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Sony a7 VvsCanon EOS R50 VvsNikon Z8vsRicoh GR IV
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Sony13of 30 specs better - ×
Canon3of 30 specs better - MOST WINS×
Nikon20of 30 specs better - ×
Ricoh5of 30 specs better
Biggest differences
Launch price
Canon EOS R50 V leads
6.16×
lower is better
- Sony a7 V2,899 USD
- Canon EOS R50 V649 USD
- Nikon Z83,999.95 USD
- Ricoh GR IV1,499 USD
Weight
Ricoh GR IV leads
3.47×
lower is better
- Sony a7 V695 g
- Canon EOS R50 V370 g
- Nikon Z8910 g
- Ricoh GR IV262 g
Battery life
Sony a7 V leads
3×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V750 shots
- Canon EOS R50 V480 shots
- Nikon Z8Not published
- Ricoh GR IV250 shots
Pre-burst capture duration
Nikon Z8 leads
300×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V1 s
- Canon EOS R50 VNot published
- Nikon Z8300 s
- Ricoh GR IVNot published
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift modeonly Nikon Z8
- ✕
- ?
- ✓
- ?
Headphone port
- ✓
- ✓
- ✓
- ✕
Where each one wins
Sony a7 V
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Viewfinder resolution
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Canon EOS R50 V
- Launch price
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Headphone port
Nikon Z8
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- Sensor type
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Max video resolution
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- Minimum operating temperature
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Ricoh GR IV
- Native ISO maximum
- Weight
- Width
- Height
- Depth
What all 4 have
- USB charging & power delivery✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 33 MP
- 24.2 MP
- 45.7 MP
- 25.74 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- APS-C
- Full-frame
- APS-C
Native ISO maximum
- 51,200 ISO3
- 32,000 ISO
- 25,600 ISO
- 204,800 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 15 ms
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
- CMOS7
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:98
Lens & Autofocus
Video
Max video resolution
- 4K
- 4K
- 8K
- 1080p
4K max frame rate
- 119.88 fps16
- 59.94 fps
- 120 fps
- Not published
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes RAW, N-RAW
- H.264
Raw video recording
- None
- Not published
- Internal
- None
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- Not published
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Not published
Video dynamic range (log)
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Viewfinder & Screen
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots25
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- None
- Dust and drip resistant
- Not published
Weight
- 695 g
- 370 g
- 910 g
- 262 g
Width
- 130.3 mm
- 119.3 mm
- 144 mm
- 109.4 mm
Height
- 96.4 mm
- 73.7 mm
- 118.5 mm
- 61.1 mm
Depth
- 72.3 mm26
- 45.2 mm
- 83 mm
- 32.7 mm
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- Not published
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Micro
- Full-size
- None29
Notes on 29 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Ricoh GR IV, Launch price: Launch MSRP per the review; Ricoh's US store currently lists $1,599.95.
- 2Sony a7 V, High resolution pixel-shift mode: No in-camera pixel shift; Sony's Extended Hi-Res merges burst frames later in its desktop software.
- 3Sony a7 V, Native ISO maximum: Refers to standard still image shooting prior to ISO expansion.
- 4Sony a7 V, In-body image stabilization: Measured at the center with an FE 50mm F1.2 GM lens mounted per CIPA 2024 standards with long exposure NR off.
- 5Nikon Z8, In-body image stabilization: The 6.0-stop figure applies only with Synchro VR-compatible Nikkor Z lenses; the standard body rating is 5.5 stops.
- 6Ricoh GR IV, In-body image stabilization: Ricoh's 6.0-stop rating applies at frame centre; periphery is rated 4.0 stops (CIPA 2024).
- 7Ricoh GR IV, Sensor type: The sensor is a back-illuminated (BSI) CMOS type; mapped to 'cmos' as no BSI option is listed.
- 8Ricoh GR IV, Aspect ratios: 3:2 is native to the 23.3 x 15.5 mm sensor; 4:3, 1:1 and 16:9 are in-camera crop modes.
- 9Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using mechanical shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 10Ricoh GR IV, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The review cites 4 fps continuous without specifying shutter type.
- 11Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (electronic): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using electronic shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 12Nikon Z8, Continuous shooting (electronic): Full-resolution JPEG bursts reach 30 fps; 14-bit RAW bursts top out at 20 fps.
- 13Ricoh GR IV, Max mechanical shutter speed: 1/4000 s requires F5.6 or a smaller aperture; at F2.8 the limit is 1/2500 s.
- 14Nikon Z8, Pre-burst capture duration: The 300 s Pre-Release Capture buffer arrived with firmware 2.0; launch firmware allowed 30 s.
- 15Ricoh GR IV, AF subject detection: Only face/eye detection is offered; no animal or vehicle subject recognition is listed.
- 16Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 4K frame rate is available in XAVC HS 4K 4:2:0 10-bit mode.
- 17Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K 120p needs an APS-C/Super 35 crop; the full sensor width tops out at 4K 60p.
- 18Canon EOS R50 V, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 29.97 fps; 4K 50p/60p uses a crop to 64% of the sensor's horizontal area.
- 19Canon EOS R50 V, Viewfinder resolution: The EOS R50 V has no built-in electronic viewfinder; framing is done on the rear screen only.
- 20Sony a7 V, Viewfinder magnification: Measured with a 50mm lens focused at infinity at -1 m⁻¹.
- 21Nikon Z8, Screen articulation: Nikon's 4-axis monitor tilts both vertically and horizontally but does not swing out like a fully articulated screen.
- 22Sony a7 V, Battery life: Measured using the LCD monitor under standard CIPA test conditions.
- 23Canon EOS R50 V, Battery life: Canon's CIPA rating uses the supplied LP-E17 battery with the LCD in power-saving mode.
- 24Ricoh GR IV, Battery life: CIPA-rated at 23°C with a fully charged DB-120 battery.
- 25Ricoh GR IV, Memory card slots: Single microSD slot, plus 53 GB internal memory that cannot record to both at once.
- 26Sony a7 V, Depth: Overall maximum depth including the viewfinder eyepiece is 82.4 mm.
- 27Canon EOS R50 V, USB charging & power delivery: USB charging requires a genuine (authenticated) Canon battery; unauthenticated batteries will not charge over USB.
- 28Ricoh GR IV, USB charging & power delivery: Battery charges and camera draws power in-body over USB-C; fast charging needs a USB-PD adapter.
- 29Ricoh GR IV, HDMI port type: Video output is DisplayPort over USB-C; there is no HDMI connector.
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