FB101
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Nice comparison by Jared Polin.
He toned down the theatrics this time and if you fast forward the 5mn infomercial in the middle it is actually well done.
As I watched his EVF capture and resulting pictures I would agree with his conclusion. The R3 seems a bit more sticky, a bit better at getting to a face or an eye, and both cameras eclipse everything else out there (until the z9 can be compared of course). So slide edge for the R3 in that case and for its ability to keep 30fps in lossless raw.
You can also look at it from a different angle. The A1 delivers 98% (my math, completely unscientific, let’s call it a very high percentage) of the R3 performance in what is the R3’s best use case that it was optimized for, while processing twice the resolution.
So the A1, which in my view is the most versatile camera in existence, delivers almost identical performance as a camera that is highly optimized for sports.
And it’s also a huge accolade to canon that they actually were able to push the envelope beyond the A1 for sports - i am not sure I would have placed that bet 6 months ago.
As a side note, I wonder what would happen if you shot the A1 in DX crop. 21mpx vs canon’s 24 - just from an AF perspective, would processing half the data eliminate the gap.
He toned down the theatrics this time and if you fast forward the 5mn infomercial in the middle it is actually well done.
As I watched his EVF capture and resulting pictures I would agree with his conclusion. The R3 seems a bit more sticky, a bit better at getting to a face or an eye, and both cameras eclipse everything else out there (until the z9 can be compared of course). So slide edge for the R3 in that case and for its ability to keep 30fps in lossless raw.
You can also look at it from a different angle. The A1 delivers 98% (my math, completely unscientific, let’s call it a very high percentage) of the R3 performance in what is the R3’s best use case that it was optimized for, while processing twice the resolution.
So the A1, which in my view is the most versatile camera in existence, delivers almost identical performance as a camera that is highly optimized for sports.
And it’s also a huge accolade to canon that they actually were able to push the envelope beyond the A1 for sports - i am not sure I would have placed that bet 6 months ago.
As a side note, I wonder what would happen if you shot the A1 in DX crop. 21mpx vs canon’s 24 - just from an AF perspective, would processing half the data eliminate the gap.