T3 India – April 2019

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.

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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