Friday, September 21, 2012

Nikon D600 vs Canon 6D Specification Comparison

Nikon D600 vs Canon 6D

Following the announcement of Nikon D600, Canon announced Canon EOS 6D aimed at identical market segment; full frame camera in small and lightweight body at cheapest price. Canon 6D will be available on market from the beginning of December, 2012. Below is head to head specification comparison of the two cameras. Note that some of 6D features is not complete yet.

Features

Nikon D600

Canon EOS 6D

PriceBody only: $2099/ £1955.99 Body only
With 24-85mm F3.5-5.6: $2699/ £2443.99 With EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Announced September 2012 September 2012

Body

Body type Mid-size SLR Mid-size SLR
Body material Magnesium alloy top and rear, polycarbonate front-plate Magnesium alloy, polycarbonate top plate

Sensor

Sensor size Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm) Full frame (36 x 24 mm)
Sensor type CMOS CMOS
Effective pixels 24.3 megapixels 20.2 megapixels
Sensor photo detectors 24.7 megapixels 20.6 megapixels
Max resolution 6016 x 4016 5472 x 3648
Other resolutions 4512 x 3008, 3936 x 2624, 3008 x 2008, 3008 x 1688, 2944 x 1968 3648 x 2432, 3648 x 2432, 2736 x 1824, 1920 x 1280, 720 x 480
Image ratio w:h 3:2 3:2
Processor Expeed 3 Digic 5+
Color space sRGB, Adobe RGB sRGB, Adobe RGB
Color filter array Primary Color Filter RGB Color Filter Array
Light sensitivity 6,400 ISO 25,600 ISO
Light sensitivity (boost) 25,600 ISO 102,400 ISO
Sensor cleaning Yes Yes
Pixel size 35.4 µm² 39.1 µm²
Focal length multiplier/Crop factor 1x

Images

White balance presets 12 6
Custom white balance Yes (4) Yes
Image stabilization No No
Uncompressed format RAW RAW
JPEG quality levels Fine, Normal, Basic Normal, Fine
File format NEF (RAW) RAW
TIFF (RGB) JPG
JPEG

Focus System

Autofocus Contrast Detect (sensor) Contrast Detect (sensor)
Phase Detect Phase Detect
Multi-area Multi-area
Center
Selective single-point Selective single-point
Tracking
Single Single
Continuous Continuous
Face Detection Face Detection
Live View Live View
Digital zoom No Unknown
Manual focus Yes Yes
Number of focus points 39 points, 9 cross-type 11 points, single center cross-type
Lens mount Nikon F mount Canon EF mount
Lens focus motor Yes Yes

Screen

Articulated LCD Fixed Fixed
Screen size 3.2" 3"
Screen dots 921k 1,020k
Touch screen No No
Screen type TFT LCD monitor Clear View II TFT LCD
Live view Yes Yes

Viewfinder

Viewfinder type Optical (pentaprism) Optical (pentaprism)
Viewfinder coverage 100% 97%
Viewfinder magnification 0.7× 0.71x

Shutter

Minimum shutter speed 30 sec 30 sec
Maximum shutter speed 1/4000 sec 1/4000 sec
Shutter Life 150,000 cycles/actuations 100,000 cycles/actuations
Exposure modes Program (P)
Shutter-priority (S)
Aperture priority (A)
Manual (M)

Flash

Built-in flash Yes (Pop-up) No
Flash range 12 m (at ISO 100)
External flash Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless) Yes, (Hot shoe)
Flash modes Auto, On, Off, Red-eye, Slow sync, Rear curtain
Flash X sync speed 1/200 sec 1/180 sec

Performance

Drive modes Single-frame [S] mode
Continuous low-speed [CL]
Continuous high-speed [CH]
Mirror-up [Mup]
Quiet Shutter Release
Self-timer
Continuous shooting Yes (5.5 fps) Yes (4.5 fps)
Self-timer Yes Yes (2 or 10 sec)
Metering modes Multi Multi
Center-weighted Center-weighted
Average Spot
Spot Partial
Exposure compensation ±5 EV (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps) ±5 EV (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
AE Bracketing (2, 3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps) ±3 (3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
WB Bracketing Yes (2 or 3 frames in steps of 1, 2 or 3 mired) Yes (3 frames in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)

Video/Movies

Video Format MPEG-4 H.264
H.264
Microphone Mono Mono
Speaker Mono Mono
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50, 30, 25 fps) 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps fps), 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps), 640 x 480 (25, 30 fps)
External mic jack Yes Yes

Storage & Connection

Storage types SD/SDHC/SDXC SD/SDHC/SDXC
Storage slots 2 slots 1 slot
USB USB 2.0 USB 2.0
HDMI Yes (Mini Type C) Yes (HDMI Mini)
Wireless Optional (WU-1b WiFi transmitter)
controllable via Android or iOS devices
Built-in
Remote control Yes (Optional, wired MC-DC2 or wireless ML-L3) Yes (Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-6)
Battery Lithium-Ion EN-EL15 rechargeable battery & charger Lithium-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable battery & charger
Battery Life 900 shots Unknown
Battery Grip MB-D14 Unknown

Form Factor

Weight (inc. batteries) 850g (1.9 lb) 770 g (1.70 lb)
Dimensions 141 x 113 x 82 mm (5.55 x 4.45 x 3.23") 145 x 111 x 71 mm (5.71 x 4.37 x 2.8")
Waterproof No No
Weather sealed Yes Yes

Other Features

Orientation sensor Yes Yes
Timelapse recording Yes Yes (by cable and PC)
GPS Optional (GP-1A GPS) Built-in (Image tagging and tracking mode)
Panorama No Unknown
HDR Yes Unknown
3D No No
Photo editing Built-in picture editing tools Unknown
In-camera RAW editing Unknown
19 scene modes Unknown

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