Canon 5D Mark III vs Fujifilm X-E1

Canon 5D Mark III advantages over Fujifilm X-E1

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Larger sensor
  35mm vs APS-C
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 6.25 vs 4.82 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Fast startup
  ~0.50 vs 2.4 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  950 vs 350 shots
  Capture more photos
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• More dots on screen
  1044k vs 460k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Less shutter lag
  0.12 vs 0.44 sec
  Focus and take a photo quickly (wide angle)
• More pixels
  22.3 vs 16.3 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Dual card slots
  Yes vs No
  Gives you more storage flexibility
• Headphone jack
  Yes vs No
  Monitor audio recording while you shoot video
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  63 vs 16 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Bigger RAW buffer
  18 vs 12 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light
• Higher extended ISO
  102400 vs 25600 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility