Canon EOS R vs. Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4

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In depth comparison and review of Canon EOS R and Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4. 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 R vs. Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 9.83 cm 9.64 cm
Width 13.58 cm 13.13 cm
Depth 8.44 cm 7.98 cm
Weight 580 g 658 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 580 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 660 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 658 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy Magnesium alloy
Protection Waterproof, dust-resistant Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom - 4x
SENSOR Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Sensor Resolution 30.3 Megapixel 33.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor R CMOS
Total Pixels 31,700,000 pixels 34,100,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 30,300,000 pixels 33,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) Full Frame (35.9 x 23.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 30 fps 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features EOS Integrated Cleaning System Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser - Optical (Steady Shot with 5-axis Intelligent Active Mode)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Image Processor DIGIC 8 BIONZ XR
LENS Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Lens Mounting Type Canon RF Sony E-mount
FOCUSING Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Auto Focus Dual Pixel CMOS AF TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 5655 759
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function Focus Peaking function, Predictive Focus Control
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF, Zone AF, Touch and Drag AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Zone AF, Real-time Eye AF, Real-time Tracking AF, Wide-area AF, Expanded area AF, animal eye detection, bird eye detection, right/left eye select
Face Detection Face Detection AF/AE Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.5" 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution 3,690,000 pixels 3,686,400 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.76x 0.78x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +2 -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor 1.0 -
Features Viewfinder brightness control -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
ISO (Max) 102400 204800
Native ISO 100-40000 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) 51200 (H1), 102400 (H2) 204800
Extended ISO (Min) 50 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 100-40000 ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 204800, ISO 100-51200
Exposure Metering Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6.1%), spot (2.7%) Multi-segment, centre-weighted, average, highlight spot
Exposure Metering Zones 384 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash Automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Special Effects Neutral, Custom Effect, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail Soft Skin, Creative Look presets
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (white) Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, Underwater, 2500K - 9900K
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 ±3 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, 5 or 9 steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/200sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV -3-20 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Type 3.15" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 2,100,000 pixels 1,036,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Folding
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control, anti-smudge coating Display brightness control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Digital Video Format H.264 MPEG-4, H.264, XAVC S, H.265, XAVC HS
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, C-RAW JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, HEIF, RAW + HEIF
Max Video Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format Linear PCM Linear PCM, AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features - Wind noise reduction
MEMORY Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Memory Card Slot SD card SD card, CFexpress / SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II 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, CFexpress
Memory Card Included No -
Image Storage RAW 6720 x 4480
RAW 4176 x 2784
RAW 5952 x 4480
RAW 6720 x 4480
RAW 4480 x 4480
JPEG 4464 x 2976
JPEG 3968 x 2976
JPEG 4464 x 2512
JPEG 2976 x 2976
JPEG 3360 x 2240
JPEG 2400 x 1600
JPEG 2976 x 2240
JPEG 3360 x 1888
JPEG 2240 x 2240
JPEG 2400 x 1600
JPEG 2112 x 1600
JPEG 2400 x 1344
JPEG 1600 x 1600
7008 x 4672
4608 x 3072
3504 x 2336
4608 x 3072 - APS-C mode
3504 x 2336 - APS-C mode
6224 x 4672
4096 x 3072
3120 x 2336
4096 x 3072 - APS-C mode
3120 x 2336 - APS-C mode
7008 x 3944
4608 x 2592
3504 x 1968
4608 x 2592 - APS-C mode
3504 x 1968 - APS-C mode
4672 x 4672
3072 x 3072
2336 x 2336
3072 x 3072 - APS-C mode
2336 x 2336 - APS-C mode
Video Capture H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 119.9 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 29.97 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Battery Type Canon LP-E6N Lithium Ion Sony NP-FZ100 Lithium Ion
Details Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Sony NP-FZ100 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2280 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 370 shots (at 23 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 350 shots (at 0 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 350 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 330 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 520 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 580 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 100 minutes (EVF on)
Video recording - 110 minutes (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Interface HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 USB 2.0, USB-C, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless image printing Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless video upload to FTP server, PC Remote functions via Wi-Fi
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Computer Connectivity Mac, Windows -
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.1 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Audio line-in / microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB Type-C)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 2.2 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 10 frames per second, 6 frames per second
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, highlight tone priority, Dust Delete Data system, USB charging, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, Time-Lapse recording, Canon Log Gamma mode, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology, diffraction correction, Flicker detection, Digital Lens Optimizer Built-in speaker, camera orientation detection, histogram display, shadow point display, highlight point display, Dynamic Range Optimizer, USB charging, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), fast motion recording, noise reduction over long exposures, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, BRAVIA Sync function, distortion correction function, S-Log2 gamma setting, slow motion recording, peripheral shading correction, chromatic aberration correction, anti-flicker, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, S-Log3 gamma setting, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording, simultaneous streaming & recording mode, focus breathing compensation, USB streaming, 14-bit RAW
OTHERS Canon EOS R Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, cable protector Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, shoe cap, USB-C to USB-A cable
Software Canon Digital Photo Professional -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year -
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