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Nikon Z5IICvsCanon EOS R5 Mark IIvsNikon Z6IIIvsSony a7 IV
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Nikon8of 27 specs better - ×
Canon11of 27 specs better - MOST WINS×
Nikon16of 27 specs better - ×
Sony6of 27 specs better
Biggest differences
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Nikon Z6III leads
6×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC30 fps
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II30 fps
- Nikon Z6III60 fps
- Sony a7 IV10 fps
Memory card slots
Canon EOS R5 Mark II & Nikon Z6III & Sony a7 IV tie for the lead
2×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC1 slots
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II2 slots
- Nikon Z6III2 slots
- Sony a7 IV2 slots
Effective pixels
Canon EOS R5 Mark II leads
+84%
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC24.5 MP
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II45 MP
- Nikon Z6III24.5 MP
- Sony a7 IV33 MP
Battery life
Canon EOS R5 Mark II leads
+80%
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC350 shots
- Canon EOS R5 Mark II630 shots
- Nikon Z6III390 shots
- Sony a7 IV580 shots
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift modeonly Nikon Z6III
- ?
- ?
- ✓
- ✕
Where each one wins
Nikon Z5IIC
- Launch price
- Native ISO maximum
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
- Weight
- Height
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
- Effective pixels
- In-body image stabilization
- Sensor type
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Max video resolution
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- HDMI port type
Nikon Z6III
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Native ISO maximum
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Pre-burst capture duration
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Rear screen resolution
- Memory card slots
- Minimum operating temperature
- HDMI port type
Sony a7 IV
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Video dynamic range (log)
- Memory card slots
- Width
- Depth
- HDMI port type
What all 4 have
- Sensor formatFull-frame
- Video bit depth10 bit
- Log profile support✓
- Screen articulationFully articulated
- Weather sealingDust and drip resistant
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Headphone port✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Release date
- 2026-10
- 2024-08
- 2024-06
- 2021-10
Launch price
- 1,399.95 USD
- Not published
- 2,499.95 USD
- 2,499.99 USD
Lens mount
- Nikon Z
- Canon RF
- Nikon Z
- Sony E
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Not published
- Not published
- Yes1
- No
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 24.5 MP
- 45 MP
- 24.5 MP
- 33 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
Sensor readout speed
- Not published
- Not published
- 14.3 ms
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:97
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2
Lens & Autofocus
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4,000 1/s12
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, airplane, vehicle
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird
Video
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 0 M dots
- 5.76 M dots
- 5.76 M dots
- 3.69 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- Not published
- 0.76 x
- 0.8 x
- 0.78 x
Screen size
- 3.2 in
- Not published
- 3.2 in
- 2.95 in24
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
Rear screen resolution
- 1.04 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.04 M dots25
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
Weather sealing
Weight
- 620 g30
- 746 g
- 760 g
- 658 g
Width
- 134 mm
- 138.5 mm
- 138.5 mm
- 131.3 mm
Height
- 80.5 mm
- 101.2 mm
- 101.5 mm
- 96.4 mm
Depth
- 72 mm
- 93.5 mm
- 74 mm
- 69.7 mm31
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes34
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
HDMI port type
- Micro
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Full-size
Notes on 34 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Nikon Z6III, High resolution pixel-shift mode: Pixel-shift frames are merged on a computer in NX Studio, not in the camera.
- 2Nikon Z5IIC, Native ISO maximum: Expanded settings reach ISO 204800 (Hi 1.7); 64000 is the highest standard/native value.
- 3Sony a7 IV, Native ISO maximum: Native range tops out at ISO 51200; 50-204800 requires expanded ISO settings.
- 4Nikon Z5IIC, In-body image stabilization: CIPA 2024 standard: up to 7.5 stops at the frame center, 6.0 stops at the periphery.
- 5Nikon Z6III, In-body image stabilization: CIPA figure measured with the non-VR NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 120mm.
- 6Sony a7 IV, In-body image stabilization: CIPA rating measured with the 50mm F1.4 ZA test lens attached.
- 7Nikon Z5IIC, Aspect ratios: Native FX (36 x 24) stills are 3:2; 1:1 and 16:9 are selectable in-camera image areas.
- 8Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Spec table: extended burst is approx. 14 fps (15 fps with silent mode); rates apply to non-RAW quality.
- 9Sony a7 IV, Continuous shooting (mechanical): 10 fps applies to compressed RAW/JPEG/HEIF; drops to 6 fps for lossless or uncompressed RAW.
- 10Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (electronic): C30 is fixed at JPEG [L]/NORMAL; Nikon advises use of a recommended card.
- 11Nikon Z6III, Continuous shooting (electronic): 60 fps is full-resolution JPEG only; Raw bursts top out at 20 fps, and 120 fps uses a DX crop.
- 12Nikon Z5IIC, Max mechanical shutter speed: The 1/8000 s figure is the overall shutter-speed range; the fastest mechanical speed is 1/4000 s.
- 13Nikon Z5IIC, Pre-burst capture duration: In High-Speed Frame Capture +, Pre-Release Capture is fixed at JPEG [L] NORMAL.
- 14Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Pre-burst capture duration: Up to 15 shots can be buffered before you fully press the shutter, which is about half a second at 30 fps.
- 15Nikon Z6III, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-Release Capture records JPEG only.
- 16Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate: 4K/60p is recorded in a DX (APS-C) crop.
- 17Sony a7 IV, 4K max frame rate: 4K 60p is only available in Super35mm crop; full-frame 4K tops out at 30p.
- 18Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Video codecs: Internal codecs are XF-HEVC S, XF-AVC S and H.264 MP4; ProRes RAW is recorded via HDMI to an external recorder.
- 19Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K/60p uses a DX (APS-C) crop, so full-width 4K recording tops out at 30p.
- 20Sony a7 IV, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K 60p requires the Super35mm crop; full-width 4K is limited to 30p.
- 21Sony a7 IV, Raw video recording: No internal or external raw recording; HDMI output tops out at 10-bit 4:2:2.
- 22Nikon Z6III, Video dynamic range (log): Nikon states "13+ stops" for N-Log in H.265 10-bit at ISO 800.
- 23Sony a7 IV, Video dynamic range (log): Sony's claim for S-Log3 per internal tests; stated as 15+ stops.
- 24Sony a7 IV, Screen size: Sony rates the panel at 2.95in (3.0-type); most sources round to 3in.
- 25Sony a7 IV, Rear screen resolution: 1,036,800 dots; Sony's retail pages round this to 1.03 megadots.
- 26Nikon Z5IIC, Battery life: Approx. 390 shots per charge with [Energy saving (photo mode)] set to ON.
- 27Sony a7 IV, Battery life: 580 shots per charge with the rear LCD; 520 with the EVF.
- 28Nikon Z5IIC, Weather sealing: Complete dust- and drip-resistant performance is not guaranteed in all situations or conditions.
- 29Sony a7 IV, Weather sealing: Dust and moisture resistant but not IP-rated; Sony does not guarantee 100% sealing.
- 30Nikon Z5IIC, Weight: 620 g is with battery and memory card; the body alone weighs approx. 538 g.
- 31Sony a7 IV, Depth: Sony lists 79.8mm total depth; 69.7mm is measured from front grip to rear monitor.
- 32Nikon Z6III, USB charging & power delivery: In-camera charging and USB power need a USB-PD source such as Nikon's EH-8P.
- 33Sony a7 IV, USB charging & power delivery: Charging and USB power delivery work only through the USB Type-C port.
- 34Nikon Z5IIC, Headphone port: Shared 3.5 mm output doubles as remote release; set its function to headphones for monitoring.
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