Both Sony A6500 and Canon R8 have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Sony A6500's sensor is APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm ) and Canon R8's sensor is Full frame (36 x 24 mm ).
Since Canon R8'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 Sony A6500.
Below you can see the A6500 and R8 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Canon R8 has a 2.4x Larger sensor area than Sony A6500. 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
DxOMark is a benchmark that scientifically assesses image quality of camera sensors. It 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. Sony A6500 and Canon R8 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that R8 has a better overall score of 93, 8 points higher compared to A6500's score of 85.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Sony A6500 |
85 |
24.5 bits |
13.7 Evs |
1405 ISO |
Canon R8 |
93 |
24.5 bits |
14.5 Evs |
3295 ISO |