Best Video Camera Battle: Nikon Z6 III vs Sony a7S III vs Canon R6 II Review

NOTE: KEH Coupon is now TNC24 for buying or TNC24-SELL for selling. The a7S III does shoot HD/240 slow-mo, so that ties it with the Nikon in that category (Sony really hid that option). The Panasonic Lumix S5 II and Sony a7 IV were excluded from the test because they heavily crop 4k/60 footage. The 1.5X crop makes them an APS-C camera in that mode, reducing low-light performance and dynamic range by more than a full stop. They also have worse rolling shutter. Thus, they would have performed poorly anyway.

Hope for a Z8, Sony A7RV?, R5 Mark II battle, especially low light AF and quality performance

It is not surprising that the Sony a7S III outperforms the Nikon Z6 III vs Canon R6 II Review cameras in terms of dynamic range. The Sony a7S III is designed for video shooting.

I think it is reasonable to compare it with the Sony a7siii. I don’t know what it is like elsewhere, but because the first sentence of Nikon Hong Kong’s website introducing the Z6III is...the Z6III has extraordinary film capabilities...it is obviously positioned as a video camera. The introduction of the A7m4 on the Sony website is... with its breakthrough performance in still images and video recording... it is obviously a true hybrid camera. So it is reasonable to compare Nikon Z6iii with Sony a7siii.

Thank you for testing out the wildlife tracking + video on the Z6III. I'm more looking to pick up a Z8, but knowing the Z6III surpassed the Canon R6II in this area is really useful information. Also, thank you, THANK YOU for saying, "you really do need to count on cropping in post when it comes to wildlife" and, "when filming wildlife, you need all the reach you can get". There are SO MANY folks out there shouting, "just get closer to your subject!" which I don't disagree, getting closer does improve your captures, but it frequently isn't possible when out shooting in the wild. If a camera can give a wildlife photographer better tracking, more pixels on subject, and freedom of composition, they will take it! No question!

Wow, clearly a tonne of work gone into this! 👏👏

Well for photos I’ll say this. Just got back from Cancun and the resort photographer was using a Sony A7Siii with the 28-70 kit lens. In my mind I was thinking what the heck. What professional is going to use this setup? Even made a few comments to my gf about it. We got the pictures and they were less than 2Mb and jpegs. The company wouldn’t give the raws. We purchased a couple of the photo and when I got home decided to print them at 13x19 inches on fine art with my canon pixma printer. Long story short I have one of them hanging on my wall right now. Image looks great. I never would have thought that. Put a tool in the hands of someone that knows how to use it and well you know.

After watching this video I feel there is a lot he isn’t telling us about what his settings with the Z 6III was because it seems he simply was just setting it up to fail. I have used the Z 6III at extreme lowlights situations at a paid client event and the camera AF performed exceptionally well with no hunting or focus breathing issues. He never mentioned what ISO he filmed in any of those scenes or what his AF settings was (was it AFC or AFF or even human or auto or 3D or Wide?)

Tremendous amount of work here, bravo ! About stills, I'd love to see a very specific test. Have a group of runners come towards the camera, pick one face with the equivalent of Sony’s spot tracking and count the sharp shots. R6ii, Z6iii, A7iv, S5ii to be compared.

I am really really really enjoying my Z6iii, and i own a Z9 just sayin

That Nikon got a “call the guy at Nikon” button? Or you have to custom map that maybe… I’d use it though.

Appreciate the dedication both of you put into this video!

07:18 I thought I was watching a horror movie LOL

My A7SIII is definitely awesome for wedding photography. It’s krayzie how often I’m booked for a video gig but I end up also becoming the photographer for the same gig because the photographer had to drop out. My A7SIII always delivers.

I think for it to be a fair comparison the cameras should be on the same price range. Canon r6mk2 and Sony a7s3 are totally on different price ranges. Sony a7IV, canon r6mk2, and Nikon z6iii sounds like a more balanced comparison

I hope that sony fix that scrubbing issue, I mean come on man you literally make the best video camera

Thanks for making this video. A lot of YouTube tests I've seen are done in relatively ideal situations. When shooting weddings or any hectic situation you know that there will be that shot you HAVE to make without being able to adjust all your settings properly because it is happening right now without notice or that shot is happening in a spot where lighting is not great, but you still need to capture it and hope that your camera is good enough make a useable shot of someone in the shade with very bright background.

I think we need a z8 vs canon r5 mark ii it’s the most highly anticipated video

Love my Z6III…no DR issues at all. There will be firmware updates, it’s been out a month. I do agree on the video recording…that’s irritating and I hope a future firmware update changes that! 📚😎

I think it's unsurprising the A7S III still comes out on top because it's also the only camera that isn't making the "hybrid" stills/video compromise; the Nikon and Canon bodies have the resolution to pull double duty, and it comes at a price. Ultimately, I think I'd take the Nikon despite it's notably lower dynamic range because it fits my needs better as a hybrid shooter (plus all the Z and F mount glass I have...).