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Nikon Z5IICvsSony a1 IIvsRicoh GR IVvsSony RX100 VII
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Nikon7of 26 specs better - MOST WINS×
Sony17of 26 specs better - ×
Ricoh3of 26 specs better - ×
Sony3of 26 specs better
Biggest differences
Launch price
Nikon Z5IIC leads
4.64×
lower is better
- Nikon Z5IIC1,399.95 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
- Ricoh GR IV1,499 USD
- Sony RX100 VIINot published
Weight
Ricoh GR IV leads
2.84×
lower is better
- Nikon Z5IIC620 g
- Sony a1 II743 g
- Ricoh GR IV262 g
- Sony RX100 VII302 g
Native ISO maximum
Ricoh GR IV leads
16×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC64,000 ISO
- Sony a1 II32,000 ISO
- Ricoh GR IV204,800 ISO
- Sony RX100 VII12,800 ISO
Effective pixels
Sony a1 II leads
2.49×
higher is better
- Nikon Z5IIC24.5 MP
- Sony a1 II50.1 MP
- Ricoh GR IV25.74 MP
- Sony RX100 VII20.1 MP
Features not all of them have
Headphone port
- ✓
- ✓
- ✕
- ?
Where each one wins
Nikon Z5IIC
- Launch price
- Sensor format
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
- Headphone port
Sony a1 II
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- In-body image stabilization
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Max video resolution
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- Memory card slots
- Headphone port
- HDMI port type
Ricoh GR IV
- Native ISO maximum
- Weight
- Depth
Sony RX100 VII
- Sensor type
- Width
- Height
What all 4 have
- USB charging & power delivery✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Lens & Autofocus
Video
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 0 M dots
- 9.44 M dots
- 0 M dots
- 2.36 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- Not published
- 0.9 x
- Not published
- 0.59 x
Screen size
- 3.2 in
- 3.2 in
- 3 in
- 3 in
Screen articulation
- Fully articulated
- Multi-angle
- Fixed
- Tilting32
Rear screen resolution
- 1.04 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 1.037 M dots
- 0.92 M dots
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 1 slots
- 2 slots
- 1 slots37
- Not published
Weight
- 620 g40
- 743 g
- 262 g
- 302 g
Width
- 134 mm
- 136.1 mm
- 109.4 mm
- 101.6 mm
Height
- 80.5 mm
- 96.9 mm
- 61.1 mm
- 58.1 mm
Depth
- 72 mm
- 82.9 mm41
- 32.7 mm
- 42.8 mm
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- Not published
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes44
- Yes
- No
- Not published
HDMI port type
- Micro
- Full-size
- None45
- Micro
Notes on 45 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.
- 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.
- 4Nikon Z5IIC, Native ISO maximum: Expanded settings reach ISO 204800 (Hi 1.7); 64000 is the highest standard/native value.
- 5Nikon Z5IIC, In-body image stabilization: CIPA 2024 standard: up to 7.5 stops at the frame center, 6.0 stops at the periphery.
- 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).
- 8Sony RX100 VII, In-body image stabilization: Sony rates the optical (lens-shift) SteadyShot at 4.0 stops at the 200 mm telephoto end, not a body-only CIPA figure.
- 9Ricoh GR IV, Sensor type: The sensor is a back-illuminated (BSI) CMOS type; mapped to 'cmos' as no BSI option is listed.
- 10Nikon Z5IIC, Aspect ratios: Native FX (36 x 24) stills are 3:2; 1:1 and 16:9 are selectable in-camera image areas.
- 11Ricoh 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.
- 12Sony RX100 VII, Aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9 and 1:1 sizes are in-camera crop modes over the native 3:2 sensor area.
- 13Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Spec table: extended burst is approx. 14 fps (15 fps with silent mode); rates apply to non-RAW quality.
- 14Ricoh GR IV, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The review cites 4 fps continuous without specifying shutter type.
- 15Sony RX100 VII, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The 'Hi' burst setting is electronic-shutter only; 10 fps ('Mid') is the fastest mechanical-shutter continuous rate.
- 16Nikon Z5IIC, Continuous shooting (electronic): C30 is fixed at JPEG [L]/NORMAL; Nikon advises use of a recommended card.
- 17Sony RX100 VII, Continuous shooting (electronic): Blackout-free 20 fps continuous includes AF/AE tracking; the separate 'Single Burst' mode takes 7 shots at up to 90 fps.
- 18Nikon Z5IIC, Max mechanical shutter speed: The 1/8000 s figure is the overall shutter-speed range; the fastest mechanical speed is 1/4000 s.
- 19Ricoh 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.
- 20Nikon Z5IIC, Pre-burst capture duration: In High-Speed Frame Capture +, Pre-Release Capture is fixed at JPEG [L] NORMAL.
- 21Sony a1 II, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-capture buffers between 0.03 s and 1 s of frames before full shutter press.
- 22Ricoh GR IV, AF subject detection: Only face/eye detection is offered; no animal or vehicle subject recognition is listed.
- 23Sony RX100 VII, AF subject detection: Maker names only human and animal recognition (Eye AF / Real-time Tracking); no bird or vehicle categories are listed.
- 24Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate: 4K/60p is recorded in a DX (APS-C) crop.
- 25Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate: 4K 100p/120p recording uses a 1.1x crop.
- 26Sony RX100 VII, Video codecs: Both XAVC S and AVCHD recording use MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; there is no HEVC/H.265 option.
- 27Nikon Z5IIC, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K/60p uses a DX (APS-C) crop, so full-width 4K recording tops out at 30p.
- 28Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 59.94p; 4K 100/120p requires a 1.1x crop.
- 29Sony a1 II, Raw video recording: 16-bit RAW video can only be output over HDMI to an external recorder; no internal RAW recording.
- 30Sony RX100 VII, Raw video recording: Sony's movie-format list contains only XAVC S (H.264) and AVCHD; no raw video output is offered.
- 31Sony RX100 VII, Log profile support: S-Log2, S-Log3 and HLG log gammas are selectable via Picture Profile presets PP1–PP10.
- 32Sony RX100 VII, Screen articulation: Screen tilts up about 180° for selfies and down about 90°; it does not swing outward like a fully articulated display.
- 33Nikon Z5IIC, Battery life: Approx. 390 shots per charge with [Energy saving (photo mode)] set to ON.
- 34Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 35Ricoh GR IV, Battery life: CIPA-rated at 23°C with a fully charged DB-120 battery.
- 36Sony RX100 VII, Battery life: 260 shots assume default monitor settings; Sony also lists 310 shots when 'Auto Monitor Off' is set to 2 s.
- 37Ricoh GR IV, Memory card slots: Single microSD slot, plus 53 GB internal memory that cannot record to both at once.
- 38Nikon Z5IIC, Weather sealing: Complete dust- and drip-resistant performance is not guaranteed in all situations or conditions.
- 39Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 40Nikon Z5IIC, Weight: 620 g is with battery and memory card; the body alone weighs approx. 538 g.
- 41Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 42Ricoh GR IV, USB charging & power delivery: Battery charges and camera draws power in-body over USB-C; fast charging needs a USB-PD adapter.
- 43Sony RX100 VII, USB charging & power delivery: In-body USB charging and power supply work over the Multi/Micro-USB (USB 2.0) terminal — not USB-C.
- 44Nikon Z5IIC, Headphone port: Shared 3.5 mm output doubles as remote release; set its function to headphones for monitoring.
- 45Ricoh GR IV, HDMI port type: Video output is DisplayPort over USB-C; there is no HDMI connector.
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