T3 India – April 2019

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State of the Art


52 T3 Tomorrow’s Technology TodayAPRIL 2019 WWW.T 3 INDIA.COM

HANDLING


TEST 01 :


Thesecamerasareallaboutexcellent
ergonomics and manual control

heEOSR maybetheleastexpensive
camerainourtrio,butit certainly
doesn’tfeelit.Thegun-metal-grey
magnesiumalloybodyis
reassuringlysolid,andCanon’s
deeplysculptedhandgripmakesthe
EOSR feelthemostcomfortablecamerahere,
especially ifyou’vegotlargerpaws.Canon’s
intuitiveDSLRcontrollayouthasbeencarried
over,which,combinedwiththeEOSR’sclear
touchscreeninterface,makesquicksetting
adjustmentsa breeze.Therearealsonewtricks,
like the touch-sensitiveM-FnBarjustright of
the electronicviewfinder.Thiscanbe setto
adjustthingslike ISOsensitivityorwhite
balanceandcanbe tappedorswiped. Inaddition
tothe usualzoomandfocusrings,eachRF-
mountlenshasa thirdcustomisablecontrolring
aroundthelensbarrelthatcanbe settoadjust
aperture,shutterspeed, whitebalanceorISO
sensitivity.
While the Z 7boastsa muchhighersensor
resolutionthanthe EOSR,externally it’s almost
exactlythesamesize.Buildqualityfeelssuitably
professionalandrugged, withthe rubberised
handgripcoatingextendingallthe wayround
the side ofthe cameratothe rear.Thisconceals
the Z 7’s sole memorycardslot,whichis ofthe
XQDformat.Thisisdesignedasa professional
cardstandardandisfasterthanSD,but XQD

Nikon’s3.69-million-dot


electronic viewfinder is


as crisp as they come


cards arephysicallylargerandrequirea
dedicatedcardreader.Nikon’s 3.6 9 -million-dot
electronicviewfinderis ascrispastheycome,
andpairedwiththe responsive2.1MP
touchscreenmonitormakesimagecomposition
andreviewa joy. Theonlydownside is thatthe
monitorcanonlybe tiltedupordown,whereas
the EOSR’s screenwillflipcompletelyforward
forselfieshooting.
Cameraswithamedium-formatsensor
aretraditionallybigbeasts,andwhiletheGFX
50Ris oneofthe mostcompactmedium-format
camerasever,it’sstillsignificantlybulkierthan
the EOSR orZ 7. Butifyoucanhandle that,the
50Ris nohardertousethanFujifilm’s more
modest mirrorlesscameras.

T


FUJIFILM GFX-50R


It’sa closecall,buttheEOSR managestofeeleverybit
asclassyastheNikonorFujifilmcamerasformuchless.

TEST 0 1:WINNER


SPECS


SENSOR SIZE & RESOLUTION MEDIUM FORMAT (43.8x32.9mm),
51.4MP Video Full HD (1920x1080) at 30fps RECOMMENDED LENS
)XMLĆOP)8-,121*)PPI5:5COMBINED SIZE & WEIGHT
161x97x155mm, 1.27kg

CANON EOS R


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compact – butit’s still a fair bit heftier than the competitionhere
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