Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Canon 5D Mark iV vs Sony A7s ii – Full Frame 4k Camera Showdown!”.
What’S up folks hasn’t gone? This is what hope you guys are all doing. Well, so, with the new launch of the Canon 5d Mark 4, there’s a definitely going to be an intriguing market for full-frame, mirrorless or DSLR cameras that have video capabilities for specifically 4k video. Now, what we’re going to do is take a look at the new Canon 5d Mark 4 and directly compare it against the sony a7s mark 2 we’re going to specifically focus on the video capabilities of both camera platforms. They’Re great stills photography platforms as well, but specifically we’re going to concentrate on the video capabilities, especially when it comes to overall sharpness, the actual video quality of the 4k and low-light performance.
So, let’s get right into it and see: what’s what’s best, you’re a side by side, you can see the design of the sony a7s. Mark 2 is certainly going to be a lot more compact for every dimensional aspect. It’S definitely attributing to the fact that it is a mirrorless camera. You still have the traditional pentaprism on the Canon 5d, which does have some positives in terms actually looking through the lens in real life versus the sony or loo dealing with a electronic viewfinder. But the trade-off is always going to be size when it comes to that.
Additionally, the a7 s is also quite a lot lighter than the Canon measuring only 627 grams versus the Canon body is about just under 900 grams. Both are magnesium alloy construction and they are weather sealed as well. Now, internally, both cameras have a full-frame CMOS chip. Now there’s a little bit of a dimensional difference, but they’re, essentially, both a standardized as full-frame are chips.
You have at the Canon 5d Mark 4, with a 36 by 24 millimeter sensor versus the sony, has a 35-point 6 by 23.8 millimetres sensor and now in terms of actual megapixel count. You have 30 megapixels on the Canon vs. 12 on the a7 s mark. Now, obviously, when it comes to still photography, the Canon is certainly going to be a lot more versatile, but in terms of actual pixel size and potential low-light capabilities, you do have more photons hitting each of those pick on Addie Sony side and we’ll take a look At the side-by-side low-light differences between these two in terms of ISO now in terms of actual ISO range, both can go down to 50 ISO. The Canon can go all the way up to 100,000 and the Sony can go all the way up to 400 and 9,000. Iso, which is pretty darn impressive additionally, the sony a7s mark ii also has built-in five access stabilization in the body vs you’re going to have to buy a separate lenses. If you want some kind of image stabilization on the Canon side now in terms of media storage, the Canon 5d Mark 4 heck, she has dual slots for a compact flash as well as full-size SD cards. So that’s going to be great.
It supports all of the latest and greatest fastest, high-capacity media storage configurations. You can get out there, which is great 4k video recording, but on the other hand the a7s2 will accept full size, SD cards well as Sony’s own proprietary memory sticks beyond that notion. In terms of the actual ports and connectivity, both support, HDMI, outputs for actual external recording and monitoring, and you get a clean print fairly uncompressed signal up to four to two color sampling. They also support a full sized, headphone and microphone connection.
So again, a better audio configuration than the crappy built-in microphones and you can monitor it with those headphone jacks. On top of that, you also have USB 3 integration on the Canon 5d and both have built-in NFC and Wi-Fi capabilities, and on top of that at the Canon does support a GPS versus the sony. A7S 2 does not, even though this video we’re going to concentrate on the video capabilities of both these two units, there’s still fantastic stills cameras here, we’re going to lay out some of the stills photography parameters so in terms of maximum shutter burst rate you’re. Looking at seven frames per second on the 5d vs about five on the sony and in terms of the auto focusing system, we do have an phase detection autofocus on the canon s 61 points.
41 of those points are cross-type, so very fast versus the sony. Has a contrast, detection, auto, focusing system which is a little bit slower and not as accurate as times as the Canon, but nevertheless there are quite a lot of auto focusing points on the Sony it has about a hundred and sixty nine points. Now, in terms of the video capabilities, I both can shoot 4k resolution at 30fps there’s a little bit difference in terms of the actual resolution you’re looking about 4096 by 2160 on the Canon versus the Sony records, the more ultra-high definition standard, which is 3840 by 2160. In terms of actual maximum bitrate ratings, you’re, looking about a hundred megabits per second on the a7 of versus the Canon, can go up to 500 megabits per second with an 8-bit color depth.
But it is sampling the color at four to two. Now the only downside on the Canon side is that it does crop in your image about one point as seven times so it becomes effectively an aps-c sensor. One year shoot an actual 4k video, but in 1080p you can utilize the full-frame aspect of the sensor versus on the Sony, you’re pretty much shooting full-frame all the time, no matter 1080p or at 4k resolution, which is a definite nice plus in terms of 1080p resolution Settings you can shoot up to 120 frames per second on the sony vs.. The canon can go up to 59.94 60 frames per second in 1080p mode and if you want to shoot 120 frames per second you’re going to have to go down to 720p mode on the 5d now.
Finally, with all this stuff out of the way, let’s actually take a look at the side-by-side at video quality comparisons between these two. That way you can determine which one actually looks best to your eyes. Hopefully, the compression won’t be too bad. We’Ll give you some sort of direction on what both of these two cameras can do and we’ll also take a look at a follow up, low-light comparison as well towards the end of the test.
So, let’s get right into it, but really online guys, and that’s really it generally speaking, I think, of the sony a7s mark ii is still has a little bit of an edge up when it comes to low-light performance. Certainly, it has those larger pixels which is going to give you a little bit more of a versatile camera in extreme lighting conditions. That being said, the Canon is absolutely fantastic and, for general use is better than most of these cameras in this category for low-light performance. When it comes to sheer 4k video quality and actual color rendition and everything, I think if the Canon is heads and shoulders above what the sony a7s mark ii can do.
Certainly, when it comes to in-camera video quality, there’s a very little compression on it. Generally speaking and there’s tons of resolution and clarity and it’s rendering out exceptionally clear images out of that 4k a sensor – so that’s definitely a nice positive thing about the Canon. The downside is that you can record 4k in that full-frame aspect ratio which everyone wants to do and that’s something you can do on the Sony, which is a something still unique to their cameras. But all in all, I think of the 5d Mark 4 and the sony a7s Mark 2 are going to be fantastic, video and stills camera solutions for most video ographers and still photographers out there.
Certainly a step up from here is going to cost you several. Several thousands of dollars, if not twice or three times the retail price, adjust the body alone, so definitely great value for money, very versatile solutions that will probably last you a decent while because 4k is going to be a standard, that’s going to be available for a Long time so good overall investments, generally speaking, but if you have any specific questions, let me know in the comment section down below check out the links for detail formation about everything we talked about and thanks again for watching we’ll see you later take care. .