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Canon EOS R6 Mark IIIvsPanasonic LUMIX S1IIvsSony a1 IIvsRicoh GR IV
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Canon11of 30 specs better - ×
Panasonic12of 30 specs better - MOST WINS×
Sony14of 30 specs better - ×
Ricoh6of 30 specs better
Biggest differences
Launch price
Ricoh GR IV leads
4.34×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III2,799 USD
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II3,199 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
- Ricoh GR IV1,499 USD
Weight
Ricoh GR IV leads
3.05×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III699 g
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II800 g
- Sony a1 II743 g
- Ricoh GR IV262 g
Battery life
Canon EOS R6 Mark III leads
2.48×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III620 shots
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II360 shots
- Sony a1 II520 shots
- Ricoh GR IV250 shots
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Panasonic LUMIX S1II leads
2.33×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III40 fps
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II70 fps
- Sony a1 II30 fps
- Ricoh GR IVNot published
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- ✕
- ✓
- ✓
- ?
Headphone port
- ✓
- ✓
- ✓
- ✕
Where each one wins
Canon EOS R6 Mark III
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Sensor readout speed
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Panasonic LUMIX S1II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Sensor format
- Sensor type
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Pre-burst capture duration
- 4K max frame rate
- Raw video recording
- Memory card slots
- Minimum operating temperature
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Sony a1 II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Max video resolution
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Memory card slots
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Ricoh GR IV
- Launch price
- 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
- 32.5 MP
- 24.1 MP
- 50.1 MP
- 25.74 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- APS-C
Native ISO maximum
- 64,000 ISO
- 51,200 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
- 204,800 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 13.2 ms
- 14.6 ms8
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- —
- CMOS9
Aspect ratios
- 3:2
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9, 2:1, 65:24
- 3:2
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:910
Lens & Autofocus
Video
Max video resolution
- 7K17
- 6K
- 8K
- 1080p
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422, ProRes RAW
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264
Raw video recording
- Internal
- Internal
- External23
- None
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- Not published
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Not published
Video dynamic range (log)
- 15 stops24
- 15 stops
- Not published
- Not published
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 3.69 M dots
- 5.76 M dots
- 9.44 M dots
- 0 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- 0.76 x
- 0.78 x
- 0.9 x
- Not published
Screen size
- 3 in
- 3 in
- 3.2 in
- 3 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Multi-angle
- Fixed
Rear screen resolution
- 1.6 M dots
- 1.84 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.037 M dots
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots28
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant29
- Not published
Weight
- 699 g
- 800 g
- 743 g
- 262 g
Width
- 138.4 mm
- 134 mm
- 136.1 mm
- 109.4 mm
Height
- 98.4 mm
- 102 mm
- 96.9 mm
- 61.1 mm
Depth
- 88.4 mm
- 92 mm
- 82.9 mm30
- 32.7 mm
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
- Not published
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Full-size
- None33
Notes on 33 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony a1 II, Release date: Announced 19 November 2024; first retail availability was December 2024.
- 2Ricoh GR IV, Launch price: Launch MSRP per the review; Ricoh's US store currently lists $1,599.95.
- 3Panasonic LUMIX S1II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: The full 96MP composite needs a tripod; handheld shooting caps at 48MP.
- 4Sony a1 II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: 4- or 16-shot pixel shift composites are merged with Sony's Imaging Edge Desktop PC software.
- 5Canon 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.
- 6Sony a1 II, In-body image stabilization: 8.5 stops is the CIPA centre rating; 7.0 stops at the periphery.
- 7Ricoh GR IV, In-body image stabilization: Ricoh's 6.0-stop rating applies at frame centre; periphery is rated 4.0 stops (CIPA 2024).
- 8Panasonic LUMIX S1II, Sensor readout speed: Measured by DPReview using the electronic shutter in 14-bit stills mode.
- 9Ricoh GR IV, Sensor type: The sensor is a back-illuminated (BSI) CMOS type; mapped to 'cmos' as no BSI option is listed.
- 10Ricoh 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.
- 11Ricoh GR IV, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The review cites 4 fps continuous without specifying shutter type.
- 12Ricoh 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.
- 13Canon 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.
- 14Sony a1 II, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-capture buffers between 0.03 s and 1 s of frames before full shutter press.
- 15Canon EOS R6 Mark III, AF subject detection: Car detection is tuned for racing cars, per Canon.
- 16Ricoh GR IV, AF subject detection: Only face/eye detection is offered; no animal or vehicle subject recognition is listed.
- 17Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Max video resolution: 7K is available only in RAW Video mode; standard MP4 recording tops out at 4K.
- 18Panasonic LUMIX S1II, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 120 fps in 4K requires recording in MOV format at a 24.00Hz system frequency.
- 19Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate: 4K 100p/120p recording uses a 1.1x crop.
- 20Canon 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.
- 21Panasonic LUMIX S1II, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K at 120fps requires an approximate 1.24x sensor crop; 60fps is the fastest at full sensor width.
- 22Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 59.94p; 4K 100/120p requires a 1.1x crop.
- 23Sony a1 II, Raw video recording: 16-bit RAW video can only be output over HDMI to an external recorder; no internal RAW recording.
- 24Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Video dynamic range (log): Canon's claim of 15+ stops in its Canon Log profiles, not a lab measurement.
- 25Canon 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.
- 26Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 27Ricoh GR IV, Battery life: CIPA-rated at 23°C with a fully charged DB-120 battery.
- 28Ricoh GR IV, Memory card slots: Single microSD slot, plus 53 GB internal memory that cannot record to both at once.
- 29Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 30Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 31Canon 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.
- 32Ricoh GR IV, USB charging & power delivery: Battery charges and camera draws power in-body over USB-C; fast charging needs a USB-PD adapter.
- 33Ricoh GR IV, HDMI port type: Video output is DisplayPort over USB-C; there is no HDMI connector.
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