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Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)

Started Oct 28, 2021 | Discussions thread
whumber
whumber Veteran Member • Posts: 4,368
Re: Canon R3 vs. Nikon Z9 (Price)
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canon5dsquared wrote:

The Z9 also doesn't shoot 20fps in RAW, it shoots that in Compressed Raw. Which means you have to unpack it on your computer later. The R5 can shoot 20fps RAW with its electronic shutter. No unpacking.

That's not quite what is meant by compressed RAW. The R5 is also shooting compressed RAW no matter what you do but the default option is a lossless compression scheme. I don't think that Canon has ever offered a truly uncompressed RAW option, there's simply no point if the image process can handle the compression algorithm.

To hit 30fps the Z9 drops to jpeg, Sony's A1 doesn't. To hit 120fps it drops to 11MP jpegs, which is a joke.

If you think 11MP is a joke I'm guessing you've never done any sort of sports shooting before.  11 MP JPGs are very much usable for sports photography, the bigger issue is sorting out the wheat from the chaff at such a high framerate.

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