been loving Nikon because of the f1.8 weather sealed lenses and how quickly and fluid the user interface is. Early 2019, I was loving the EOS R. 2018 I was all over my A7rIII, which I still shoot with a lot when I can.
I’ve owned every Sony A7r camera as my primary system since 2013, but it made me so frustrated when all they gave us for an A7rIV was a higher res sensor and a slightly redesigned body, when I was really hoping they would do something more similar to the Canon R5. So this turned me off to Sony as I though this was a money grab from them. I liked my A7rIII for the versatility, but Sony didn’t expand on that in any way. They made it less versatile by adding a bigger sensor with bigger files that we weren’t asking for. It’s very hard to actually get 61MP of resolution out of a full frame sensor. You won’t get it if your hand held or in low light, unless you’re on a tripod with long exposures.
Then there is the usability of Sony and Fujifilm. Both use to use smaller and lighter batteries, for their small cameras so they were so fun with the vertical grips. Now they upgraded the batteries and the grips make the package too heavy, but the cameras feel too small for me without the grips. It’s a weird thing but if I walk around shooting for 4 or 5 hours it really makes a difference.
Then Fujifilm kind of annoyed me by releasing the X-T4 only 1.5 years after the X-T3. Strange that they built two family cameras with the same processor, and now the X-T3 is discontinued and no new firmware. The X-T4 is really the X-H2 but they’re calling it a T4 for whatever reason and now us X-T3 users only got 1.5 years of firmware updates.
So when I write comparisons, little frustrations I get with the brands sometimes leaks into my articles. ( lately I’m frustrated with Fujifilm for reasons above ). But I mostly do lens reviews, so I probably won’t really do camera brand comparisons too much more unless it’s just listing specs (it’s not that fun). I really don’t want to be part of the tribalism that articles like this bring about but they are good for those that are brand agnostic I think. Especially if I can touch on what it’s like actually using the cameras for a year. Most people when comparing cameras also don’t point out that some cameras drop to 12-bit RAW when shooting burst, or if there is lossless compression or not. things like that I think are important.
And this year I spent a bit of time writing articles a little in favor of Nikon, since their cameras are great and are still often overlooked by the big reviews.
Then as an experiment early this year I wrote some articles being a little hyperbolic to test the community. I found that if I write trashy articles that lean negative, they get way more traffic, which is very interesting, but I lost some of my credibility. So I won’t do that anymore. 🙂 Gatta find a balance. But it was a super interesting experiment.
I just spent a lot of time this year writing pro Nikon articles to sort of help people see the good with the Nikon Z cameras and try them out. The Z system really is a great system, and hopefully the Z6s and Z7s will give everyone everything they want. People have been appreciating them and most people love their Z cameras when they buy them. Gatta help out Nikon a little since they absolutely suck at marketing.
Anyways, that’s what’s been going on in my world. Going forward I’m trying to keep it clean with mostly focusing on the artistic side of photography and lens reviews. That’s my goal anyway.
Alik, I stumbled upon this post while checking memory cards, and I appreciate your perspective. I’m tempted to go FF soon, and my odds of going Sony are about 99%. Those inexpensive Tamron, Samyang, Sigma, and other lenses are too good to pass up! I would probably like the handling of the Z or RF cameras a bit better, but at the end of the day it’s the difference between affording F2.8 zooms and F4.0 zooms. As a hobbyist, I can’t afford the prices for Z and RF glass, while Tamron will happily sell me a 28-200mm travel and UWA F2.8 zooms for much less than the price of one Canon F2.8 zoom.
If Sony never opened up their mount I’d probably go for a Z5 for handling, but Canon and Nikon really need cheaper third-party glass. I’ve flirted with Fuji, but every time I try and draw up a list the Fuji camera and lenses cost more than full frame!
Funny, a buddy of mine were just talking this topic this morning about how NIkon needs to open up to Tamron asap. So many people are going to Sony because of cheap lenses.
It’s a good call though. After seeing the new direction Sony is going with the A7sIII with the new menu and improvements to literally everything, they’re going to keep pumping out some really cool bodies and competitive cameras. In the future I’m thinking of swapping my A7rIII for maybe an A7IV, then swapping my Z6 for the next Z7s. Keep Sony as my run and gun camera and use Nikon as my landscape machine. But we’ll see what happens. And your right about Fuji. A lot of people buy into Fuji to try to compete with the Full frame offerings and it’s just not up to par. Fuji is great for going with the small primes.
Hi Alik, If you don’t mind, can you offer some advice? I am a mom with two children in theater productions throughout the year and I am looking to upgrade my Canon 6D with a camera that offers silent shooting. I’m hoping I don’t end up with banding issues, but that option would be nice to have. I would also like to shoot handheld video from time to time. I’m on the fence between a Nikon Z6 and and Eos R. I have two EF primes already but I’m worried about no stabilization for video in the R. The Z6 is much cheaper at the moment with its kit lens. Also, which camera has the better built-in mic? I know I would need an external mic for the best audio, but I really don’t want to draw attention to myself in the theater with a big setup, you know? Which one would you choose if you were in my shoes. I’m just a hobbyist by the way. Thanks so much!