Canon EOS 5DS vs. Fujifilm GFX 50S

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Canon EOS 5DS and Fujifilm GFX 50S. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Canon EOS 5DS vs. Fujifilm GFX 50S Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system with movie recording
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 11.64 cm 9.42 cm
Width 15.2 cm 14.75 cm
Depth 7.64 cm 9.14 cm
Weight 845 g 740 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 845 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 930 g
Camera body only: 740 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 825 g
Camera with EVF: 920 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy -
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection Weatherproof, dust-resistant Weatherproof
SENSOR Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Sensor Resolution 50.6 Megapixel 51.4 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 53,000,000 pixels -
Effective Sensor Resolution 50,642,856 pixels 51,400,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) Medium Format (43.8 x 32.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Self Cleaning Sensor Unit Ultrasonic vibration
Sensors Digital level metre Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Image Processor Dual DIGIC 6 X-Processor Pro engine
LENS Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Lens Mounting Type Canon EF Fujifilm G Mount
FOCUSING Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 61 -
Auto Focus Features Predictive Focus Control, Intelligent Tracking and Recognition (iTR AF) system Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Auto-area AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF, AI Focus AF -
Face Detection - Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution - 3,690,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.71x 0.85x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +1 -4 to +2
Viewfinder Information Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, AF-in-focus, flash charge completion, red-eye reduction, aperture, high-speed sync indicator, flash compensation on/off, highlight tone priority, ISO sensitivity, memory card status, FE lock, AF status, AF point, grid, electronic level, maximum burst, flicker detection, JPEG/RAW -
Field of View Crop Factor 1.0 -
Features - Viewfinder brightness control, auto eye sensor
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
ISO (Max) 102400 102400
Native ISO 200-25600 100-12800
Extended ISO (Max) 51200 (H1), 102400 (H2) 25600 (H1), 51200 (H2), 102400 (H3)
Extended ISO (Min) 50 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 12800, ISO 100-6400, ISO auto (100-6400) ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 25600, ISO 100-12800
Exposure Metering Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6.1%), spot (1.3%) Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, average
Exposure Metering Zones 252 256
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash Automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes Flash Exposure Bracketing Dynamic Range Bracketing, Film Simulation Bracketing, ISO sensitivity bracketing, white balance bracketing
Special Effects Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait Chrome, Film Simulation, Grainy Film
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, sunset, fluorescent light (white), twilight Incandescent, fluorescent, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/16000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 4 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps 9 steps in 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed 1/200sec 1/125sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) -
DISPLAY Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Type 3.2" LCD display 3.2" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,040,000 pixels 2,360,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control, automatic display brightness adjustment Display brightness control, display colour control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
MEMORY Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Memory Card Slot CompactFlash Card, SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards CompactFlash, SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Memory Card Max Supported Size - 256 GB
Image Storage JPEG 8688 x 5792
JPEG 7680 x 5120
JPEG 5760 x 3840
JPEG 4320 x 2880
JPEG 1920 x 1280
JPEG 720 x 480
RAW 8688 x 5792
RAW 6480 x 4320
RAW 4320 x 2880
8256 x 6192
8256 x 5504
8256 x 4640
6192 x 6192
8256 x 3048
7744 x 6192
7232 x 6192
4000 x 3000
4000 x 2664
4000 x 2248
2992 x 2992
4000 x 1480
3744 x 3000
3504 x 3000
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
1920 x 1080 p - 29.97 fps
1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps
1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps
1280 x 720 p - 29.97 fps
1280 x 720 p - 25 fps
1280 x 720 p - 24 fps
1280 x 720 p - 23.98 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Battery Type Canon LP-E6 Lithium Ion Fujifilm NP-T125 Lithium Ion
Details Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1800 mAh (included) Fujifilm NP-T125 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 700 shots (at 23 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 660 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 220 shots (at 23 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 210 shots (at 0 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 400 shots
Video recording - 2.42 hours
CONNECTIONS Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0 HDMI, USB 3.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Connectivity Features Wi-Fi ready Remote control via mobile devices, Wireless Image Transfer
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Exif Print support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Composite video/audio output
System accessory terminal
USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control (sub-mini phone 2.5 mm)
DC power input
FEATURES Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 5 frames per second 3 frames per second, 1.8 frames per second
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, depth-of-field preview button, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, GPS ready, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, Time-Lapse recording, silent shooting, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Intelligent Scene Analysis (iSA) system, Mirror Vibration Control system Auto power save, date/time stamp, depth-of-field preview button, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, colour control, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, highlight tone priority, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, Automatic Pixel Mapping (APM), Dynamic Range Adjustment, Bayer mosaic RGB filter, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO), noise reduction, multiple exposure capture, shadow tone priority
OTHERS Canon EOS 5DS Fujifilm GFX 50S
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, eyecup, cable protector Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, viewfinder, power plug adapter, strap clip, cable protector, strap clip lock
Software Drivers & Utilities -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -10 °C
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