Canon EOS R Image Quality Comparison to Other Canon and Sony Cameras

The number one requirement of any camera is to produce good-quality images. It doesn't matter what other features a camera has if it produces poor-quality images. Tony Northrup recently posted a video comparing the image quality of the new Canon EOS R to several other cameras.

Northrup compares the new Canon EOS R to the Canon 5D Mark IV, the Canon 6D Mark II, the Sony a7 III, and the Sony a7R III. While I usually shoot Nikon cameras, I enjoyed Northrup's review since he compares the EOS R to not only other mirrorless cameras but also to different price range and styles of cameras. The EOS R faired well when compared to the other cameras, but like all cameras, some perform better in different ways. The video does an excellent job of describing how the EOS R stacks up to the other well-known cameras. Northrup addresses what he believes to be a significant flaw with the EOS R, which involves an aspect of the dynamic range of the camera.

Is Northrup right to be concerned with one issue he believes is a flaw with the EOS R? Is this flaw enough to deter you from purchasing the new Canon EOS R? Or is it an attribute you can accept in a camera that has many other strengths?

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Doug Turney is a Connecticut based photographer who specializes in non-ball sport types of photography such as motocross, sailing, and cycling. But that doesn’t stop him from shooting other types of photography too. Doug believes photography is photography and doesn’t like to be typecast. Doug loves to travel and often shoots when traveling.

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