Detailed comparison and review of Canon EOS 5DS and Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2. 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.
| DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Product Type | Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording | Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system |
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| Lens Included | Body only | Body only |
| Height | 11.64 cm | 9.57 cm |
| Width | 15.2 cm | 12.69 cm |
| Depth | 7.64 cm | 6.03 cm |
| Weight | 845 g | 584 g |
| Weight Details | Camera body only: 845 g Camera with battery and memory card: 930 g |
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| Body Material | Magnesium alloy | - |
| Enclosure Colour | - | Black |
| Protection | Weatherproof, dust-resistant | - |
| SENSOR | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Sensor Resolution | 50.6 Megapixel | 12.2 Megapixel |
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| Optical Sensor Type | CMOS | Exmor CMOS |
| Total Pixels | 53,000,000 pixels | 12,400,000 pixels |
| Effective Sensor Resolution | 50,642,856 pixels | 12,200,000 pixels |
| Optical Sensor Size | Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) | Full Frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm) |
| Frame Rate (Max Resolution) | 30 fps | 30 fps |
| Sensor Dust Reduction | Yes | Yes |
| Sensor Features | EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Self Cleaning Sensor Unit | Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating |
| Image Stabiliser | - | Optical (5-axis Steady Shot) |
| Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser | - | Yes |
| Sensors | Digital level metre | - |
| PROCESSOR | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Image Processor | Dual DIGIC 6 | BIONZ X |
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| LENS | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Lens Mounting Type | Canon EF | Sony E-mount |
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| FOCUSING | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Auto Focus | TTL contrast and phase detection | TTL contrast detection |
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| Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty | 61 | 169 |
| Auto Focus Features | Predictive Focus Control, Intelligent Tracking and Recognition (iTR AF) system | Focus Peaking function, Manual Focus Check Live View |
| AE/AF Control | Auto-area AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF, AI Focus AF | Flex Focus Point, Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF |
| Face Detection | - | Face Recognition |
| VIEWFINDER | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Viewfinder Type | Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism | Electronic - OLED |
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| Viewfinder Colour Support | - | Colour |
| Viewfinder Diagonal Size | - | 0.5" |
| Viewfinder Resolution | - | 2,359,296 pixels |
| Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage | 100% | 100% |
| Optical Viewfinder Magnification | 0.71x | 0.78x |
| Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range | -3 to +1 | -4 to +3 |
| 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 |
| EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| ISO (Max) | 102400 | 409600 |
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| Native ISO | 200-25600 | - |
| Extended ISO (Max) | 51200 (H1), 102400 (H2) | 409600 |
| Extended ISO (Min) | 50 | 50 |
| Light Sensitivity | ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 12800, ISO 100-6400, ISO auto (100-6400) | ISO auto (100-12800), ISO 100-102400, ISO 50-409600 |
| Exposure Metering | Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6.1%), spot (1.3%) | Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot |
| Exposure Metering Zones | 252 | 1200 |
| Exposure Modes | Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash | Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority |
| Bracketing Modes | Flash Exposure Bracketing | Flash Exposure Bracketing |
| Shooting Programs | - | Landscape, portrait mode, action, 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, autumn leaves, Retro, HDR, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Lighting, Standard |
| White Balance | Custom, automatic, presets | Custom, automatic, presets |
| White Balance Presets | Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, sunset, fluorescent light (white), twilight | Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white) |
| Shutter Type | Mechanical electronically-controlled | Mechanical electronically-controlled |
| Max Shutter Speed | 1/8000 sec | 1/8000 sec |
| Min Shutter Speed | 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 | 3 or 5 steps |
| White Balance Bracketing | Yes | Yes |
| X-sync Speed | 1/200sec | 1/250sec |
| Exposure Range | EV 0-20 (ISO 100) | EV -3-20 (ISO 100) |
| DISPLAY | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Type | 3.2" LCD display | 3" LCD display |
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| Display Format | 1,040,000 pixels | 1,228,800 pixels |
| Display Form Factor | Built-in | Folding |
| Display Features | Display brightness control, automatic display brightness adjustment | Display brightness control |
| VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Digital Video Format | H.264, MOV | AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S, AVC |
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| Image Recording Format | JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG | JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG |
| Max Video Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Surround Sound | - | Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording |
| Microphone Operation Mode | - | Stereo |
| MEMORY | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Memory Card Slot | CompactFlash Card, SD card | Memory Stick Micro (M2) card, Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card |
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| 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, 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 | No |
| 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 |
JPEG 4240 x 2832 JPEG 2768 x 1848 JPEG 2128 x 1416 JPEG 1376 x 920 JPEG 4240 x 2384 JPEG 2768 x 1560 JPEG 2128 x 1200 JPEG 1376 x 776 |
| 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 |
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 - 30 fps XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 - 24Mbps XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 - 120 fps AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps |
| BATTERY AND CHARGING | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Battery Type | Canon LP-E6 Lithium Ion | Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion |
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| Details | Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1800 mAh (included) | Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (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 - 310 shots (EVF on) Photo shooting - 370 shots (LCD Monitor on) |
| CONNECTIONS | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Interface | Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0 | HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication) |
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| 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, 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 2.0 HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D) Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm) Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm) |
| FEATURES | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Self-Timer Delay | 10 sec, 2sec | 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec |
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| Continuous Shooting Speed | 3 frames per second, 5 frames per second | 2.5 frames per second, 5 frames per second |
| HDR Mode | - | Auto HDR mode |
| 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 | Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, sharpness control, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, contrast control, Dynamic Range Optimizer, peripheral illumination correction, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), x.v.Colour technology, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), High ISO NR, high-speed recording, Superior Auto mode, noise reduction over long exposures, BRAVIA Sync function, PhotoTV HD, distortion correction function, Clean HDMI output for 4K movies |
| OTHERS | Canon EOS 5DS | Sony Alpha7s II ILCE-7SM2 |
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| Included Accessories | Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, eyecup, cable protector | Eyepiece cover, battery charger, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, shoe cap, micro-USB cable, cable protector |
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| Software | Drivers & Utilities | - |
| Max Operating Temperature | 40 °C | 40 °C |
| Min Operating Temperature | 0 °C | 0 °C |
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