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Sony a7 VvsNikon Z9vsNikon ZR
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Biggest differences
Weight
Nikon ZR leads
2.13×
lower is better
- Sony a7 V695 g
- Nikon Z91,340 g
- Nikon ZR630 g
Max mechanical shutter speed
Nikon Z9 leads
4×
higher is better
- Sony a7 V8,000 1/s
- Nikon Z932,000 1/s
- Nikon ZRNot published
Launch price
Sony a7 V leads
−47%
lower is better
- Sony a7 V2,899 USD
- Nikon Z95,500 USD
- Nikon ZRNot published
Effective pixels
Nikon Z9 leads
+87%
higher is better
- Sony a7 V33 MP
- Nikon Z945.7 MP
- Nikon ZR24.5 MP
Features not all of them have
High resolution pixel-shift modeonly Nikon ZR
- ✕
- ✕
- ✓
Where each one wins
Sony a7 V
- Launch price
- Native ISO maximum
- In-body image stabilization
- Continuous shooting (electronic)
- Pre-burst capture duration
- 4K max frame rate (full width)
- Viewfinder resolution
- Screen articulation
- Battery life
- Width
- HDMI port type
Nikon Z9
- Effective pixels
- Sensor type
- Max mechanical shutter speed
- Pre-burst capture duration
- Max video resolution
- 4K max frame rate
- Raw video recording
- Viewfinder resolution
- Viewfinder magnification
- Minimum operating temperature
- HDMI port type
Nikon ZR
- High resolution pixel-shift mode
- Native ISO maximum
- Raw video recording
- Screen size
- Rear screen resolution
- Weight
- Height
- Depth
What all 3 have
- Sensor formatFull-frame
- Video bit depth10 bit
- Log profile support✓
- Memory card slots2 slots
- Weather sealingDust and drip resistant
- USB charging & power delivery✓
- Headphone port✓
Every spec
Red marks the better value in each row.
Overview
Release date
- 2025-12
- 2021-12
- Not published
Launch price
- 2,899 USD
- 5,500 USD
- Not published
Lens mount
- Sony E
- Nikon Z
- Nikon Z
High resolution pixel-shift mode
- No1
- No
- Yes
Sensor & Image
Effective pixels
- 33 MP
- 45.7 MP
- 24.5 MP
Sensor format
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
- Full-frame
Native ISO maximum
- 51,200 ISO2
- 25,600 ISO
- 51,200 ISO
Sensor readout speed
- 15 ms
- Not published
- Not published
Sensor type
- Partially-stacked CMOS
- Stacked CMOS
- CMOS
Aspect ratios
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
- —
- 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 16:9
Lens & Autofocus
Continuous shooting (mechanical)
- 10 fps5
- Not published
- Not published
Continuous shooting (electronic)
- 30 fps6
- 20 fps
- 20 fps
Max mechanical shutter speed
- 8,000 1/s
- 32,000 1/s
- Not published
Pre-burst capture duration
- 1 s
- 1 s7
- 0 s
AF subject detection
- Human, animal, bird, insect, car, train, airplane
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
- Human, animal, bird, car, train, airplane, motorcycle
Video
Max video resolution
- 4K
- 8K
- 6K
4K max frame rate
- 119.88 fps8
- 120 fps
- 119.88 fps
Video codecs
- H.264, HEVC
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes RAW, N-RAW
- HEVC, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes RAW, N-RAW
4K max frame rate (full width)
- 60 fps9
- 30 fps
- Not published
Raw video recording
- None
- Internal
- Internal
Video bit depth
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
- 10 bit
Log profile support
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Video dynamic range (log)
- Not published
- Not published
- 15 stops
Viewfinder & Screen
Viewfinder resolution
- 3.69 M dots
- 3.69 M dots
- 0 M dots
Viewfinder magnification
- 0.78 x10
- 0.8 x
- Not published
Screen size
- 3.2 in
- 3.2 in
- 4 in
Screen articulation
- Multi-angle
- Tilting
- Fully articulated
Rear screen resolution
- 2.1 M dots
- 2.1 M dots
- 3.07 M dots
Handling & Power
Battery life
- 750 shots11
- 740 shots
- Not published
Memory card slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
- 2 slots
Weather sealing
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
- Dust and drip resistant
Weight
- 695 g
- 1,340 g
- 630 g
Width
- 130.3 mm
- 149 mm
- 134 mm
Height
- 96.4 mm
- 149.5 mm
- 80.5 mm
Depth
- 72.3 mm12
- 90.5 mm
- 49 mm
USB charging & power delivery
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Minimum operating temperature
- 0 °C
- -10 °C
- 0 °C
Headphone port
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
HDMI port type
- Full-size
- Full-size
- Micro
Notes on 12 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.
- 2Sony a7 V, Native ISO maximum: Refers to standard still image shooting prior to ISO expansion.
- 3Sony 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.
- 4Nikon Z9, In-body image stabilization: The 6.0-stop rating requires Synchro VR, combining in-body 5-axis VR with 2-axis lens VR on compatible lenses.
- 5Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (mechanical): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using mechanical shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 6Sony a7 V, Continuous shooting (electronic): Maximum continuous shooting speed achieved using electronic shutter in Hi+ mode.
- 7Nikon Z9, Pre-burst capture duration: Pre-Release Capture is only available in the C30 and C120 high-speed frame capture modes.
- 8Sony a7 V, 4K max frame rate: Maximum 4K frame rate is available in XAVC HS 4K 4:2:0 10-bit mode.
- 9Sony 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.
- 10Sony a7 V, Viewfinder magnification: Measured with a 50mm lens focused at infinity at -1 m⁻¹.
- 11Sony a7 V, Battery life: Measured using the LCD monitor under standard CIPA test conditions.
- 12Sony a7 V, Depth: Overall maximum depth including the viewfinder eyepiece is 82.4 mm.
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