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Canon EOS R50 VvsSony a1 IIvsSony ZV-E10 IIvsNikon Z9
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Canon5of 28 specs better - MOST WINS×
Sony15of 28 specs better - ×
Sony4of 28 specs better - ×
Nikon13of 28 specs better
Biggest differences
Launch price
Canon EOS R50 V leads
10×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R50 V649 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
- Sony ZV-E10 II999 USD
- Nikon Z95,500 USD
Weight
Canon EOS R50 V leads
3.62×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R50 V370 g
- Sony a1 II743 g
- Sony ZV-E10 II377 g
- Nikon Z91,340 g
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Sony a1 II leads
2.73×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R50 V15 fps
- Sony a1 II30 fps
- Sony ZV-E10 II11 fps
- Nikon Z920 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
Nikon Z9 leads
8×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R50 V4,000 1/s
- Sony a1 II8,000 1/s
- Sony ZV-E10 II8,000 1/s
- Nikon Z932,000 1/s
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift modeonly Sony a1 II
- ?
- ✓
- ✕
- ✕
Where each one wins
Canon EOS R50 V
- Launch price
- Native ISO maximum
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Weight
- Depth
Sony a1 II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- In-body image stabilization
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max video resolution
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- HDMI port type
Sony ZV-E10 II
- Native ISO maximum
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Width
- Height
Nikon Z9
- Sensor format
- Sensor type
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Max video resolution
- 4K max frame rate
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- Minimum operating temperature
- HDMI port type
What all 4 have
- Video bit depth10 bit
- Log profile support✓
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Headphone port✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 24.2 MP
- 50.1 MP
- 26 MP
- 45.7 MP
Sensor format
- APS-C
- Full-frame
- APS-C
- Full-frame
Native ISO maximum
- 32,000 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
- 25,600 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- —
- CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2
- Not published
- —
Lens & Autofocus
Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- 12 fps
- 10 fps
- Not published
- Not published
Continuous shooting (electronic)
- 15 fps
- 30 fps
- 11 fps
- 20 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 32,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, vehicle
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, bird
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
Video
Max video resolution
- 4K
- 8K
- 4K
- 8K
4K max frame rate
- 59.94 fps
- 119.88 fps7
- 60 fps
- 120 fps
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes RAW, N-RAW
Raw video recording
- Not published
- External10
- None
- Internal
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Video dynamic range (log)
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 0 M dots11
- 9.44 M dots
- 0 M dots
- 3.69 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- Not published
- 0.9 x
- Not published
- 0.8 x
Screen size
- 3 in
- 3.2 in
- 3 in
- 3.2 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Multi-angle
- Fully articulated
- Tilting
Rear screen resolution
- 1.04 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.037 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
Weather sealing
- None
- Dust and drip resistant14
- Not published
- Dust and drip resistant
Weight
- 370 g
- 743 g
- 377 g
- 1,340 g
Width
- 119.3 mm
- 136.1 mm
- 114.8 mm
- 149 mm
Height
- 73.7 mm
- 96.9 mm
- 67.5 mm
- 149.5 mm
Depth
- 45.2 mm
- 82.9 mm15
- 54.2 mm
- 90.5 mm
USB charging & power delivery
- Yes16
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
HDMI port type
- Micro
- Full-size
- Micro
- Full-size
Notes on 16 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony a1 II, Release date: Announced 19 November 2024; first retail availability was December 2024.
- 2Sony a1 II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: 4- or 16-shot pixel shift composites are merged with Sony's Imaging Edge Desktop PC software.
- 3Sony a1 II, In-body image stabilization: 8.5 stops is the CIPA centre rating; 7.0 stops at the periphery.
- 4Nikon Z9, In-body image stabilization: The 6.0-stop rating requires Synchro VR, combining in-body 5-axis VR with 2-axis lens VR on compatible lenses.
- 5Sony a1 II, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-capture buffers between 0.03 s and 1 s of frames before full shutter press.
- 6Nikon Z9, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-Release Capture is only available in the C30 and C120 high-speed frame capture modes.
- 7Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate: 4K 100p/120p recording uses a 1.1x crop.
- 8Canon 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.
- 9Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 59.94p; 4K 100/120p requires a 1.1x crop.
- 10Sony a1 II, Raw video recording: 16-bit RAW video can only be output over HDMI to an external recorder; no internal RAW recording.
- 11Canon EOS R50 V, Viewfinder resolution: The EOS R50 V has no built-in electronic viewfinder; framing is done on the rear screen only.
- 12Canon EOS R50 V, Battery life: Canon's CIPA rating uses the supplied LP-E17 battery with the LCD in power-saving mode.
- 13Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 14Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 15Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 16Canon EOS R50 V, USB charging & power delivery: USB charging requires a genuine (authenticated) Canon battery; unauthenticated batteries will not charge over USB.
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