Who Has The Best Color Science: Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fujifilm?

Color Science

Tony & Chelsea Northrup gave 1,500 photographers a blind poll and had them pick the image with the best color in several different scenes, including portraits in different lighting and outdoor photos. Which camera do you think got the most votes when it comes to color science?

Nikon Z7 Teardown, Best Build Mirrorless FF Camera Ever Seen Says Lens Rentals

Nikon Z7

All images © lensrentals.com, used with permission.

Roger Cicala of Lens Rentals tore down a Nikon Z7, and was very impressed with the build quality.

Impressing Mr. Cicala doesn’t seem to be an easy task. He was impressed with the overall build quality, and praises the weather sealing of the Nikon Z7. From the the conclusion:

This is not marketing department weather resistance. This is engineering department weather resistance. Anything that can be sealed has been sealed. I’m impressed, and I will say for future cut-and-paste blurbs: this is as robustly weather sealed a camera as we’ve ever disassembled.

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I’m impressed by the very solid construction of the chassis and IBIS unit. I’m impressed with the neat, modern engineering of the electrical connections. Yes, I’m aware that soldered wires carry electricity just fine, but to me, there’s something reassuring about seeing neat, well thought out, 2018 level engineering.

I’m not here to tell you which camera is best to use or has the best performance. I’m just here to say this is a damn well-built camera, the best built mirrorless full-frame camera we’ve taken apart. (For the record, I haven’t torn down a Leica SL.)

Roger Cicala’s teardown is documented step by step with pictures and descriptions.

The teardown of the Canon EOS R is featured here. Another EOS R teardown is here. Nothing to argue here, the Nikon Z7 is the better buld camera. As Mr Cicala points out, the Nikon Z7 is the flagship camera in Nikon’s Z system. When Canon will release their flagship mirrorless full frame camera, we’ll see if the build quality holds up with the Z7.

Nikon Z7B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon

Kipon Is Now Shipping Over 20 Adapters For The Canon EOS R and Nikon Z Systems

Kipon

Kipon is now shipping mount adapters for the new Canon EOS R and Nikon Z systems.

These are the adapters for the Canon EOS R (more adapters, including tilt&shift lineup, focal reducer lineup etc will be coming too):

  • L/M-EOS R
  • L39-EOS R
  • L/R-EOS R
  • EXAKTA-EOS R
  • M42-EOS R
  • ICAREX35-EOS R
  • ROLLEI QBM-EOS R
  • MD-EOS R
  • PK-EOS R
  • C/Y-EOS R
  • FD-EOS R
  • EF-EOS R
  • OM-EOS R
  • MAMIYA645-EOS R

Kipon adapters are available at B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon

For the Nikon Z system the following adapters are available:

  • L/M-NZ
  • L39-NZ
  • EXAKTA-NZ
  • ICAREX35-NZ
  • L/R-NZ
  • M42-NZ
  • ROLLEI QBM-NZ
  • MD-NZ
  • PK-NZ
  • C/Y-NZ
  • FD-NZ
  • EF-NZ
  • OM-NZ
  • MAMIYA645-NZ

Canon EOS R and Nikon Z7 Can Not Beat Sony a7 III When It Comes To Pure Dynamic Range Sensor Figures

Canon Eos R

At Photons To Photo you can compare sensor figures of various camera.

As you can see in the image above, the Sony a7 III is still the champion of pure sensor performance, beating the Canon EOS R and Nikon Z7 on dynamic range measures.. Which is a pity especially for Nikon, since they are using a sensor made by Sony.

Canon, designing and manufacturing their own sensors. gets closer to Sony’s sensor performance as ISO gets higher (but around ISO 32000 Sony gets the edge again).

Sensor performance figures do not tell the whole story, and the differences shown in the graph above are really minimal. When it comes to ergonomics, lens ecosystem, reliability, customer support, weather sealing, and whatever counts beyond sensor performance, Canon is still the the alpha dog in the pack.