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Sony a7 VvsSony a1 IIvsNikon Z6IIIvsSony RX100 VII
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Sony8of 27 specs better - ×
Sony12of 27 specs better - MOST WINS×
Nikon15of 27 specs better - ×
Sony5of 27 specs better
Biggest differences
Viewfinder resolution
Sony a1 II leads
4×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V3.69 M dots
- Sony a1 II9.44 M dots
- Nikon Z6III5.76 M dots
- Sony RX100 VII2.36 M dots
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Nikon Z6III leads
3×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V30 fps
- Sony a1 II30 fps
- Nikon Z6III60 fps
- Sony RX100 VII20 fps
Battery life
Sony a7 V leads
2.88×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V750 shots
- Sony a1 II520 shots
- Nikon Z6III390 shots
- Sony RX100 VII260 shots
Launch price
Nikon Z6III leads
2.6×
lower is better
- Sony a7 V2,899 USD
- Sony a1 II6,499.99 USD
- Nikon Z6III2,499.95 USD
- Sony RX100 VIINot published
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- ✕
- ✓
- ✓
- ?
Where each one wins
Sony a7 V
- Sensor format
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- 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
- HDMI port type
Nikon Z6III
- Launch price
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- Sensor readout speed
- Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
- Rear screen resolution
- Minimum operating temperature
- HDMI port type
Sony RX100 VII
- Sensor type
- Weight
- Width
- Height
- Depth
What all 4 have
- Log profile support✓
- USB charging & power delivery✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 33 MP
- 50.1 MP
- 24.5 MP
- 20.1 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- 1-inch
Native ISO maximum
- 51,200 ISO5
- 32,000 ISO
- 64,000 ISO
- 12,800 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 15 ms
- Not published
- 14.3 ms
- Not published
Sensor type
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- —
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:910
Lens & Autofocus
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- 2,000 1/s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal18
Video
Viewfinder & Screen
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- Not published
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant33
- Dust and drip resistant
- Not published
Weight
- 695 g
- 743 g
- 760 g
- 302 g
Width
- 130.3 mm
- 136.1 mm
- 138.5 mm
- 101.6 mm
Height
- 96.4 mm
- 96.9 mm
- 101.5 mm
- 58.1 mm
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Not published
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Micro
Notes on 37 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony a1 II, Release date: Announced 19 November 2024; first retail availability was December 2024.
- 2Sony a7 V, High resolution pixel-shift mode: No in-camera pixel shift; Sony's Extended Hi-Res merges burst frames later in its desktop software.
- 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 Z6III, High resolution pixel-shift mode: Pixel-shift frames are merged on a computer in NX Studio, not in the camera.
- 5Sony a7 V, Native ISO maximum: Refers to standard still image shooting prior to ISO expansion.
- 6Sony a7 V, In-body image stabilization: Measured at the center with an FE 50mm F1.2 GM lens mounted per CIPA 2024 standards with long exposure NR off.
- 7Sony a1 II, In-body image stabilization: 8.5 stops is the CIPA centre rating; 7.0 stops at the periphery.
- 8Nikon Z6III, In-body image stabilization: CIPA figure measured with the non-VR NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 120mm.
- 9Sony 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.
- 10Sony RX100 VII, Aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9 and 1:1 sizes are in-camera crop modes over the native 3:2 sensor area.
- 11Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using mechanical shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 12Sony RX100 VII, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The 'Hi' burst setting is electronic-shutter only; 10 fps ('Mid') is the fastest mechanical-shutter continuous rate.
- 13Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (electronic): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using electronic shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 14Nikon Z6III, Continuous shooting (electronic): 60 fps is full-resolution JPEG only; Raw bursts top out at 20 fps, and 120 fps uses a DX crop.
- 15Sony 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.
- 16Sony a1 II, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-capture buffers between 0.03 s and 1 s of frames before full shutter press.
- 17Nikon Z6III, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-Release Capture records JPEG only.
- 18Sony RX100 VII, AF subject detection: Maker names only human and animal recognition (Eye AF / Real-time Tracking); no bird or vehicle categories are listed.
- 19Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 4K frame rate is available in XAVC HS 4K 4:2:0 10-bit mode.
- 20Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate: 4K 100p/120p recording uses a 1.1x crop.
- 21Sony RX100 VII, Video codecs: Both XAVC S and AVCHD recording use MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; there is no HEVC/H.265 option.
- 22Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate (full width): 4K 120p needs an APS-C/Super 35 crop; the full sensor width tops out at 4K 60p.
- 23Sony a1 II, 4K max frame rate (full width): Full-width 4K tops out at 59.94p; 4K 100/120p requires a 1.1x crop.
- 24Sony a1 II, Raw video recording: 16-bit RAW video can only be output over HDMI to an external recorder; no internal RAW recording.
- 25Sony RX100 VII, Raw video recording: Sony's movie-format list contains only XAVC S (H.264) and AVCHD; no raw video output is offered.
- 26Sony RX100 VII, Log profile support: S-Log2, S-Log3 and HLG log gammas are selectable via Picture Profile presets PP1–PP10.
- 27Nikon Z6III, Video dynamic range (log): Nikon states "13+ stops" for N-Log in H.265 10-bit at ISO 800.
- 28Sony a7 V, Viewfinder magnification: Measured with a 50mm lens focused at infinity at -1 m⁻¹.
- 29Sony 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.
- 30Sony a7 V, Battery life: Measured using the LCD monitor under standard CIPA test conditions.
- 31Sony a1 II, Battery life: CIPA rating is 520 shots per charge on the rear LCD; 420 shots with the viewfinder.
- 32Sony RX100 VII, Battery life: 260 shots assume default monitor settings; Sony also lists 310 shots when 'Auto Monitor Off' is set to 2 s.
- 33Sony a1 II, Weather sealing: Sony specifies dust- and moisture-resistant sealing; no formal IP rating is published.
- 34Sony a7 V, Depth: Overall maximum depth including the viewfinder eyepiece is 82.4 mm.
- 35Sony a1 II, Depth: Sony also lists 72.8 mm depth measured from grip to monitor, excluding the grip protrusion.
- 36Nikon Z6III, USB charging & power delivery: In-camera charging and USB power need a USB-PD source such as Nikon's EH-8P.
- 37Sony 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.
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