Here we are comparing two cameras with different body types: Canon R5, which was introduced in July 2020 is a Pro Mirrorless camera with a 45.0MP Full frame sensor whereas Nikon D6, which was introduced in February 2020 is a Pro DSLR camera with a 21.0MP Full frame sensor. There is only 5 months difference between R5 and D6 so we are expecting this to be a fair comparison regarding age and technology level.
Despite some fundamental differences of these two body types, Mirrorless cameras are becoming serious alternatives to DSLR cameras thanks to their size/weight advantages and recent improvements in their focus speeds , which makes this comparison even more interesting. Fortunately, you can't go wrong with any of these cameras as we rank them amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Canon R5 is ranked
#10 out of 75 Pro Mirrorless cameras with an overall score of 90 whereas Nikon D6 is ranked
#1 out of 36 Pro DSLR cameras with an overall score of 79.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Canon R5 and Nikon D6 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Canon R5 and Nikon D6 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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