Horizontal comparison of flagship micro-singles of Nikon, Sony and Canon: Canon R3, Nikon Z9 and Sony a 1.

In the past, I have published many articles about the comparison and analysis of various bodies and lenses. Some netizens left a message saying, "What's the use of talking about these hardware things all day? The most important thing is not the machine, but the head behind the machine. I don't object to this statement, but I don't entirely agree with it. This statement seems very clever, but in fact it is very unprofessional. The reason is simple: which top photographers in the world attach great importance to equipment, and they can give full play to the performance of equipment. Only Xiao Bai, who knows nothing, will not pay too much attention to what equipment to use, because it is useless to pay attention to it. For these little whites, there is not much difference between the photos taken with equipment of 30,000 yuan and equipment of 3,000 yuan.

What if you don't know anything about shooting skills? These little whites will say that "the most important thing is not the machine, but the head behind the machine", but they forget that no matter how powerful your head is, it is useless if the equipment is not good. Just like driving a tractor to compare with other people's sports cars, no matter how high your driving level, rich driving experience and long driving years, you can't outrun a novice driver of sports cars. The ancients in China all knew that "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first", but now some people don't understand, which is really speechless.

Of course, I'm not saying that the head behind the machine is not important. The head is the soul of the photo. Without a soul, it is difficult to take a good picture with ideological content, but if your equipment is not good, your soul is useless. Although some masters can occasionally shoot some very classic works with mobile phones, if they use better photographic equipment, they will definitely be much better than mobile phones, and the chances of becoming classics are much greater than mobile phones.

Ok, let's get down to business. Today, we will talk about the most powerful flagship models of Sony, Nikon and Canon, and make an all-round comparison of the flagship models of these three major micro-single manufacturers. Which is the top micro-list between Sony Canon and Nikon now? That is Canon EOS R3, Sony a 1 and Nikon Z9.

First of all, look at the results: In 2022, netizens voted for the best image product of the year in 202 1, among which the famous Nikon Z9 was the champion, Sony's flagship model a 1 was the runner-up, and Longteng 35- 150mm F2-2.8 Di III VXD zoom lens was the third runner-up. This result is also consistent with the evaluation results given by famous foreign professional evaluation institutions.

Mark Pain, a world-famous sports photographer, also spoke highly of Nikon Z9. Mark Pan is an award-winning sports photographer. Engaged in professional sports photography more than 30 years ago, and served as the chief sports photographer of the Sunday Post. He has covered five Olympic Games, many football and rugby World Cups and many world championships. Won the 202 1 world sports photography prize. Mark Pain has used almost all the top flagship models of Canon, Nikon and Sony for more than 30 years, but now it has been replaced by Nikon Z9. In his view, Nikon Z9 is by far the most powerful shooting weapon in the world.

As for some specific parameters of Z9, I won't go into details here. We just need to remember one thing: Nikon Z9 is the most powerful camera on the market at present, and its continuous shooting speed is very fast, and it can take 30 full-pixel photos in JPEG format every second. To know that Nikon Z9 has more than 46 million pixels, the current continuous shooting speed can be said to be top-notch.

Moreover, Nikon Z9 can record 12-bit Raw 8K/60 video, which seems to have no rival at present, while Z9' s super 3D tracking AF system has intelligent learning ability, which can identify three groups of objects: people, animals and vehicles.

After talking about Nikon Z9, let's take a look at Sony a 1, which can rank second, indicating that the strength of Sony a 1 cannot be underestimated. Although not as powerful as Nikon Z9, Sony a 1 has its own advantages. Judging from the selection results, the voting rate of Sony a 1 is as high as 25.8%. Close to half the voting rate of Nikon Z9, which is also very powerful.

Sony a 1 is the most powerful flagship model in Sony camp, representing Sony's highest achievement and scientific and technological strength. The machine is equipped with a low-stack BSI-CMOS sensor with more than 50 million pixels, and the image quality is slightly lower than Nikon Z9, but higher than Canon's strongest model. And the continuous shooting speed can reach 30 full-pixel photos per second. It is also equipped with Sony's latest autofocus system with face/eye/animal detection function.

In terms of video shooting, Sony a 1 is also very powerful. It can shoot over-sampled 8K/30p video and over-sampled 4K video up to 120 fps, and supports S-Cinetone, S-Log2/3 and HLG Log formats. Of course, Sony a 1 is slightly inferior to Nikon Z9 in video shooting. After all, Nikon Z9 has a long time to market.

As for Canon R3, it can only be regarded as a professional quasi-flagship model. Generally speaking, it can't compare with Nikon Z9 and Sony a 1. This machine has low pixels and is mainly designed for sports, wildlife and news photography. Its pixels are only over 24 million, but its high sensitivity performance is relatively strong. Canon R3 uses a dual-pixel autofocus system, which can detect people, animals and racing cars and track them on the screen.

In terms of video, R3 is obviously not as good as Nikon Z9 and Sony a 1, and can shoot oversampled 4K video. The highest frame rate can reach 4K/ 120p, but this rate is not oversampled.

Because of time, let's call it a day. If you have any questions, please leave a message below, and we can discuss and communicate together.