Hi, Would you say that Canon R6 face/eye autofocus is significantly more sticky than what Sony a7 IV / a7c can do ? Click to expand... Never used A7c but this is essentially A7III with newer firmware. A7IV has more processing power and even newer firmware based on A1 so I'd expect it to be ... More on dpreview.com

Hi, Would you say that Canon R6 face/eye autofocus is significantly more sticky than what Sony a7 IV / a7c can do ? Click to expand... Never used A7c but this is essentially A7III with newer firmware. A7IV has more processing power and even newer firmware based on A1 so I'd expect it to be ... More on dpreview.com

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I just made this switch actually lol. I switched because of other reasons though. Those being that the rolling shutter on the A7IV is real bad and the ibis is almost nonexistent. The Canon is more pleasurable to use, I could feel that right away. The ergonomics are unbelievably good on the Canon. As for video, well, the Canon has 4k60 without a crop which can be awesome for recording slow motion b-roll without worrying about trying to reframe a shot. So that’s nice. It also has 1080180. Which is unique. There are pros and cons to both but I feel the cons on the Sony are bigger than the Canon’s. For instance, the Canon only shoots in IPB. It doesn’t have all-i. Will you notice a difference? Probably not but if you zoom in to 200% and pixel peep, the Sony may have a slight edge in sharpness when using all-i over a compressed codec. The A7IV has a sensor readout speed of 27ms. That means any panning, tracking subjects, or shakiness will cause the static vertical lines in your shot to tilt or wobble. I experienced this recently on a shoot with my A7IV. An hour of footage with panning and tracking from a car was unusable. It ruined the project. This is something I consider to be a way bigger con over a tiny loss in sharpness in video. Same goes for ibis. The ibis doesn’t really do much on the Sony, and the active mode crops in a decent amount. But the canon combines its ibis with optical lens stabilization and creates a really steady looking video and sharper images at lower shutter speeds. So you can do a lot more handheld shots and leave the gimbal and tripod at home. Though this does come with a caveat at the current moment. Any lens wider than 24mm on the Canon will show wobbles in the corners of your video from the ibis. Some people don’t care as it isn’t overly noticeable, but it is there and you gotta take extra care to be as steady as possible to mitigate those odd looking wobbles. Canon could fix this with a firmware update and I hope they do, but that doesn’t apply to me because I never shoot under 24mm. It introduces too much distortion in your image, imo. The only way I would shoot wider than 24mm would be if I was filming action sports like skateboarding or snowboarding up close to the action. But if I were doing that I’d use a gimbal and turn the ibis off anyways. So basically, under 24mm you need a gimbal, above 24mm, you can do handheld just fine. Low light is definitely better on the canon since it has larger photosites. About 15% larger, so when you combine that with the good ibis, night shots and low light shots become amazing at both high and low shutter speeds. You can shoot at a lower iso in low light for sports, which is a huge plus. The A7IV has better dynamic range but it’s a VERY small margin in real world shooting. You wouldn’t see it right off the bat, but if you look at a picture for 10 seconds you would probably see it but not really care because it only brings back minor details in blown out areas. You can just dial it back in post on the canon and you see the same details in the highlights. For video it’s the same story, but I’ve found that even when bringing slog3 back to rec.709 the image still looks washed out like it’s got a layer filled with white overtop of it at 5-10% opacity. The Canon has more contrast in its video than the Sony. That usually means the shadows will be a bit more noisy but that can be easily fixed in post with some noise reduction and added sharpness. That’s personal preference though as many people prefer that slightly washed out look. I think the A7IV is a fantastic camera for studio work, and more static shots in both photo and video. But for movement and run and gun type of video shooting the canon is much better. The canon is also much better for photography with movement in it like sports, cars, subject tracking, wildlife, etc since you can get up to 1/16000 shutter speed. Can the Canon do studio work? Absolutely, like a beast. But the A7IV does have those slightly bigger images. Will clients notice? 99% of the time, no. Hell, you could shoot photos and videos with your phone and professional clients wouldn’t notice or care, as long as the end result looks good and is what they wanted. So in the end, the A7IV is probably better for studio work, anything on a tripod or without much movement. The Canon is better for sports, wildlife, really capturing any kind of movement. It’s a better camera for on-the-go shooting. More on reddit.com