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Canon EOS R6 Mark IIIvsCanon EOS R50 VvsSony a1 IIvsCanon EOS R50
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Biggest differences
Launch price
Canon EOS R50 V leads
10×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III2,799 USD
- Canon EOS R50 V649 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
- Canon EOS R50679.99 USD
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Canon EOS R6 Mark III leads
2.67×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III40 fps
- Canon EOS R50 V15 fps
- Sony a1 II30 fps
- Canon EOS R5015 fps
Effective pixels
Sony a1 II leads
2.07×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III32.5 MP
- Canon EOS R50 V24.2 MP
- Sony a1 II50.1 MP
- Canon EOS R5024.2 MP
Weight
Canon EOS R50 V leads
2.01×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III699 g
- Canon EOS R50 V370 g
- Sony a1 II743 g
- Canon EOS R50375 g
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift modeonly Sony a1 II
- ✕
- ?
- ✓
- ?
Log profile support
- ✓
- ✓
- ✓
- ✕
Headphone port
- ✓
- ✓
- ✓
- ✕
Where each one wins
Canon EOS R6 Mark III
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- In-body image stabilization
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Log profile support
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Canon EOS R50 V
- Launch price
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Log profile support
- Weight
- Height
- Depth
- Headphone port
Sony a1 II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Max video resolution
- Log profile support
- Viewfinder resolution
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Memory card slots
- Weather sealing
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Canon EOS R50
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Viewfinder magnification
- Width
What all 4 have
- Video bit depth10 bit
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Minimum operating temperature0 °C
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 32.5 MP
- 24.2 MP
- 50.1 MP
- 24.2 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- APS-C
- Full-frame
- APS-C
Native ISO maximum
- 64,000 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 13.2 ms
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- CMOS
- —
- CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
Lens & Autofocus
Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- 12 fps
- 12 fps
- 10 fps
- 12 fps
Continuous shooting (electronic)
- 40 fps
- 15 fps
- 30 fps
- 15 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 8,000 1/s
- 4,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 4,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle10
- Human, animal, vehicle
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, bird, vehicle
Video
Max video resolution
- 7K11
- 4K
- 8K
- 4K
4K max frame rate
- 119.9 fps
- 59.94 fps
- 119.88 fps12
- 29.97 fps
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit18
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No19
Video dynamic range (log)
- 15 stops20
- Not published
- Not published
- Not published
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 3.69 M dots
- 0 M dots21
- 9.44 M dots
- 2.36 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- 0.76 x
- Not published
- 0.9 x
- 0.95 x
Screen size
- 3 in
- 3 in
- 3.2 in
- 2.95 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Multi-angle
- Fully articulated
Rear screen resolution
- 1.6 M dots
- 1.04 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.62 M dots
Handling & Power
Notes on 34 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony a1 II, Release date: Announced 19 November 2024; first retail availability was December 2024.
- 2Canon EOS R50, Launch price: US RRP at launch as listed by Trusted Reviews; the page does not state whether it is body-only.
- 3Sony a1 II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: 4- or 16-shot pixel shift composites are merged with Sony's Imaging Edge Desktop PC software.
- 4Canon EOS R6 Mark III, In-body image stabilization: 8.5 stops is Canon's best-case center rating with certain RF lenses; peripheral and other lenses see less, down to 7.5 stops.
- 5Sony a1 II, In-body image stabilization: 8.5 stops is the CIPA centre rating; 7.0 stops at the periphery.
- 6Canon EOS R50, In-body image stabilization: No in-body stabilisation; shake control relies on lens IS or Movie Digital IS.
- 7Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Pre-burst capture duration: Works only in the 40 fps electronic-shutter mode; Canon states it as up to 20 frames.
- 8Sony a1 II, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-capture buffers between 0.03 s and 1 s of frames before full shutter press.
- 9Canon EOS R50, Pre-burst capture duration: No pre-capture mode appears anywhere in Canon's official R50 specifications, so it is treated as absent.
- 10Canon EOS R6 Mark III, AF subject detection: Car detection is tuned for racing cars, per Canon.
- 11Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Max video resolution: 7K is available only in RAW Video mode; standard MP4 recording tops out at 4K.
- 12Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate: 4K 100p/120p recording uses a 1.1x crop.
- 13Canon EOS R6 Mark III, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K 120p uses the full width but is not oversampled; oversampled 4K tops out at 60p.
- 14Canon 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.
- 15Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 59.94p; 4K 100/120p requires a 1.1x crop.
- 16Sony a1 II, Raw video recording: 16-bit RAW video can only be output over HDMI to an external recorder; no internal RAW recording.
- 17Canon EOS R50, Raw video recording: Canon lists only MP4 recording with H.264 or HEVC; no raw video is offered internally or externally.
- 18Canon EOS R50, Video bit depth: Standard Rec.709 recording is 8-bit; 10-bit output requires HDR PQ to be switched on.
- 19Canon EOS R50, Log profile support: No Canon Log profile; HDR PQ (a PQ gamma curve) is available instead, which is not a log curve.
- 20Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Video dynamic range (log): Canon's claim of 15+ stops in its Canon Log profiles, not a lab measurement.
- 21Canon EOS R50 V, Viewfinder resolution: The EOS R50 V has no built-in electronic viewfinder; framing is done on the rear screen only.
- 22Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Battery life: 620 shots is CIPA's rating using the rear LCD (not the viewfinder) at 23°C; real-world results vary.
- 23Canon EOS R50 V, Battery life: Canon's CIPA rating uses the supplied LP-E17 battery with the LCD in power-saving mode.
- 24Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 25Canon EOS R50, Battery life: CIPA test with the supplied LP-E17 in power-saving mode; viewfinder shooting is rated at about 310 shots.
- 26Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 27Canon EOS R50, Weather sealing: Canon's own spec sheet also lists water/dust resistance as not provided, so treat the body as unsealed.
- 28Canon EOS R50, Weight: Black body with battery and card per CIPA; the white version is 376 g with battery and card.
- 29Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 30Canon EOS R6 Mark III, USB charging & power delivery: USB-C charging and power need a capable USB-PD source such as Canon's PD-E2; not every power bank works.
- 31Canon EOS R50 V, USB charging & power delivery: USB charging requires a genuine (authenticated) Canon battery; unauthenticated batteries will not charge over USB.
- 32Canon EOS R50, USB charging & power delivery: USB-C charging works with the supplied LP-E17; unauthenticated third-party batteries may not charge.
- 33Canon EOS R50, Minimum operating temperature: Rated operating range is 0–40 °C at up to 85% humidity.
- 34Canon EOS R50, Headphone port: Canon's full port list covers USB-C, mic-in, HDMI micro and the shoe only — no headphone jack.
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