Both Nikon D750 and Canon T6s have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Nikon D750's sensor is Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm ) and Canon T6s's sensor is APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm ).
Since Nikon D750's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Canon T6s.
Below you can see the D750 and T6s sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Nikon D750 has a 2.6x Larger sensor area than Canon T6s. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Nikon D750 and Canon T6s sensors have been tested by DxoMark. DxoMark scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Of the two cameras that we are comparing, D750 has scored 93, 23 points higher than T6s.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Nikon D750 |
93 |
24.8 bits |
14.5 Evs |
2956 ISO |
Canon T6s |
70 |
22.6 bits |
12.0 Evs |
915 ISO |