Cameras for Wildlife & Nature

On the criteria wildlife & nature leans on — Autofocus, Burst & Buffer, Sensor Performance, Build Quality, Stabilization, Handling, EVF & LCD and Battery Life — here is how the reviewed cameras compare, with the sourced evidence behind each position. We don't crown a winner; we show the fit and let you decide.

Ranked on the evidence

1Panasonic lumix gh5 ii
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+84%17▲ / 1▼ of 19 · high
- Burst & Buffer+50%4▲ / 1▼ of 6 · medium (thin evidence)
- Sensor Performance+24%13▲ / 7▼ of 25 · medium (contested)
- Build Quality+100%2▲ / 0▼ of 2 · low (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+69%28▲ / 3▼ of 36 · high
- Handling+58%8▲ / 1▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence)
- EVF & LCD+67%5▲ / 1▼ of 6 · medium (thin evidence)
- Battery Life+90%9▲ / 0▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence)
"the autofocus just work and that's always something that I can appreciate this is the biggest reason why I ended up moving over to the S5 Mark I cameras because anytime I need that phase detection autofocus not that I us…" — Geeky Nerdy Techy Panasonic
$1198 new →from $700 used →
2Canon eos r6 ii
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Burst & Buffer.
- Autofocus+65%20▲ / 3▼ of 26 · high
- Burst & Buffer+56%38▲ / 4▼ of 61 · high
- Sensor Performance+59%33▲ / 6▼ of 46 · high
- Build Quality+60%3▲ / 0▼ of 5 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+27%16▲ / 8▼ of 30 · high
- Handling+55%23▲ / 5▼ of 33 · high
- EVF & LCD+71%11▲ / 1▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
- Battery Life+57%10▲ / 2▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
"with burst speeds even at 40 frames per second missing just the odd shot in mechanical mode I rarely had a photo out of focus on top of face and eyes it can now detect people's bodies Plus animals and vehicles including …" — Engadget
$1999 new →from $1389 used →
3Sony A7C
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+53%32▲ / 6▼ of 49 · high
- Burst & Buffer+25%26▲ / 12▼ of 56 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+59%44▲ / 5▼ of 66 · high
- Build Quality+57%16▲ / 4▼ of 21 · high
- Stabilization+40%25▲ / 7▼ of 45 · high
- Handling+39%29▲ / 7▼ of 57 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+23%38▲ / 20▼ of 79 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+55%14▲ / 3▼ of 20 · high
"real-time tracking of a moving subject by just tapping the subject on the screen and this sticks to the subject really well in my experience the autofocus on this camera has just made filming myself for YouTube so much e…" — Arran Brown The Original
Check price at Adorama →from $879 used →
4Sony A7 IV (ILCE-7M4)
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+64%18▲ / 2▼ of 25 · medium
- Burst & Buffer+26%18▲ / 7▼ of 42 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+52%35▲ / 6▼ of 56 · high
- Build Quality+20%4▲ / 2▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+48%15▲ / 2▼ of 27 · medium
- Handling+65%40▲ / 5▼ of 54 · high
- EVF & LCD+48%20▲ / 5▼ of 31 · high
- Battery Life+47%8▲ / 1▼ of 15 · medium
"that we've had a lot of demanding autofocusing tests today but we did just have three whitetail bucks walk behind us right here in town and subject detection animals picking up their eyes quickly no problem and i do love…" — Dpreview Tv
$1998 new →See used →
5Canon R5
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+68%30▲ / 4▼ of 38 · medium
- Burst & Buffer+26%32▲ / 13▼ of 73 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+46%58▲ / 15▼ of 93 · high
- Build Quality+25%7▲ / 3▼ of 16 · medium (contested)
- Stabilization+42%23▲ / 7▼ of 38 · high
- Handling+47%26▲ / 6▼ of 43 · high
- EVF & LCD+67%10▲ / 2▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence)
- Battery Life+20%7▲ / 4▼ of 15 · medium (contested)
"of the camera but what i found when i actually did test is that first of all i think that the af system here it really feels effortless to me in terms of tracking action in the way that the sony a9 series does which is u…" — Dustin Abbott
$2799 new →from $1500 used →
6Sony A7S III
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+58%31▲ / 6▼ of 43 · high
- Burst & Buffer+27%28▲ / 12▼ of 60 · high
- Sensor Performance+45%49▲ / 11▼ of 84 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+40%7▲ / 3▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+42%41▲ / 12▼ of 69 · high
- Handling+19%32▲ / 20▼ of 63 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+48%64▲ / 16▼ of 100 · high
- Battery Life+58%22▲ / 4▼ of 31 · high
"and detail beautiful slow motion af tracking of fast moving subjects and an overall ease of use with the camera by now it's no secret that the a7s has been a hit with filmmakers for years and for good reason i was lucky …" — Bh Photo Video Pro
$3998 new →from $1999 used →
7Panasonic lumix s5 ii
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+36%41▲ / 14▼ of 75 · high
- Burst & Buffer+11%25▲ / 17▼ of 76 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+38%28▲ / 10▼ of 48 · high
- Build Quality+78%14▲ / 0▼ of 18 · high
- Stabilization+58%70▲ / 12▼ of 100 · high
- Handling+66%36▲ / 5▼ of 47 · high
- EVF & LCD+46%17▲ / 5▼ of 26 · high
- Battery Life+36%7▲ / 2▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
"shoot manual focus and you won't have an issue with that and that point would be valid if other cameras didn't do it better my C70 if I manual focus on let's say an object or a person immediately the camera will think oh…" — Anthony Rodriguez Lumix S5ii
Check price at Adorama →from $1211 used →
8Nikon z5 ii
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+42%48▲ / 14▼ of 81 · high
- Burst & Buffer+25%57▲ / 23▼ of 134 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+45%52▲ / 12▼ of 88 · high
- Build Quality+28%9▲ / 4▼ of 18 · medium (contested)
- Stabilization+39%26▲ / 6▼ of 51 · high (contested)
- Handling+64%54▲ / 5▼ of 76 · high
- EVF & LCD+50%48▲ / 12▼ of 72 · high
- Battery Life+45%11▲ / 2▼ of 20 · high
"But I had absolutely no issues with its subject tracking and it features a number of useful tracking options also like bird and vehicle tracking." — Christopher Frost
$1597 new →from $999 used →
9Canon R6
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+58%53▲ / 12▼ of 71 · high
- Burst & Buffer+25%38▲ / 19▼ of 75 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+48%74▲ / 14▼ of 126 · high
- Build Quality+16%7▲ / 4▼ of 19 · high (contested)
- Stabilization+42%38▲ / 13▼ of 60 · high
- Handling+44%40▲ / 13▼ of 62 · high
- EVF & LCD+45%12▲ / 2▼ of 22 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+29%15▲ / 7▼ of 28 · medium
"camera has a like vehicle autofocus tracking system is has been a game changer for what I do personally I just point my camera at the car and it just grabs it immediately the support from Canon on this camera since its l…" — Caleb Brunkow
Check price at Adorama →from $796 used →
10Sony A7 V
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+45%95▲ / 18▼ of 172 · high
- Burst & Buffer+24%334▲ / 141▼ of 809 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+34%180▲ / 66▼ of 340 · high
- Build Quality+52%17▲ / 2▼ of 29 · high
- Stabilization+44%106▲ / 24▼ of 185 · high
- Handling+33%68▲ / 17▼ of 154 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+31%92▲ / 36▼ of 183 · high
- Battery Life+51%56▲ / 14▼ of 83 · high
"No action warping here, and there's blackout free shooting available as well, which I found helpful for bird photography." — Christopher Frost
$2898 new →from $1498 used →
11Sony A1
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Burst & Buffer.
- Autofocus+43%75▲ / 16▼ of 137 · high
- Burst & Buffer+40%126▲ / 31▼ of 237 · high
- Sensor Performance+30%71▲ / 26▼ of 148 · high
- Build Quality+40%4▲ / 0▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+42%21▲ / 5▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Handling+35%27▲ / 9▼ of 52 · high
- EVF & LCD+24%43▲ / 22▼ of 86 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+33%14▲ / 5▼ of 27 · high
"how's it going jordan it's going pretty good this just arrived gonna go test it out now i'm sorry you have to take all the photos but it should be easy stuff so sure it seems easy when you do it yeah no problem right so …" — Dpreview Tv
$5698 new →from $1399 used →
12Canon powershot sx70
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Burst & Buffer.
- Autofocus+69%9▲ / 0▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Burst & Buffer+42%16▲ / 3▼ of 31 · medium (contested)
- Sensor Performance+11%8▲ / 6▼ of 19 · medium (contested)
- Build Quality+29%8▲ / 4▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+6%13▲ / 11▼ of 35 · high (contested)
- Handling+46%23▲ / 4▼ of 41 · high
- EVF & LCD+59%19▲ / 3▼ of 27 · high
- Battery Life-33%1▲ / 4▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence)
"AF point selector here the information button allows you to scroll through and decide how much information you want to view on the back of your screen while shooting the main control dial at the back here you have a few …" — Canon Camera Assist
Check price at Adorama →from $388 used →
13Fujifilm x t10
Strongest reviewer support on Burst & Buffer and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+17%10▲ / 6▼ of 24 · high
- Burst & Buffer+42%30▲ / 4▼ of 62 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+30%12▲ / 5▼ of 23 · high
- Build Quality+50%16▲ / 4▼ of 24 · high
- Stabilization+50%8▲ / 2▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+45%27▲ / 7▼ of 44 · high
- EVF & LCD+22%17▲ / 9▼ of 36 · high
- Battery Life+22%5▲ / 3▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"While we're on the topic of specs, the autofocus capabilities in this camera are fast and accurate, which is very surprising and very nice to know that having a reliable autofocus system in what seems to be a very good p…" — Deo Abarquez Fujifilm X
Check price at Adorama →from $298 used →
14Fujifilm x s20
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+34%16▲ / 5▼ of 32 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+14%15▲ / 7▼ of 58 · high
- Sensor Performance+38%16▲ / 3▼ of 34 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+23%11▲ / 5▼ of 26 · high (contested)
- Stabilization+47%22▲ / 6▼ of 34 · high
- Handling+66%40▲ / 5▼ of 53 · high
- EVF & LCD+23%11▲ / 4▼ of 30 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+61%18▲ / 1▼ of 28 · high
"done with this camera I'm pretty much found that it's the same it does tend to lock onto subjects very well it does track them really well across the frame it is very sticky so for Vlogs like this for my uses certainly I…" — Andy Mumford Fujifilm X
$1499 new →from $1100 used →
15Panasonic gh5
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+40%9▲ / 3▼ of 15 · medium (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+24%14▲ / 7▼ of 29 · medium (contested)
- Sensor Performance+6%14▲ / 12▼ of 35 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+38%5▲ / 2▼ of 8 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+51%26▲ / 5▼ of 41 · high (contested)
- Handling+60%23▲ / 5▼ of 30 · high
- EVF & LCD+21%9▲ / 5▼ of 19 · medium
- Battery Life+33%8▲ / 3▼ of 15 · medium
"and a huge change now is we have the animal detect focusing systems now here I tried it on my dog you can see it picks him up as a subject which is very good around the frame didn't always go to his eye in the situation …" — Dpreview Tv Panasonic G9
$1198 new →from $422 used →
16Minolta maxxum 70
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+51%24▲ / 3▼ of 41 · high
- Sensor Performance+43%3▲ / 0▼ of 7 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Build Quality+50%11▲ / 2▼ of 18 · high
- Handling+33%20▲ / 6▼ of 43 · high
- EVF & LCD+44%17▲ / 3▼ of 32 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+23%5▲ / 2▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"that rear element looks pretty nice and focus is smooth and the this lens has a range of 35 to 70 millimeters here but we can see that there's this macro switch that then allows it to go into this macro zone right here t…" — Oldengguy Minolta Maxxum
Check price at Adorama →from $19 used →
17Nikon z7
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+5%18▲ / 16▼ of 44 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+14%13▲ / 9▼ of 28 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+50%19▲ / 5▼ of 28 · high
- Build Quality+73%8▲ / 0▼ of 11 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+42%13▲ / 5▼ of 19 · high
- Handling+27%22▲ / 11▼ of 41 · high
- EVF & LCD+26%20▲ / 10▼ of 39 · high
- Battery Life+22%4▲ / 2▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"Secondly, the autofocus is nowhere near as snappy as it is on my Canon EOSR and particularly in low light situations." — Christopher Frost
Check price at Adorama →from $735 used →
18Fujifilm x t20
Strongest reviewer support on Burst & Buffer and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+16%6▲ / 3▼ of 19 · medium (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+46%28▲ / 3▼ of 54 · high
- Sensor Performance+32%11▲ / 4▼ of 22 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+42%7▲ / 2▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+29%8▲ / 3▼ of 17 · high (contested)
- Handling+37%33▲ / 12▼ of 57 · high
- EVF & LCD+21%20▲ / 12▼ of 38 · high
- Battery Life-8%3▲ / 4▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"Also, we can change our focus mode from manual to continuous to single just on the front here." — Omar Gonzalez Photography I
Check price at Adorama →from $389 used →
19Minolta maxxum 5000
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+38%6▲ / 1▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Burst & Buffer+10%9▲ / 5▼ of 39 · high
- Sensor Performance+40%3▲ / 1▼ of 5 · medium (thin evidence)
- Build Quality+36%6▲ / 2▼ of 11 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+50%2▲ / 0▼ of 4 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+56%6▲ / 1▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence)
- EVF & LCD+25%2▲ / 0▼ of 8 · medium (thin evidence)
- Battery Life-30%0▲ / 3▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence)
"left you'll see there's a little light that lights up green when the autofocus has achieved focus autofocus works in program mode and manual mode of course um but here i've got it set to program and autofocus and the lit…" — Mostly Vintage Cameras How
Check price at Adorama →from $15 used →
20Minolta maxxum 7000
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+27%8▲ / 2▼ of 22 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+19%14▲ / 4▼ of 52 · high
- Sensor Performance+33%2▲ / 1▼ of 3 · medium (thin evidence)
- Build Quality+71%11▲ / 1▼ of 14 · high (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+50%4▲ / 0▼ of 8 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+27%11▲ / 4▼ of 26 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD-11%5▲ / 7▼ of 19 · medium (contested)
- Battery Life-20%4▲ / 7▼ of 15 · medium (contested)
"to play around with some of the dynamic range here and the light hitting up here i wish the dog was more lit but um i think we'll be able to do something with this one i'm bummed about i missed the focus here on the tail…" — Brewerjason Reacting To My
Check price at Adorama →from $24 used →
21Panasonic lumix l10
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Burst & Buffer.
- Autofocus+27%14▲ / 6▼ of 30 · high
- Burst & Buffer+24%35▲ / 16▼ of 79 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+31%27▲ / 10▼ of 55 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+17%21▲ / 14▼ of 41 · high (contested)
- Stabilization+3%22▲ / 20▼ of 61 · high (contested)
- Handling+43%33▲ / 10▼ of 54 · high
- EVF & LCD+48%32▲ / 8▼ of 50 · high
- Battery Life+46%18▲ / 5▼ of 28 · high
"So, I spent the day in Point Rays and I got some great photos there at Point Rays and Point Ray Station in California." — Fotogs Lumix L10 From
Check price at Adorama →from $175 used →
22Canon eos r50
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and EVF & LCD.
- Autofocus+60%33▲ / 2▼ of 52 · high
- Burst & Buffer+14%26▲ / 13▼ of 90 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+20%15▲ / 7▼ of 40 · high
- Build Quality+23%8▲ / 5▼ of 13 · high (thin evidence)
- Stabilization+26%18▲ / 8▼ of 39 · high (contested)
- Handling+34%44▲ / 13▼ of 90 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+49%24▲ / 6▼ of 37 · high
- Battery Life-30%7▲ / 14▼ of 23 · high
"it to be quite intelligent at picking up and tracking whatever I wanted it to focus on this really is brilliant to see on such an affordable camera if it doesn't pick the subject focus on that you want simply touch it on…" — Christopher Frost
$679 new →from $489 used →
23Sony zv e10
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+53%10▲ / 2▼ of 15 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer-14%16▲ / 24▼ of 57 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+55%21▲ / 3▼ of 33 · high
- Build Quality+18%9▲ / 6▼ of 17 · medium
- Stabilization+10%44▲ / 32▼ of 121 · high (contested)
- Handling+44%31▲ / 7▼ of 55 · high
- EVF & LCD+15%18▲ / 11▼ of 46 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+55%14▲ / 3▼ of 20 · high
"which allows the camera to focus on anything you show to the camera while still having face detection autofocus on which is pretty neat other than that it has pretty good built-in microphone and it also comes with a cute…" — Carbonlake
Check price at Adorama →from $358 used →
24Sony A7R II
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+35%20▲ / 8▼ of 34 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+5%14▲ / 12▼ of 43 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+54%32▲ / 6▼ of 48 · high
- Build Quality+57%9▲ / 1▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+6%18▲ / 15▼ of 52 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+42%25▲ / 7▼ of 43 · high
- Battery Life-6%13▲ / 15▼ of 33 · high (contested)
"autofocus a must for your photography but my subjects usually don't move that much so that's not something I have to have that applies to a lot more features of course so, to understand where I'm coming from you need to …" — Aows Why The A7rii
Check price at Adorama →from $469 used →
25Nikon d7500
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+38%23▲ / 9▼ of 37 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+8%10▲ / 7▼ of 40 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+55%21▲ / 4▼ of 31 · high
- Build Quality+78%7▲ / 0▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+6%15▲ / 13▼ of 36 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD-3%12▲ / 13▼ of 33 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-25%3▲ / 6▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"every time there's a 51 point autofocus system with 15 cross-type sensors so tracking action not a problem single point AF performance feels just like a flagship camera in fact when you're using single point autofocus I …" — Bh Photo Video Pro
$697 new →from $240 used →
26Sony RX10 V
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+32%22▲ / 5▼ of 53 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+7%18▲ / 11▼ of 100 · high
- Sensor Performance+15%22▲ / 12▼ of 66 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+50%7▲ / 1▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+0%7▲ / 7▼ of 31 · high
- Handling+42%19▲ / 3▼ of 38 · high
- EVF & LCD+25%17▲ / 6▼ of 44 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+39%8▲ / 1▼ of 18 · medium (contested)
"So, we have incredible subject detection of humans, animals, birds, insects, planes, trains, automobiles." — Bh Photo Video Pro
$2298 new →from $1904 used →
27Fujifilm x t50
Strongest reviewer support on Burst & Buffer and Handling.
- Autofocus+19%7▲ / 4▼ of 16 · medium (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+32%16▲ / 4▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+21%20▲ / 12▼ of 38 · high
- Build Quality+20%9▲ / 5▼ of 20 · high
- Stabilization+54%27▲ / 5▼ of 41 · high
- Handling+60%46▲ / 7▼ of 65 · high
- EVF & LCD+13%11▲ / 8▼ of 23 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-8%8▲ / 10▼ of 26 · high (contested)
"xh2 and xt5 I could never get decent results out of that on other cameras though I don't think you're missing out it was a pain to use when it comes to autofocus it's good news here we have essentially the same system as…" — Christopher Frost Fujifilm X
$1599 new →from $1259 used →
28Fujifilm x pro3
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+12%2▲ / 1▼ of 8 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Burst & Buffer+12%14▲ / 10▼ of 34 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+50%12▲ / 0▼ of 24 · medium (contested)
- Build Quality+39%18▲ / 4▼ of 36 · high (contested)
- Stabilization-14%3▲ / 5▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Handling+33%23▲ / 7▼ of 49 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+34%86▲ / 28▼ of 170 · high
- Battery Life+29%4▲ / 2▼ of 7 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"Realistically, you can zone focus here, but I've never really enjoyed zone focusing using adapters [music] because they can throw off the focus a little bit." — Cameron Eng Fujifilm X
Check price at Adorama →from $1289 used →
29Canon EOS R6 Mark III
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+43%19▲ / 4▼ of 35 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+14%23▲ / 8▼ of 105 · high
- Sensor Performance+19%40▲ / 21▼ of 99 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+33%9▲ / 3▼ of 18 · high (contested)
- Stabilization-11%8▲ / 12▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Handling+43%19▲ / 3▼ of 37 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+3%8▲ / 7▼ of 36 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+3%9▲ / 8▼ of 29 · high
"So, we'll try and test a little bit about the IBIS, the autofocus, and how it performs in terms of autofocus in low light settings, and when we get those smoke bombs going [music] as well." — Wex Photo Video
$2799 new →from $2199 used →
30Nikon z6 iii
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Burst & Buffer.
- Autofocus+19%25▲ / 15▼ of 53 · high
- Burst & Buffer+20%37▲ / 17▼ of 101 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance-12%30▲ / 45▼ of 122 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+31%5▲ / 1▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+20%19▲ / 12▼ of 35 · high (contested)
- Handling+46%30▲ / 7▼ of 50 · high
- EVF & LCD+42%36▲ / 9▼ of 65 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+30%8▲ / 2▼ of 20 · high (contested)
"The autofocus system is the 299-point autofocus system that we first saw with the Z9, then came to the Z8, and then has filtered down to other models like this." — Dustin Abbott
$1997 new →from $1709 used →
31Sony fx3
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+14%7▲ / 2▼ of 37 · medium (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+5%10▲ / 6▼ of 80 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+32%20▲ / 8▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+45%14▲ / 4▼ of 22 · medium
- Stabilization+27%12▲ / 2▼ of 37 · high (contested)
- Handling+28%31▲ / 10▼ of 76 · high
- EVF & LCD-13%10▲ / 17▼ of 53 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-5%3▲ / 4▼ of 20 · medium (contested)
"it is absolutely insane i use auto focus on that entire cycling video that you saw tracking a biker going down the road not ever having to worry about the autofocus once was so key for me especially operating as the one-…" — Danny Gevirtz
$4298 new →from $3000 used →
32Fujifilm x e5
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+17%10▲ / 6▼ of 24 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+8%24▲ / 18▼ of 77 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+6%21▲ / 17▼ of 63 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+31%28▲ / 13▼ of 49 · high (contested)
- Stabilization+32%18▲ / 6▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Handling+41%52▲ / 16▼ of 87 · high
- EVF & LCD+20%40▲ / 22▼ of 91 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-4%6▲ / 7▼ of 26 · high (contested)
"So, when the light was coming through, some of the shots could be cool, but for the most part, it was hard to find things that were catching my eye because there just wasn't a whole lot of dynamics going on." — Alex Armitage I Wanted
$1699 new →from $1248 used →
33Nikon d780
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+10%17▲ / 10▼ of 69 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+13%32▲ / 15▼ of 126 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+34%19▲ / 7▼ of 35 · medium
- Build Quality+25%2▲ / 1▼ of 4 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization-19%6▲ / 12▼ of 32 · medium
- Handling+14%27▲ / 16▼ of 79 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+10%29▲ / 21▼ of 78 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+40%8▲ / 2▼ of 15 · high
"when you're shooting through the viewfinder now nikon has incorporated some algorithms from the d5 they're very high level high performance pro camera so you do see some performance improvements over the d750 but broadly…" — Digidirect
$1547 new →from $680 used →
34Nikon z 30
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+29%10▲ / 3▼ of 24 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+0%2▲ / 2▼ of 19 · medium
- Sensor Performance+12%13▲ / 9▼ of 32 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+30%6▲ / 3▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence)
- Stabilization-12%7▲ / 10▼ of 26 · high (contested)
- Handling+58%39▲ / 6▼ of 57 · high
- EVF & LCD+9%18▲ / 14▼ of 47 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-27%4▲ / 10▼ of 22 · high (contested)
"photos though and you want it to focus on one area and hold that Focus then you would want single autofocus but since I use this for photo and video I'm just going to leave it on autofocus the area mode I just keep two p…" — Christine Le
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35Sony a7r vi
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Sensor Performance.
- Autofocus+14%11▲ / 7▼ of 28 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+7%44▲ / 31▼ of 177 · high
- Sensor Performance+17%38▲ / 18▼ of 117 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+11%4▲ / 3▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+21%14▲ / 5▼ of 43 · high
- Handling+9%9▲ / 7▼ of 23 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+22%12▲ / 5▼ of 32 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+27%17▲ / 4▼ of 48 · high (contested)
"In my experience with both the flagship A1 Mark and the people's favorite A7 Mark I feel like those two cameras aren't as good when it comes to tracking really small subjects." — Jason Vong
$4498 new →from $3699 used →
36Nikon z8
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+14%2▲ / 1▼ of 7 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Burst & Buffer+11%3▲ / 2▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence)
- Sensor Performance+10%4▲ / 3▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence)
- Build Quality+40%3▲ / 1▼ of 5 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+33%2▲ / 1▼ of 3 · low (thin evidence, contested)
- Handling+33%3▲ / 1▼ of 6 · low (thin evidence, contested)
- EVF & LCD-60%0▲ / 3▼ of 5 · low (thin evidence)
"But that says more about the availability of subjects in my area than it says about the lens." — Adorama Learning Center
$3397 new →from $2359 used →
37Nikon d3400
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+18%6▲ / 3▼ of 17 · medium (contested)
- Burst & Buffer+4%6▲ / 5▼ of 26 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+36%8▲ / 3▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
- Build Quality-10%3▲ / 4▼ of 10 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Handling+46%14▲ / 2▼ of 26 · high
- EVF & LCD-17%3▲ / 5▼ of 12 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Battery Life+31%6▲ / 2▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence)
"is really sharp even at f 1.8 but if you stop it down at f 2.8 this lens really shines it's just amazing but at f 1.8 you can always use it i used it a lot of times at f 1.8 because who doesn't love a wide open lens so y…" — Ilias Koureas
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38Fujifilm x100f
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Build Quality.
- Autofocus+31%5▲ / 1▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence)
- Sensor Performance+8%4▲ / 3▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Build Quality+19%6▲ / 3▼ of 16 · medium (contested)
- Handling+36%25▲ / 8▼ of 47 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD-9%12▲ / 18▼ of 67 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+0%2▲ / 2▼ of 7 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"well so my af mode is on wide tracking focus point display i have is on that just helps me see it the number of focus points that's turned off but it's at 91 i don't have pre-af on i don't have the af illuminator on for …" — Benj Haisch I Was
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39Nikon fe2
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Handling.
- Build Quality+59%18▲ / 2▼ of 27 · high
- Handling+53%20▲ / 2▼ of 34 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+0%7▲ / 7▼ of 26 · high (contested)
"bit too loose compared to something like that like you actually know you're focusing this lens so lots of options both expensive and inexpensive to build out your optical quality okay so that about wraps it up thank you …" — Alex Luyckx Electric Avenue
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40Canon powershot sd800
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Autofocus.
- Autofocus+20%2▲ / 1▼ of 5 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Sensor Performance+7%4▲ / 3▼ of 14 · medium (thin evidence)
- Build Quality+33%4▲ / 2▼ of 6 · medium (thin evidence)
- Handling+25%3▲ / 1▼ of 8 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- EVF & LCD+27%7▲ / 3▼ of 15 · medium (contested)
- Battery Life-22%2▲ / 4▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"The SD800IS offers a range of autofocus options including 9point Aif, single point AF, Flexone AF, and face priority AF." — Sharp Gear Reviews
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41Nikon 35mm f5
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Handling.
- Build Quality+62%12▲ / 2▼ of 16 · high
- Handling+19%12▲ / 5▼ of 37 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+14%3▲ / 2▼ of 7 · medium (thin evidence)
"menu there's a little bracket button cool the camera body itself isn't water sealed but it is rain and dust resistant but it's not girl resistant so you'll have to fend off all the ladies trying to swarm you in camera ad…" — Grainydays
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42Canon powershot v1
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and Handling.
- Autofocus+12%4▲ / 2▼ of 17 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+27%22▲ / 8▼ of 51 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+0%8▲ / 8▼ of 26 · high (contested)
- Stabilization+2%32▲ / 30▼ of 111 · high (contested)
- Handling+55%35▲ / 5▼ of 55 · high
- Battery Life+3%12▲ / 11▼ of 37 · high (contested)
"I know a lot of street photographers, you know, want to set a specific focus point, and you know, have an aperture like, you know, F8 or higher so you know, everything's going to be in focus beyond that." — Andy Thrasher
$849 new →from $699 used →
43Hasselblad 500 cm
Strongest reviewer support on Build Quality and Handling.
- Build Quality+61%22▲ / 2▼ of 33 · high
- Handling+16%7▲ / 4▼ of 19 · high (contested)
"this kind of stuff there are a ton of other videos that I am either planning on making or have already made they're kind of in the hopper so if you're into you kind of like odd cameras and film it's like that there's a b…" — Benj Haisch Hasselblad
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44Canon eos r7
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Battery Life.
- Autofocus+19%31▲ / 18▼ of 68 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer-1%44▲ / 45▼ of 147 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+5%40▲ / 35▼ of 102 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+0%4▲ / 4▼ of 11 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+18%18▲ / 11▼ of 39 · high (contested)
- Handling+23%28▲ / 15▼ of 57 · high
- EVF & LCD+0%12▲ / 12▼ of 31 · high (contested)
- Battery Life+23%6▲ / 3▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"the r7 performed when we were doing our initial review in florida shooting sports and wildlife but there's some modes we weren't able to test and the biggest one for me is the vehicle detection on this now lots of other …" — Dpreview Tv
$1549 new →from $922 used →
45Kodak ektar
Strongest reviewer support on Handling and Build Quality.
- Build Quality+27%11▲ / 3▼ of 30 · high (contested)
- Handling+75%19▲ / 1▼ of 24 · high
"if you haven't done so already there's also links in the description again for patreon if you want to see all the role review images aside from the just the stuff that I put in the videos is also the PIO Box address down…" — Analog Resurgence Kodak Ektar
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46Sony zv 1
Strongest reviewer support on Autofocus and Handling.
- Autofocus+30%9▲ / 3▼ of 20 · medium (contested)
- Sensor Performance-6%12▲ / 14▼ of 36 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+11%3▲ / 2▼ of 9 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
- Stabilization+19%19▲ / 9▼ of 53 · high (contested)
- Handling+48%18▲ / 5▼ of 27 · high
- EVF & LCD-31%4▲ / 12▼ of 26 · medium (contested)
- Battery Life-26%5▲ / 12▼ of 27 · high (contested)
"thing that's appealing here true real-time tracking autofocus and for the price point being even lower and getting that new feature that is pretty awesome because honestly for expert or beginner alike it's just one of th…" — Dpreview Tv
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47Nikon d3300
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and Handling.
- Autofocus+0%4▲ / 4▼ of 22 · medium
- Burst & Buffer+2%10▲ / 9▼ of 54 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+10%22▲ / 17▼ of 50 · high (contested)
- Build Quality+6%8▲ / 7▼ of 18 · high (contested)
- Handling+20%21▲ / 10▼ of 56 · high
- EVF & LCD-6%9▲ / 11▼ of 32 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-8%4▲ / 5▼ of 13 · medium (thin evidence, contested)
"them maybe so yeah all we need to know is that 11 autofocus points is enough they're spread across the frame in a little diamond shape good enough quick enough that's all we need one two three you can make boring photos …" — Digitalrev Tv
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48Fujifilm x t200
Strongest reviewer support on Sensor Performance and EVF & LCD.
- Autofocus-3%8▲ / 9▼ of 29 · high (contested)
- Burst & Buffer-10%8▲ / 12▼ of 39 · high (contested)
- Sensor Performance+37%15▲ / 4▼ of 30 · high (contested)
- Build Quality-13%5▲ / 7▼ of 15 · medium (contested)
- Stabilization+9%12▲ / 9▼ of 33 · high (contested)
- Handling+0%18▲ / 18▼ of 55 · high (contested)
- EVF & LCD+26%18▲ / 8▼ of 38 · high (contested)
- Battery Life-22%3▲ / 7▼ of 18 · medium
"I do really like their face and I detect while recording video but you really do want to set a dedicated focus position and keep that on top of your subject for the best results if it detects a face and your subject is m…" — Dpreview Tv Fujifilm X
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Side by side

Camera	Autofocus	Burst & Buffer	Sensor Performance	Build Quality	Stabilization	Handling	EVF & LCD	Battery Life
1. Panasonic lumix gh5 ii	+84%	+50%	+24%	+100%	+69%	+58%	+67%	+90%
2. Canon eos r6 ii	+65%	+56%	+59%	+60%	+27%	+55%	+71%	+57%
3. Sony A7C	+53%	+25%	+59%	+57%	+40%	+39%	+23%	+55%
4. Sony A7 IV (ILCE-7M4)	+64%	+26%	+52%	+20%	+48%	+65%	+48%	+47%
5. Canon R5	+68%	+26%	+46%	+25%	+42%	+47%	+67%	+20%
6. Sony A7S III	+58%	+27%	+45%	+40%	+42%	+19%	+48%	+58%
7. Panasonic lumix s5 ii	+36%	+11%	+38%	+78%	+58%	+66%	+46%	+36%
8. Nikon z5 ii	+42%	+25%	+45%	+28%	+39%	+64%	+50%	+45%
9. Canon R6	+58%	+25%	+48%	+16%	+42%	+44%	+45%	+29%
10. Sony A7 V	+45%	+24%	+34%	+52%	+44%	+33%	+31%	+51%
11. Sony A1	+43%	+40%	+30%	+40%	+42%	+35%	+24%	+33%
12. Canon powershot sx70	+69%	+42%	+11%	+29%	+6%	+46%	+59%	-33%
13. Fujifilm x t10	+17%	+42%	+30%	+50%	+50%	+45%	+22%	+22%
14. Fujifilm x s20	+34%	+14%	+38%	+23%	+47%	+66%	+23%	+61%
15. Panasonic gh5	+40%	+24%	+6%	+38%	+51%	+60%	+21%	+33%
16. Minolta maxxum 70	+51%	—	+43%	+50%	—	+33%	+44%	+23%
17. Nikon z7	+5%	+14%	+50%	+73%	+42%	+27%	+26%	+22%
18. Fujifilm x t20	+16%	+46%	+32%	+42%	+29%	+37%	+21%	-8%
19. Minolta maxxum 5000	+38%	+10%	+40%	+36%	+50%	+56%	+25%	-30%
20. Minolta maxxum 7000	+27%	+19%	+33%	+71%	+50%	+27%	-11%	-20%
21. Panasonic lumix l10	+27%	+24%	+31%	+17%	+3%	+43%	+48%	+46%
22. Canon eos r50	+60%	+14%	+20%	+23%	+26%	+34%	+49%	-30%
23. Sony zv e10	+53%	-14%	+55%	+18%	+10%	+44%	+15%	+55%
24. Sony A7R II	+35%	+5%	+54%	+57%	—	+6%	+42%	-6%
25. Nikon d7500	+38%	+8%	+55%	+78%	—	+6%	-3%	-25%
26. Sony RX10 V	+32%	+7%	+15%	+50%	+0%	+42%	+25%	+39%
27. Fujifilm x t50	+19%	+32%	+21%	+20%	+54%	+60%	+13%	-8%
28. Fujifilm x pro3	+12%	+12%	+50%	+39%	-14%	+33%	+34%	+29%
29. Canon EOS R6 Mark III	+43%	+14%	+19%	+33%	-11%	+43%	+3%	+3%
30. Nikon z6 iii	+19%	+20%	-12%	+31%	+20%	+46%	+42%	+30%
31. Sony fx3	+14%	+5%	+32%	+45%	+27%	+28%	-13%	-5%
32. Fujifilm x e5	+17%	+8%	+6%	+31%	+32%	+41%	+20%	-4%
33. Nikon d780	+10%	+13%	+34%	+25%	-19%	+14%	+10%	+40%
34. Nikon z 30	+29%	+0%	+12%	+30%	-12%	+58%	+9%	-27%
35. Sony a7r vi	+14%	+7%	+17%	+11%	+21%	+9%	+22%	+27%
36. Nikon z8	+14%	+11%	+10%	+40%	+33%	+33%	-60%	—
37. Nikon d3400	+18%	+4%	+36%	-10%	—	+46%	-17%	+31%
38. Fujifilm x100f	+31%	—	+8%	+19%	—	+36%	-9%	+0%
39. Nikon fe2	—	—	—	+59%	—	+53%	—	+0%
40. Canon powershot sd800	+20%	—	+7%	+33%	—	+25%	+27%	-22%
41. Nikon 35mm f5	—	—	—	+62%	—	+19%	—	+14%
42. Canon powershot v1	+12%	—	+27%	+0%	+2%	+55%	—	+3%
43. Hasselblad 500 cm	—	—	—	+61%	—	+16%	—	—
44. Canon eos r7	+19%	-1%	+5%	+0%	+18%	+23%	+0%	+23%
45. Kodak ektar	—	—	—	+27%	—	+75%	—	—
46. Sony zv 1	+30%	—	-6%	+11%	+19%	+48%	-31%	-26%
47. Nikon d3300	+0%	+2%	+10%	+6%	—	+20%	-6%	-8%
48. Fujifilm x t200	-3%	-10%	+37%	-13%	+9%	+0%	+26%	-22%

Net reviewer sentiment per criterion (share positive minus share negative). A blank means no reviewer evidence on that axis for that camera — a gap, not a zero.

Every position above traces to the reviewer claims on each product's card. We don't write opinions — we synthesize theirs, and we present fit rather than a verdict.