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What Camera Is Better Nikon Or Canon?

Canon vs Nikon: who makes the best cameras in 2022? Two big makers fight it out

Canon vs Nikon
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The Canon vs Nikon duel has been going on for decades. These two companies accept produced cameras for professionals, beginners and everyone in between, moving from film SLRs to digital SLRs, and and so to mirrorless. So who is ameliorate? Canon or Nikon?

The camera industry is going through rapid change, both in camera engineering science and the way people take pictures. The DSLR versus mirrorless camera debate even so rages, though most would now agree the DSLR design faces a steady reject and mirrorless is the engineering science of the hereafter.

DSLRs aren't washed all the same, though. In 2020 Canon introduced its EOS-1D Ten Marker III pro sports camera which is a existent glimpse of the future, while Nikon unveiled its impressive, mirrorless-influenced D780, also every bit its own pro sports camera, the Nikon D6. In terms of mirrorless, Canon grabbed many headlines (and non all positive) with the EOS R5 and its sibling the EOS R6, while Nikon rounded out its entry-level total-frame offering with the Z5 and has since gone on to launch refreshed Nikon Z6 Two and Nikon Z7 II models, and the 2021-vintage retro-look Nikon Z fc.

Canon is winning the total frame market place for DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, but is it paying enough attention to beginners?

To make it easier to sort through all the cameras on offer, we've split up this guide into unproblematic, easy-to-understand categories. Whatever kind of lensman y'all are, yous'll detect a comparison below which will help yous sympathise how Canon and Nikon compare for the kind of camera yous're looking for, and which specific models you should pick in each category.

Nikon faces a tough fight in the full frame arena, but its APS-C cameras withal expect strong.

We've dissever our guide into the following sections: APS-C DSLRs, APS-C mirrorless cameras, full frame DSLRs and full frame mirrorless. You can employ the buttons at the top of this page to go straight to the section you're interested in, or only whorl downwardly to browse. We've also put in sub-headings for different photographic camera types and cost points to help clarify the choices and make your final conclusion simpler. At least, we hope then!

Canon vs Nikon: who makes the best cameras in 2022?

APS-C DSLRs

Inexpensive as heck DSLRs

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Canon has no contest here. In the Canon EOS Rebel T100 (sold in Europe as the EOS 4000D), it makes the world'south cheapest DSLR – a camera and so cheap it only uses one paint color, has an 18MP sensor nosotros idea nosotros'd seen the last of, and normally comes with a very poor non-stabilized Canon EF-South 18-55mm f/iii.v-5.6 Iii kit lens. This is the cheapest DSLR kit you can go but nosotros recollect the compromises aren't worth the saving – yous should merely spend a bit more and get the far superior Nikon D3500 (beneath) with its 18-55mm AF-P VR kit lens. Indeed, the Insubordinate T100 is becoming quite difficult to find now, and we suspect information technology's being quietly retired.

Read more: PhotoPlus: The Canon Mag

Good starter DSLRs

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This is what we consider the baseline for a decent DSLR worth buying, and information technology'south an interesting choice betwixt the Canon EOS Rebel T7/2000D and Nikon D3500. The Nikon is typically cheaper and, nosotros think, the amend camera. We don't much like the way Catechism has chosen to remove the Dual Pixel CMOS AF (is that a strategic or a price determination?) and it's oft sold with the rather poor EF-South 18-55mm DC III kit lens, so exist prepared to shop around and pay a little more to get the better EF-South 18-55mm IS 2 lens. Besides with the D3500 – definitely pay a piddling more to make certain you get the VR version of the Nikon AF-P 18-55mm kit lens. We're not sure how long the D3500 will behave on – we hear conflicting stories about its retirement and continued availability, so it might be one of those cameras to buy while you even so can!

• Read more: Nikon D3500 review | Nikon D3500 vs D3400

DSLRs for advanced beginners

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If y'all want an easy to utilize camera that's a trivial more advanced, Canon has this area pretty much sewn up with iii different models to cull from. Our favorite is the EOS Rebel SL3/250D, which is pocket-sized, responsive and shoots 4K video. The older Insubordinate T7i/EOS 800D costs more, doesn't shoot 4K and inappreciably seems worth the extra, and its replacement, the EOS 850D looks expensive and only a modest comeback. The EOS 77D is designed with more advanced users in listen, but nosotros recall you lot're improve off stepping straight up to the Canon EOS 90D if you've reached that stage. The Nikon D5600 is cheaper than all of them and does have a fully articulating rear screen, merely it lacks 4K video and only has sluggish contrast AF in Live View – merely it's definitely a good buy if neither of those things matter to you and information technology matches the Canons for epitome quality and lens pick.

DSLRs for enthusiasts and experts

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Catechism and Nikon take very different approaches in this sector of the marketplace. The new Canon EOS 90D is like the Leonardo da Vinci of cameras – in that location's almost nothing information technology tin can't do. It has the highest resolution APS-C sensor all the same, shoots 4K video, has a continuous shooting speed of 10fps and has a fully articulating rear screen and fast Dual Pixel CMOS AF for Alive View and video.

Nikon has ii enthusiast/expert cameras, and while neither tin can match the EOS 90D'southward all-round abilities, they have strengths of their own. The Nikon D7500 is sturdy, powerful and affordable, and even when arranged with Nikon's longer-range eighteen-140mm kit lens, it'south a lot cheaper. The Nikon D500 has only 20 megapixels to the Catechism'southward 32.5MP, simply it does shoot 4K video and also shoots at 10fps. It's actually a very unlike sort of camera, though, designed with professional person levels of robustness, Nikon'south best-always 153-signal AF system and a 200-shot continuous shooting buffer capacity that the EOS 90D can't even arroyo.

APS-C mirrorless

Piece of cake APS-C mirrorless cameras

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This used to be an piece of cake open goal for Canon, equally Nikon had cipher in this area of the market at all... until the Nikon Z50. The Catechism EOS M200 is the cheapest option, just nosotros find it quite simplistic and tiresome to use, and then we'd recommend the older EOS M50 instead. This combines cute mini-DSLR styling (it has a viewfinder where the EOS M200 doesn't) with 4K video capability and a fully articulating rear screen. In reality, though, the Nikon Z50 (beneath) makes the EOS M50 await pretty ill (in a bad manner) and the EOS M200 positively primitive – though the Nikon is more expensive.

Advanced APS-C mirrorless

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The balance swings Nikon's way for more than advanced APS-C mirrorless cameras. The new Catechism EOS M6 Mark II seems to exist pitched heavily at videographers and vloggers and doesn't fifty-fifty have a viewfinder – though information technology'due south often bundled with an optional EVF at a expert overall cost. The Nikon Z50, nevertheless, has a viewfinder built in, too shoots 4K video, comes with a infinite-saving retracting sixteen-50mm kit lens, has more traditional 'camera' styling and it'southward cheaper. The Z50 does have a drawback. Even now, at that place are only two native DX format Nikkor Z lenses for this photographic camera. You can use total frame Nikkor Z lenses, but these are larger and more expensive, and you can fit Nikon DSLR lenses via an optional Nikon FTZ adaptor. Both solutions are OK, but we still want to come across a bigger choice of 'native' lenses for the Z50. As well look at the new Nikon Z fc - which essentially takes the Z50 and puts into a retro-designed shell for an old-school Nikon look.

Full frame DSLR

Entry level full frame DSLR

Canon vs Nikon: Canon EOS 6D Mark II

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Canon held the lead in the entry-level full frame DSLR market for quite some time thanks to the EOS 6D Mark 2, an exceptionally versatile camera. Nikon, nevertheless, has finally replaced its capable but ageing  D750, which was launched back in 2014, with the new Nikon D780.

The D780 is an exceptional automobile that proves there's life in the DSLR yet. It easily outguns the EOS 6D Mark II with uncropped 4K video and much faster continuous shooting speeds. Dual UHS-Two menu slots and exceptionally good live view autofocus brand the D780 a photographic camera that suits even real ability users, so every bit long as y'all're prepared to spend the extra cash, nosotros think the balance of ability in the entry-level total frame DSLR category has shifted slightly Nikon'southward way, but prices have stayed high, and this is an expensive photographic camera compared to the EOS 6D II.

Pro full frame DSLR

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Professional users are extremely of import to both Canon and Nikon, and both companies accept taken a similar line with their high-speed sports cameras. Yet, at the peak of the range one model emerges the clear winner, and that is the Catechism EOS-1D X Marker III. This hugely impressive DSLR is packed with futuristic tech photographers once might accept dreamed of, like deep-learning AF that gets better as y'all utilise it, and a Smart Controller that replaces the traditional joystick. It also finds room for uncropped 4K, something Canon has dragged its feet on, and with CFexpress support besides included, it really feels similar the camera of the future. The Nikon D6, meanwhile, is a perfectly fine professional person photographic camera, and information technology makes sense to upgrade if you're already invested in the system, merely it's disappointingly unambitious and nowhere near the same class every bit its rival.

Canon and Nikon also make everyday workhorse pro cameras, and these are very different. On paper, the Nikon D850 just blows the Catechism EOS 5D Mark IV away. It has 45.7MP to the Canon's 30.4MP, it matches its frame rate and beats it with the optional Nikon battery grip, it shoots total width 4K video compared to the Canon'southward cropped 4K mode AND the Nikon is typically cheaper. It'southward basically the reverse of the situation with the 1DX 3 and the D6 – if you've already invested in the Canon system, the EOS 5D Mark IV will do a fine job, only if you're comparing these ii cameras straight, the D850 wins by a mile.

Full frame mirrorless

Entry level total frame mirrorless

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Y'all don't need us to tell you that total frame mirrorless cameras are the hottest topic in photography right now, and Canon and Nikon offer intriguingly unlike entry-level cameras. The Canon EOS RP is designed to be simple, meaty and affordable and we especially like its fully vari-angle rear screen.

Nikon, meanwhile, originally had just the Nikon Z6 – a rugged, powerful camera for more advanced users, experts and pros. It has in-torso stabilization (the Canon doesn't), full width oversampled 6K-to-4K video, continuous shooting up to 12fps and more than. The house has recently updated this with the Nikon Z5, however we have some reservations about this release, which combines relatively small-scale technological advancements with a rather aggressive request price.

Nikon has also updated its existing full frame mirrorless cameras. The Nikon Z6 II and Nikon Z7 2 do good from dual card slots, beefier processors and faster frame rates, just are otherwise very similar to the original models.

If y'all want an easy and cheap introduction to full frame mirrorless, go the Canon. If you want more features and a more than solid feel, the Nikon Z5 just edges information technology.

Pro total frame mirrorless

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Catechism entered the full-frame mirrorless market with the interesting but slightly odd Canon EOS R, and Nikon sailed by it with the 45.7MP Nikon Z7, which boasted a higher burst rate, total width uncropped 4K video, in-body image stabilization and rugged build quality.

Notwithstanding! Catechism sailed dorsum into action with the much-discussed EOS R5 in 2020, a pro-class total-frame mirrorless photographic camera that generated virtually as much online discussion as it did backlog heat when shooting more 20 minutes of video. We joke. Merely seriously, the Catechism EOS R5 is probably the nearly impressive stills-shooting machine the firm has ever made, with superb image quality and the all-time autofocus on the market right now (borrowed from the EOS-1D X Mark Three and fine-tuned). Even so, as a video machine, its recording limitations hold it back, fifty-fifty with firmware patches coming along to fix matters. For those looking for something a lilliputian more slimmed-downwards, the firm also released the EOS R6, which offers many of the same features but fewer pixels in both stills and video.

Hither, yous would have to say that the Nikon contenders –  the Z6 Two and Z7 II are solid, skilful value performers, simply that the Catechism EOS R5 and EOS R6 take nailed this market with their cutting border video and autofocus technologies... but at a price.

Just already the time to come of the Canon vs Nikon debate is coming into sight, with evolution announcements for the forthcoming Catechism EOS R3 and Nikon Z9 professional full-frame mirrorless cameras.

Canon vs Nikon

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Canon vs Nikon: the determination

Canon largely dominates the APS-C DSLR and mirrorless market for beginners and hobbyists, if but because of its sheer number of cameras and the fact these go along on coming – though often with terminal year's tech at knock-down prices. Nikon'southward DSLR range is competent but hasn't seen much development. Both make among the all-time DSLRs you lot tin get because (apart from Pentax) nobody else makes them.

The Nikon D3500 stills stands out as the best cheap DSLR, nonetheless, and current prices make the D5600 attractive against superior only more expensive Canon alternatives. Merely while the D7500 is a solid value proposition and the D500 is a blisteringly fast pro sports camera, both take only 20 megapixels compared to the headline-grabbing 32.5MP EOS 90D.

If you want a mirrorless photographic camera rather than a DSLR, Catechism has this won at the lower cease of the market, but for more advanced users the new Nikon Z50 could prove both cheaper and better than its closest Canon rival, the EOS M6 Mark 2, provided Nikon starts rolling out more DX format lenses for it.

Both Canon and Nikon have a tougher time of it in the mirrorless market, however, considering many of the best mirrorless cameras come from Fujifilm, Sony and Panasonic.

Canon and Nikon still dominate the all-time cameras for professionals, but most enthusiasts and pros will go for cameras slightly lower down the range. With entry-level full frame DSLRs, Canon once had the edge for newness (EOS 6D Marker II) only Nikon has changed all that with the Nikon D780. In the pro DSLR market, the mighty 45.7MP Nikon D850 trounces the much weaker EOS 5D Marker Four, while the EOS-1D X Mark III stomps all over the Nikon D6.

Information technology'due south a similar story with full frame mirrorless cameras. The EOS RP was always intended to be inexpensive and unproblematic, but information technology's having to compete on price against the more powerful Nikon Z 6 and the newer Z v. The EOS R5, notwithstanding, dominates the Nikon Z 7, fifty-fifty with its much-publicised video issues taken into account.

We don't accept any bias towards one brand or some other, but we think Nikon needs to go its eye back on the general consumer market place, but the Z50 and the D780 have brought it right back into contention in other areas. And while Catechism has created a technological tour de force with the EOS-1D X Mark III, it should actually be worrying about how its pro workhorse the EOS 5D Mark IV stacks up in today's world.

Read more:

• PhotoPlus: The Catechism Magazine
• These are the best Canon cameras today
• We pick the best Nikon cameras to buy
• The all-time mirrorless cameras right now
• These are the best cameras for professionals

Jon spent years at IPC Media writing features, news, reviews and other photography content for publications such every bit Amateur Photographer and What Digital Camera in both impress and digital course. With his additional experience for outlets like Photomonitor, this makes Jon i of our go-to specialists when it comes to all aspects of photography, from cameras and action cameras to lenses and memory cards, flash diffusers and triggers, batteries and memory cards, selfie sticks and gimbals, and much more likewise.

An NCTJ-qualified journalist, he has also contributed to Shortlist, The Skinny, ThreeWeeks Edinburgh, The Guardian, Trusted Reviews, CreativeBLOQ, and probably quite a few others I've forgotten.

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