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Canon EOS R6 Mark IIIvsPanasonic LUMIX S1IIvsSony a1 II
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Biggest differences
Viewfinder resolution
Sony a1 II leads
2.56×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III3.69 M dots
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II5.76 M dots
- Sony a1 II9.44 M dots
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
Launch price
Canon EOS R6 Mark III leads
2.32×
lower is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III2,799 USD
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II3,199 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
Effective pixels
Sony a1 II leads
2.08×
higher is better
- Canon EOS R6 Mark III32.5 MP
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II24.1 MP
- Sony a1 II50.1 MP
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- ✕
- ✓
- ✓
Where each one wins
Canon EOS R6 Mark III
- Launch price
- Native ISO maximum
- In-body image stabilization
- Sensor readout speed
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Battery life
- Weight
Panasonic LUMIX S1II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Sensor type
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Pre-burst capture duration
- 4K max frame rate
- Raw video recording
- Width
- Minimum operating temperature
Sony a1 II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- In-body image stabilization
- Max video resolution
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Height
- Depth
What all 3 have
- Sensor formatFull-frame
- Max mechanical shutter speed8,000 1/s
- Video bit depth10 bit
- Log profile support✓
- Memory card slots2 slots
- Weather sealingDust and drip resistant
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Headphone port✓
- HDMI port typeFull-size
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 32.5 MP
- 24.1 MP
- 50.1 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
Native ISO maximum
- 64,000 ISO
- 51,200 ISO
- 32,000 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 13.2 ms
- 14.6 ms6
- Not published
Sensor type
- CMOS
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- —
Aspect ratios
- 3:2
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9, 2:1, 65:24
- 3:2
Lens & Autofocus
Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- 12 fps
- 10 fps
- 10 fps
Continuous shooting (electronic)
- 40 fps
- 70 fps
- 30 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle9
- Human, animal, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
Video
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 3.69 M dots
- 5.76 M dots
- 9.44 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- 0.76 x
- 0.78 x
- 0.9 x
Screen size
- 3 in
- 3 in
- 3.2 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Fully articulated
- Multi-angle
Rear screen resolution
- 1.6 M dots
- 1.84 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant20
Weight
- 699 g
- 800 g
- 743 g
Width
- 138.4 mm
- 134 mm
- 136.1 mm
Height
- 98.4 mm
- 102 mm
- 96.9 mm
Depth
- 88.4 mm
- 92 mm
- 82.9 mm21
USB charging & power delivery
- Yes22
- Yes
- Yes
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Full-size
Notes on 22 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony a1 II, Release date: Announced 19 November 2024; first retail availability was December 2024.
- 2Panasonic LUMIX S1II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: The full 96MP composite needs a tripod; handheld shooting caps at 48MP.
- 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.
- 6Panasonic LUMIX S1II, Sensor readout speed: Measured by DPReview using the electronic shutter in 14-bit stills mode.
- 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 R6 Mark III, AF subject detection: Car detection is tuned for racing cars, per Canon.
- 10Canon EOS R6 Mark III, Max video resolution: 7K is available only in RAW Video mode; standard MP4 recording tops out at 4K.
- 11Panasonic LUMIX S1II, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 120 fps in 4K requires recording in MOV format at a 24.00Hz system frequency.
- 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.
- 14Panasonic 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.
- 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 R6 Mark III, Video dynamic range (log): Canon's claim of 15+ stops in its Canon Log profiles, not a lab measurement.
- 18Canon 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.
- 19Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 20Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 21Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 22Canon 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.
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