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Sony a7 VvsPanasonic LUMIX S1IIvsNikon Z8vsSony RX100 VII
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Sony9of 27 specs better - ×
Panasonic12of 27 specs better - MOST WINS×
Nikon15of 27 specs better - ×
Sony5of 27 specs better
Biggest differences
Continuous shooting (electronic)
Panasonic LUMIX S1II leads
3.5×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V30 fps
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II70 fps
- Nikon Z830 fps
- Sony RX100 VII20 fps
Weight
Sony RX100 VII leads
3.01×
lower is better
- Sony a7 V695 g
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II800 g
- Nikon Z8910 g
- Sony RX100 VII302 g
Pre-burst capture duration
Nikon Z8 leads
300×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V1 s
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II1.5 s
- Nikon Z8300 s
- Sony RX100 VIINot published
Battery life
Sony a7 V leads
2.88×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V750 shots
- Panasonic LUMIX S1II360 shots
- Nikon Z8Not published
- Sony RX100 VII260 shots
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- ✕
- ✓
- ✓
- ?
Where each one wins
Sony a7 V
- Launch price
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- Rear screen resolution
- Battery life
- HDMI port type
Panasonic LUMIX S1II
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Sensor format
- Native ISO maximum
- In-body image stabilization
- Sensor readout speed
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- 4K max frame rate
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Minimum operating temperature
- HDMI port type
Nikon Z8
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Effective pixels
- Sensor format
- Sensor type
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Max video resolution
- 4K max frame rate
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder magnification
- Screen size
- Screen articulation
- 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
- 24.1 MP
- 45.7 MP
- 20.1 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- 1-inch
Native ISO maximum
- 51,200 ISO3
- 51,200 ISO
- 25,600 ISO
- 12,800 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 15 ms
- 14.6 ms7
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9, 2:1, 65:24
- 3:2, 1:1, 16:9
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:98
Lens & Autofocus
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 8,000 1/s
- 8,000 1/s
- Not published
- 2,000 1/s
Pre-burst capture duration
- 1 s
- 1.5 s
- 300 s14
- Not published
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird, train, airplane, motorcycle, vehicle
- Human, animal15
Video
Max video resolution
- 4K
- 6K
- 8K
- 4K
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422, ProRes RAW
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes RAW, N-RAW
- H.26418
Raw video recording
- None
- Internal
- Internal
- None21
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- Not published
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes22
Video dynamic range (log)
- Not published
- 15 stops
- Not published
- Not published
Viewfinder & Screen
Handling & Power
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- Not published
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
- Not published
Weight
- 695 g
- 800 g
- 910 g
- 302 g
Width
- 130.3 mm
- 134 mm
- 144 mm
- 101.6 mm
Height
- 96.4 mm
- 102 mm
- 118.5 mm
- 58.1 mm
Depth
- 72.3 mm28
- 92 mm
- 83 mm
- 42.8 mm
USB charging & power delivery
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes29
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Not published
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Micro
Notes on 29 values — test conditions and caveats
- 1Sony 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.
- 2Panasonic LUMIX S1II, High resolution pixel-shift mode: The full 96MP composite needs a tripod; handheld shooting caps at 48MP.
- 3Sony a7 V, Native ISO maximum: Refers to standard still image shooting prior to ISO expansion.
- 4Sony 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.
- 5Nikon Z8, In-body image stabilization: The 6.0-stop figure applies only with Synchro VR-compatible Nikkor Z lenses; the standard body rating is 5.5 stops.
- 6Sony 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.
- 7Panasonic LUMIX S1II, Sensor readout speed: Measured by DPReview using the electronic shutter in 14-bit stills mode.
- 8Sony RX100 VII, Aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9 and 1:1 sizes are in-camera crop modes over the native 3:2 sensor area.
- 9Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using mechanical shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 10Sony RX100 VII, Continuous shooting (mechanical): The 'Hi' burst setting is electronic-shutter only; 10 fps ('Mid') is the fastest mechanical-shutter continuous rate.
- 11Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (electronic): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using electronic shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 12Nikon Z8, Continuous shooting (electronic): Full-resolution JPEG bursts reach 30 fps; 14-bit RAW bursts top out at 20 fps.
- 13Sony 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.
- 14Nikon Z8, Pre-burst capture duration: The 300 s Pre-Release Capture buffer arrived with firmware 2.0; launch firmware allowed 30 s.
- 15Sony RX100 VII, AF subject detection: Maker names only human and animal recognition (Eye AF / Real-time Tracking); no bird or vehicle categories are listed.
- 16Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 4K frame rate is available in XAVC HS 4K 4:2:0 10-bit mode.
- 17Panasonic LUMIX S1II, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 120 fps in 4K requires recording in MOV format at a 24.00Hz system frequency.
- 18Sony RX100 VII, Video codecs: Both XAVC S and AVCHD recording use MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; there is no HEVC/H.265 option.
- 19Sony 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.
- 20Panasonic 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.
- 21Sony RX100 VII, Raw video recording: Sony's movie-format list contains only XAVC S (H.264) and AVCHD; no raw video output is offered.
- 22Sony RX100 VII, Log profile support: S-Log2, S-Log3 and HLG log gammas are selectable via Picture Profile presets PP1–PP10.
- 23Sony a7 V, Viewfinder magnification: Measured with a 50mm lens focused at infinity at -1 m⁻¹.
- 24Nikon Z8, Screen articulation: Nikon's 4-axis monitor tilts both vertically and horizontally but does not swing out like a fully articulated screen.
- 25Sony 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.
- 26Sony a7 V, Battery life: Measured using the LCD monitor under standard CIPA test conditions.
- 27Sony RX100 VII, Battery life: 260 shots assume default monitor settings; Sony also lists 310 shots when 'Auto Monitor Off' is set to 2 s.
- 28Sony a7 V, Depth: Overall maximum depth including the viewfinder eyepiece is 82.4 mm.
- 29Sony 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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