Canon EOS 1D C vs. Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300

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In depth comparison and review of Canon EOS 1D C and Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Canon EOS 1D C vs. Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 16.36 cm 6.69 cm
Width 15.8 cm 12 cm
Depth 8.27 cm 4.88 cm
Weight 1.545 kg 361 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection Waterproof, dust-resistant Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom - 4x
SENSOR Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Sensor Resolution 18.1 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor CMOS
Total Pixels 19,300,000 pixels 25,000,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 18,100,000 pixels 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Anti-Dust coating Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser - Optical (Steady Shot)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors Digital level metre -
PROCESSOR Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Image Processor Dual DIGIC 5+ BIONZ X
LENS Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Lens Mounting Type Canon EF Sony E-mount
FOCUSING Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 61 425
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Predictive Focus Control
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Predictive AI Servo AF Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF
Face Detection Live Face detection AF mode Eye Detect AF, Face Recognition
VIEWFINDER Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,359,296 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.76x 1.07x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +1 -4 to +3
Viewfinder Information Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, flash charge completion, aperture, white balance, metering system, battery status, flash compensation on/off, highlight tone priority, ISO sensitivity, memory card status, FE lock, AF status, AF point -
Field of View Crop Factor 1.0 1.5
Interchangeable Focusing Screens Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
ISO (Max) 204800 51200
Native ISO - 100-6400
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 204800, ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-51200) ISO 51200, ISO auto (100-6400), ISO 100-25600
Exposure Metering Evaluative, multi-spot, partial (6.5%), centre-weighted, spot (2.5%) Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 252 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight, anti-motion blur
Special Effects Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Standard
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 1/30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/160 sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Type 3.2" LCD display 3" LCD display
Display Format 1,040,000 pixels 921,600 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control
FLASH Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Camera Flash - Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 6
Flash Modes - Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, high-speed sync, slow sync
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features - AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Digital Video Format MJPEG, H.264, MOV MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 4096 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Surround Sound - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction, sensitivity control -
MEMORY Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Memory Card Slot Dual CompactFlash Card Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards CompactFlash, UDMA CompactFlash SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro Mark2, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage JPEG 5184 x 3456
JPEG 4608 x 3072
JPEG 3456 x 2304
JPEG 2592 x 1728
RAW 5184 x 3456
RAW 3888 x 2592
RAW 2592 x 1728
6000 x 4000
4240 x 2832
3008 x 2000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2400
3008 x 1688
Video Capture MJPEG - 4096 x 2160 - 24 fps - 500Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 90Mbps - Super 35mm Crop mode
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 90Mbps - Super 35mm Crop mode
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps - 90Mbps - Super 35mm Crop mode
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50Mbps - Super 35mm Crop mode
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps - 180Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 180Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 90Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 90Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps - 90Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps - 80Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps - 80Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps - 27Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps - 27Mbps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 10Mbps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps - 10Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 17Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 6Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 17Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
MPEG-4 - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps - 6Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Battery Type Canon LP-E4N Lithium Ion Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion
Details Canon LP-E4N Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2450 mAh (included) Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included)
Battery Life Video recording - 1.42 hours (4K resolution)
Video recording - 2.17 hours (Full HD resolution)
Photo shooting - 1120 shots (at 23 °C)
Photo shooting - 860 shots (at 0 °C)
Photo shooting - 350 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 400 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 1.17 hours (EVF on)
Video recording - 1.25 hours (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication)
Connectivity Features Wi-Fi ready Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
Remote control
HDMI output
Microphone (mini-phone 3.5mm)
LAN
Headphones (mini-phone 3.5mm)
USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 14 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 11 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features Audio recording, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, depth-of-field preview button, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, GPS ready, LCD live view mode, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, mirror lock, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), distortion control, High ISO NR, Canon Log Gamma mode, noise reduction over long exposures Built-in speaker, camera orientation detection, histogram display, saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, Dynamic Range Optimizer, USB charging, peripheral illumination correction, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), x.v.Colour technology, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Superior Auto mode, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, high ISO speed noise reduction, PlayMemories Camera Apps support, silent shooting
OTHERS Canon EOS 1D C Sony Alpha6300 ILCE-6300
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, A/V cable, eyecup Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, micro-USB cable, hot shoe cap
Software Drivers & Utilities, Canon PhotoStitch, Canon ImageBrowser, Canon Remote Capture, Canon Digital Photo Professional, Canon Picture Style Editor -
Max Operating Temperature 45 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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