Pro DSLRs Compared


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	Canon 1DX Mk II	Nikon D5	Canon 1DX	Canon 5D Mk IV	Canon 5DS/R	Canon 6D Mk II	Canon 6D	Nikon D850	Nikon D810	Canon 7D Mk II	Nikon D500
Anni	2016-	2016-	2011-2016	2016-	2015-	6/2017-	9/2012-	2017-	2014-2017	2014-	2016-
FPS	14	12	12	7	5	6.5	4.5	7	5	10	10
Resolution	20 MP	20 MP	18 MP	30 MP	50 MP	26 MP	20 MP	45 MP	36 MP	20 MP	20 MP
Format	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	DX	DX
ISO Max**	51,200	102,400	51,200	32,000	6,400	40,000	25,600	25,600	12,800	16,000	51,200
Selectable AF Points	61	55***	61	61	61	45	11	55***	51	65	55***
AF points shown in finder as	Additive LEDs	Additive LEDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs	black LCDs
In-finder as-shot cropping	no	no		no	YES	YES	no	YES	YES
Rear LCD	3.2" 1,620k	3.2" 2,359k	3.2" 1,040k	3.2" 1,620k	3.2" 1,040k	3" 1,040k	3" 1,040k	3.2" 2,359k	3.2" 1,229k	3" 1,040k	3.2" 2,359k
Auto LCD brightness	no	no	no	YES	YES	no	no	no	no	YES	no
Built-in Flash	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	YES	YES	no
Shoot-through Flicker?	YES	no	no	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	no	YES	YES
Rear voice memo mic & rec. button	YES	YES	YES	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
	Canon 1DX Mk II	Nikon D5	Canon 1DX	Canon 5D Mk IV	Canon 5DS/R	Canon 6D Mk II	Canon 6D	Nikon D850	Nikon D810	Canon 7D Mk II	Nikon D500
Quality	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Japan	Thailand	Thailand	Japan	Thailand
Battery	LP-E19 or LP-E4N	EN-EL18a	LP-E4N	LP-E6N or LP-E6	LP-E6N or LP-E6	LP-E6N or LP-E6	LP-E6	EN-EL 15a	EN-EL 15	LP-E6N	EN-EL 15
Weight****	54.0 oz. 1,530g	49.9oz. 1,415g	53.8oz. 1,526g	31.4oz. 890g	33.7 oz. 956g	27.0 oz. 765g	26.8 oz. 760g	35.0oz. 990g	34.0oz. 965g	31.8oz. 901g	30.4oz. 860g
Price, 1/2016	n/a	$6,500	$4,600	n/a	$3,599 - $3,899	n/a	$1,397	n/a	$3,000	$1,499	$1,999
Price, 2/2016	$5,999	$6,497	$4,599	n/a	$3,599 - $3,899	n/a	$1,397	n/a	$2,797	$1,499	$1,997
Price, 8/2016	$5,999	$6,497	$3,000 used	$3,499	$3,499 - $3,699	n/a	$1,397	n/a	$2,797	$1,599	$1,997
Price, 10/2016	$5,999	$6,497	$3,000 used	$3,499	$3,499 - $3,699	n/a	$1,397	n/a	$2,797	$1,499	$1,997
Price, 6/2017	$5,999	$6,497	$3,000 used	$3,499	$3,499 - $3,699	$1,999	$1,397	n/a	$2,797	$1,499	$1,997
	Canon 1DX Mk II	Nikon D5	Canon 1DX	Canon 5D Mk IV	Canon 5DS/R	Canon 6D Mk II	Canon 6D	Nikon D850	Nikon D810	Canon 7D Mk II	Nikon D500
Price, 10/2017	$5,999	$6,497	$3,000 used	$3,499	$3,499 - $3,699	$1,999	$1,397	$3,297	$2,797	$1,499	$1,997

** In standard modes. This is a meaningless specification; cameras that let you set them higher simply look worse than cameras that can't go as high! This is merely a poster spec to try to bilk innocent people out of more money for more expensive cameras.

*** I said selectable AF points. Most cameras use many more invisible AF points to help out the ones you can see.

**** With battery and card(s).

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Complete Nikon DSLR History and timeline.

	D5	D4s	D4	D3s	D3	D2Hs	D2H	D1X	D1H	D1
Anni	2016-	2014-2016	2012-2014	2009-2012	2007-2010	2005-2007	2003-2005	2001-2003	2001-2003	1999-2001
FPS	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	3	5	4.5
Resolution	20 MP	16 MP	16 MP	12 MP	12 MP	4 MP	4 MP	3.9 MP*	2.6 MP	2.6 MP
Format	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full	DX	DX	DX	DX	DX
ISO Max**	102,400	25,600	12,800	12,800	6,400	1,600	1,600	800	1,600	1,600
Selectable AF Points	55***	51	51	51	51	11	11	5	5	5
LCD	3.2" 2,359k	3.2" 921k	3.2" 921k	3" 921k	3" 921k	2.5" 232k	2.5"	2" 130k	2" 130k	2" 120k
Auto brightness	no	YES	YES	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Built-in Flash	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Shoot-through Flicker?	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Rear voice memo mic & rec. button	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	no	no
Battery	EN-EL18a	EN-EL18a	EN-EL18	EN-EL4a	EN-EL4a	EN-EL4	EN-EL4	EN-4	EN-4	EN-4
Weight****	49.9oz. 1,415g	47.2oz. 1,337g	47.2oz. 1,337g	52.6oz 1,492g	50.0oz. 1,417g	44.3oz. 1,256g	44.1oz 1,250g			48.0oz. 1,361g
Price, 1/2016	$6,500	$6,000 ($4,200 used)	$3,000 used	$1,600 used	$1,200 used	$200 used	$150 used	$75 used	$50 used	$35 used

* Nikon lied and interpolated it up to 6 MP.

*** I said selectable AF points. Most cameras use many more invisible AF points to help out the ones you can see.

**** With battery and card(s).

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