Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

Colin46 wrote:

rlaplaca wrote:

I'm a very happy owner of an R5 camera with 4 RF "L" lenses, including the spectacular 100 - 500 mm zoom lens. I can afford an R3, but continue to choke when I remember the price ($6000 US). I simply can not justify that price given the resolution and overall capabilities of the R5.

Then today, I see that Nikon's Z9 is priced at only $5500 US and I wonder what Canon is thinking now. I'm surprised that no one on this forum has mentioned this up to now. Before Nikon's announcement, I was thinking that Canon's price for the R3 is very aggressive. Now I think it's just plain arrogant.

Let’s have a look

z9 has lower res viewfinder

z9 has lower resolution rear screen

z9 doesn’t have eye focus

z9 doesn’t have advanced hot shoe

z9 has no mechanical shutter

z9 doesn’t have incremental adjustment of shutter to eliminate flicker

z9 is slower frames per second

the z9 is more a r5 competitor

i will stick with the r3 order I have placed to go with the r5’s

don’t get me wrong I love Nikon and I hope the camera is a big success, I have a d850 and d6 and various lenses but they don’t get a lot of use alongside my canon kit.

let’s wait to see the price of the new Nikon 400 with built on 1.4x tc, I will predict £14000 here in the Uk

Great summary. It's true, the Z9 and A1 both seems more along the lines of supercharged R5's than actual R3 competitors. Are they worth it as such? Kind of yes, kind of no. They seem more like general purpose cameras, the R3 is purpose built like a racecar for reliability and high performance. The thing people don't think about with regard to racecars is that they're not always the fastest or most powerful car you can buy, but they're extremely responsive and highly reliable.

Looking at R3 files on the web it seems like you can shoot in the 1600-6400 ISO range with impunity.

A review I saw with a guy shooting motorsports tested it with the RF 800mm f/11, well, it was still banging out shots and they looked sharp.

So, look at it this way, buy the R3 for $6k and an RF 800mm for $799... Total kit price: Less than anything from the competition.

AND THATS THE BALLGAME FOLKS!