- Hey, everyone, welcome to Moving Matt.
We do all things camera with a dash of logs
and a little bit of travel.
And today I wanted to talk about Canon versus Sony.
So I think there comes a time
in pretty much every YouTuber's career where
they have an idea and they think, well, that's a bad idea,
but let's make a video anyways.
I think between the lack of sleep with a one-week old
and the lack of camera news,
I think that day for me has come.
Let me start off by saying I shoot both Sony and Canon.
And I honestly think that both systems are great.
So you really can't go wrong with either one.
But I do think I can help bring clarity to you
if you're trying to decide between which system
by giving you the benefits of both
and maybe some of the cons of both.
And then that way you can decide who you are,
and which system works best for you.
So, I am gonna be playing
in the space of the mirrorless cameras
and kind of that price range with the mirrorless cameras,
I'm not really gonna go up to the cinema style cameras,
I think that's a whole nother animal.
So if you're looking to make a decision on a cinema line,
this video might not be for you,
but be sure to mute me and just let it play to the end
and consider throwing a like just in there for good measure.
Okay, so without further ado, let's get into it.
So the first benefit I'll give to Canon
is their ease of use.
I feel like Canon really offers a great system
when it comes to their menus,
as well as their touchscreens are much more functional
than the Sony cameras.
So if you're the type of person
that doesn't really wanna focus on their camera as much,
and maybe just wants to focus on composition
or the scene that you're in,
and you don't really thrive on working with a camera
in a technical sense, then Canon is probably best for you.
Their very simple menus,
they really don't have that many options.
And really that's what brings me maybe to the con of Canon,
or at least rather the benefit of Sony.
If you are the type of person who likes to fool around
with their camera more, you like to go for a lot of choice,
Sony offers you a whole lot of choice.
On the Sony A7SIII, which I'm shooting on right now,
you have 11 different picture profiles,
and these are all fairly professional picture profiles,
these aren't just creative looks.
You have S Log 2 and 3, sine one through four,
you have HLG one through three,
as well as you have the new sine tone.
You have a lot more control on the technical side of Sony,
it maybe even gives you a little bit more creative options
to work with in post.
So I think that's a good differentiator.
And maybe you can decide who you think you are.
With Canon, you get very good ease of use,
with Sony you get an abundance of choice.
I get a very Mac versus PC vibe
when it comes to Canon and Sony.
Another important factor when it comes
to picking a camera system is obviously the lens choice
and the glass.
So, with Canon, I'm mostly gonna be focusing
on the RF mount because that really is the future.
And that's really where they're investing
pretty much all their R and D,
and they've even started to discontinue some
from the EF mount.
But that being said, with Canon,
you have really, really, really high quality
innovative glass that they're doing with the RF system.
I think pretty much every lens they've released
on the high-end level has been very solid.
And I think it's really cool
that they have a slightly bigger mount,
and that helps with ibis, which is kind of another factor,
but I'm just touching on the here,
the ibis in Canon is better than the ibis in Sony.
And that's owed a lot to the RF mount.
So all the glasses that RF mount has is really, really good,
but you don't have quite as much choice with the RF mount.
And they're very expensive,
so it's high quality, but high price.
But where you are lacking in quantity
with the RF lenses, it more than makes up for it
with the EF lenses that you can easily adapt
to the RF mount.
And so you have a back category going back over 30 years,
and there you can find some very affordable lenses,
especially on the secondhand market.
Now, with the Sony, they've been all in
on the mirrorless system for seven years now.
I think they started back in 2014, maybe before then.
So don't quote me there,
but they've been doing mirrorless for a while now.
And all of their lenses
are set up for their mirrorless system.
They have a whole lot of different lenses,
and most of them are very high quality too.
But I will say that some of the Sony native lenses
are kind of getting a little bit long in the tooth
and should probably be updated.
And I think that we'll soon start to get updates.
But the great thing about Sony lenses
is their third party offerings.
You have Tamron and Sigma that both produce
very high quality lenses at a very affordable price.
And what's really, really cool about Sony,
and I'm not sure about all the technical aspects of this,
but I've heard it multiple times being said,
and just seems to be the case.
The third-party lenses work better on the Sony email.
And I think it has something to do
with Sony being more open with their software
and giving more of their developers of third-party lenses
more information on how to work with their system.
And that makes third-party lenses essentially work
as native lenses.
As with Canon third-party manufacturers,
basically they have to reverse engineer
all the software themselves.
And a lot of times it ends up with maybe the autofocus
not working quite as well, or some weird bugs.
And to me that makes me not even wanna buy
third-party lenses for Canon,
especially not right now when the RF system is fairly new.
And that means if you're gonna buy lenses for Canon,
you're gonna pay the Canon price tag.
So even though they're very high quality,
they're gonna be pricey.
With all that being said,
when it comes to the glass category,
which company do I give the edge?
What's really, really hard to say on this one,
I think they're very neck and neck.
If you're the type of person
that doesn't mind spending the extra money,
pretty much every lens you're gonna be getting
with the RS system is top notch.
And then with Sony, you have the option
of all the extra third party lenses,
and they're very high quality third-party lenses,
but you might have to sift through a lot of different lenses
before you find the one that's right for you.
And honestly, I think you'd be hard pressed
to find mini glass on the Sony camera
that can match the best glass on the RF mount,
but that's more of a personal opinion,
but I think it's an opinion shared
by a lot of people in the industry.
So let me move on to overall image quality.
And there's a lot of different sub categories
that can kinda go into that.
So we're gonna kinda talk more broadly about it.
When it comes to Canon,
most people will agree that the Canon colors,
there's something about it that's just pleasing to the eye.
And you're gonna get a really good strong look
out of a Canon camera directly out of the camera
without doing as much in post.
Sony has caught up a whole lot with their color science,
especially in their newer cameras
like the Sony A7SIII and the Sony A1,
I think they're very close now, neck and neck,
but those are really on the latest cameras of Sony's.
So if you're going back in the catalog,
I think pretty much everyone would agree, or not everyone
'cause it's all subjective, but a lot of people would agree
that Canon overall has the better colors.
Now, on the flip side of that,
since Sony does give you so much choice,
especially in video, there's really a lot that you can do
with the different color profiles, especially now
that Sony cameras and pretty much all cameras in general
are moving to 10 bit.
You really have a lot of different options
with Lutz to get pretty much any of the looks
that you're wanting.
With S Log3, it's a very versatile profile.
So if you're willing to work with it,
I think you can get pretty much any look you're wanting,
but it probably won't be directly out of the camera.
But where Canon beats Sony with color,
Sony tends to beat Canon with low light,
and especially dynamic range, which personally,
I like the looks of having high dynamic range.
I think it makes it very cinematic.
And I'm personally willing to work with footage more
on the color end to get that extra dynamic range
because that's something that you really
can't make up for and post.
And for whatever reason,
it seems like the Sony sensors overall
give you better dynamic range than the Canon sensors.
So the last big factor I'm gonna talk about
is kind of just a philosophy thing between Sony and Canon.
It seems to me that Canon likes to segment out their cameras
just a little bit more.
So, even though their cameras are hybrid
between photo and video,
it seems like they're more photo focused
when it comes to their mirrorless style cameras.
And they like to reserve a lot of desirable video features
for their cinema cameras.
One big factor that I see is they do not allow you
to dual record video in their cameras.
So if you are a videographer first
and you're doing a lot of event works,
I definitely recommend Sony.
I actually just got hired to record a dance showcase.
And if I couldn't do record to both card slots,
I would definitely have some reservations
before taking that job.
So I think really, if you are somebody
who is more focused on video, maybe you're 60, 40 video.
So you're 60% video
and you're 40% photography, or anything above that line.
I really think at this point, Sony is the best bet.
Now, you can definitely still get
very high quality video out of Canons.
And maybe if you're not into event videography,
it doesn't matter as much to you.
But I think the fact
that they give you dual record on video,
they removed all the video record limits
as well as they give you all the different color profiles
and video settings in the camera.
I think they're still focused a little bit more
on video than Canon is.
So with all that in consideration,
I think if you're more on the video side,
you may wanna go with Sony.
But on the flip side, if you lean more towards photography,
Canon may be the better choice for you,
for all the reasons that I've mentioned earlier.
But that's just my opinion.
And I could totally get into the weeds
with a lot more different things
and just go through a whole different checklist.
But I hope that gives you a good overview
and maybe helps you make your decision,
but be sure to do your due diligence
because buying into a camera system is very important,
and you really don't wanna make the wrong decision.
And these are really just my opinions,
and for those who have their opinions,
and I'm sure there's gonna be many of you,
drop in the comments section below and give me yours.
Is there any pros and cons that I didn't cover here
that I just didn't have time to cover?
Maybe you can add some pros and cons in the comments.
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