Sony A7S II vs Canon 1DX Mark II

Canon 1DX Mark II advantages over Sony A7S II

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• Fast startup
  ~0.80 vs 2.9 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Built-in GPS
  GPS vs None
  Geotag your photos
• On-sensor phase detect
  Yes vs No
  Usually improves live view and video AF performance
• 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

  1210 vs 370 shots
  Capture more photos
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• More dots on screen
  1620k vs 1229k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More pixels
  20.2 vs 12.2 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Dual card slots
  Yes vs No
  Gives you more storage flexibility
• Faster JPEG shooting
  14.0 fps vs 5.0 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  Unlimited vs 63 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster RAW shooting
  14.1 fps vs 5.0 fps
  Faster RAW shooting in burst mode
• Bigger RAW buffer
  Unlimited vs 28 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)