I think in in the end it will be about the photograph and not the equipment....
Size, weight and image quality are virtually equivalent.
But the Canon has better ergonomics, colors, autofocus, weather sealing (Sony has particularly bad reputation in this department) and off course those versatile adapters opens up native use of the full EF lens lineup. If you are used to the Canon interface, the R would also be more familiar in buttons and menus (another department where Sony has a particularly bad reputation)
Is the weather sealing particularly good on the canon? Have you checked lens rental review on that?
Yes. It is the overall protection including lenses and mount. Did you read the lensrental review of the EOS-R? Better yet: Try one.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2018/10/teardown-of-the-canon-eos-r-mirrorless-camera/
"Speaking of the
Sony A7RIII, it’s taken a bit of internet trashing for its lack of weather sealing. Throw no stones from your glass house, oh Canon shooters. The
Canon EOS-R is just about the same; well-sealed buttons and dials, not much else."
That is the a7R3 - Sony's professional flagship! That should be nicely sealed, shouldn't it? Well, take a look at the mount and the lenses that are attached to it. Look for sealing. But you know: Sony FF are the better toys with all the bells and whistles. Canon FF are the better tools to work with.
I have several Sony's A7r2 and 3 and RX100s. Great little cameras overall. I recently got an EOS R and the 24-105 for a great price and because I wanted a different viewpoint and more particularly a more pure camera for astro.
Sony's are good overall. The EOS R is great overall. The A7riii has more bells and whistles as someone put it here, true. Its hard to match by any camera and it costs more.
Sony lenses are quite expensive with few exceptions. Some of these RF lenses are even more expensive F2 zoom and 50 1.2. Both systems have good lenses but those Zeiss Loxias and Batis lenses for Sonys are super good.
As mentioned the EOS R has much better ergonomics, a touch screen that works like a smartphone as opposed to Sony's gen 1 offer which is crude and not that great.
Menus are far better with the EOS R however the A7riii (and I assume the A7iii) menus are extremely customisable even more so than the Canon).
Colours are great on the EOS R. Sony is more neutral in colour and needs post processing often. I did however just got a EOS R colour profile for Sony A7riii made by a poster for Lightroom that is fantastic so perhaps that narrows the colour advantage to some degree.
Canon is quite a bit better for astro. Not because of noise as they are similar with the EOS R being perhaps slightly noisier (its minimal if it at all) but does true star colours, does not try to filter them or change the dim ones to green like the Sony does.
Sony Eye AF is better. The upcoming free Sony AF firmware upgrade is a big deal though.
It takes Sony Eye detect and tracking AF to a level above DSLRs and beyond Nikon D500 D5 and others. A7iii already had the bulk of the A9's AF. It also adds an intervalometer which the EOS R does not have.
EOS R AF is great. I don't do sports but read many times it does not track super well and is slow FPS-wise. Video has the large crop and one card slot if those things are important to you.
For my use for family, travel, scenic shots and primarily astro I really like the EOS R. Much more than I expected. AF is instant like it is with A7riii, AF though works in almost totally dark scenes. I can AF on a bright star but then again I can with A7riii as well. A bit easier with EOS R though.
As to DR I agree its hard to see the gain so far from the A7riii Both are superb. Perhaps a fraction less shadow noise and no banding in the A7riii in shadows but long exposure A7riii has bad colour red/blue spots everywhere in the shadows. It does clean up with clever use of the dust and scratches filter in PS though.
I can see why its a hard choice. Both are superb.
Sony 24-105 I think is quite a bit more expensive than the Canon RF isn't it? Its offered as a kit lens combo with the Canon, I don't know that it is for the Sony. Build quality seems a bit better in the Canon. The EVF and particularly the LCD are better in the Canon.
I like them both - but that's why I have both. Surely 2 cameras are better than one!!!
The new coming soon firmware upgrade, plus better video, plus 2 card slots (if that matters to you it doesn't to me) faster FPS, intervalometer, best tracking AF, best eye detect AF, Animal eye AF very good cutting edge sensor and longer battery life are important to you then its A7iii. If you prefer better colours, better ergonomics, an overall better user experience, better EVF, better less monkeyed with RAW data, no star eater, no coloured ring polygon sensor shading correction that can show up in some instances on some lenses, a lot of 3rd party support, better astro camera, faster lenses and if the combo with the lens is cheaper then get the Canon.
Sony has been on a rocket ride the last several years upgrading their cameras way faster than anyone else except perhaps Fuji. Canon has been slow to wake up but they are getting their and they bring a different viewpoint to the camera which I can appreciate.
For landscape I can't see either being an issue.
Greg
