YouTubers Try to Tell Between Canon and Sony Shots – Can You?

Photographers and filmmakers constantly argue over what camera takes better images and video, but when asked to pick whether footage was shot by a Canon or Sony camera, these YouTubers struggle to tell them apart.

Youtuber Parker Walbeck and members of the film school Full Time Filmmaker captured 10 clips on both a Canon R5 and a Sony Alpha 7S III using identical settings and color graded them to get them to look as close to the same as possible.

Walbeck then showed the two clips to a set of YouTubers to see if they could tell which clip came from which camera: Peter McKinnon, Sam Kolder, Daniel Schiffer, Jared Polin, Armando Ferreira, Matti Haapoja, and Sam Newton. To up the ante on the drama, Walbeck put money on the line: whoever guessed the most correct would win $10,000.

Each test was designed to highlight specific categories -- such as resolution, low light, focus tracking, or focus racking -- to give the viewers something to base judgments off of other than color, which as mentioned was specifically designed to look as close to identical as possible.

When it was all said and done, a majority of the YouTube judges could not tell the difference between the Canon and Sony footage with anything better than 50% accuracy. McKinnon took the win though and managed to guess seven out of 10 clips correctly.

Walbeck says at the beginning of the video that the idea behind the test was to see which was "better," Canon or Sony, but the results of this test don't really do that -- a fact they later admit to. Instead, the reaction from each of the judges shows that there was next to no discernable difference between the quality of the two cameras. Before the results were shared, just about everyone felt as though they did poorly and none spoke confidently about their picks.

As they eventually say in the video, most would agree that in most of these tests, unless you saw them side by side -- and even then -- it would be difficult or impossible to tell the difference. Admittedly, the professionals who use these cameras daily still picked incorrectly half the time.

In short, neither camera is "better" and either would work splendidly in the hands of a creator. For more from Parker Walbeck, make sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel.

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This music video mocks Nikon shooters and their “potato cameras”

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This Music Video Pokes Fun at Nikon Shooters

Video creator and self-described "turtleneck enthusiast," Sam Newton has put together an amusing musical take on the identity of a Nikon shooter, one that Newton associates with someone who shoots with lesser quality gear, or a potato, to be exact.

The song is titled " Shoots on Nikon" and starts off with Newton enjoying a glass of wine in the sun when a woman walks by and flirtatiously asks if he can take some photos of her on the beach.

"Sorry, but I don't know where my camera is at," responds Newton, to which the woman says not to worry, she has one. She says she has a Nikon, and pulls out a lens that is taped to a potato.

"Oh god no, she shoots on Nikon," Newton laments. "Oh no, potato."

The story continues, and as Newton barely escapes that encounter to go to a studio where he was supposed to get his headshot taken he learns that, to his dismay, the man who was meant to shoot his studio portrait also has a Nikon attached to his tripod.

Although still a beloved brand for many enthusiasts and professionals, Newton plays in the stereotype that Nikon shooters work with older equipment that's not quite up to par with the latest tech advancements by Canon, Sony, or even Leica.

This isn't the first time Newton has poked fun at the brand either. In his satirical music video titled " Gear Doesn't Matter," which was posted just in time for Christmas last year, his lyrics state that he will take anything as a gift -- except a Nikon.

Newton wrote in the description of " Shoots with Nikon" that this isn't an attack on Nikon shooters, just more so jokingly questioning their life choices.

"This is a joke. Shoot on whatever camera you want. Nikon, please don't sue me, I'll sell out in a heartbeat, think of how funny that brand deal would be," he writes.

While Nikon's image quality has not actually ever been an issue -- the Z7 II is one of the best mirrorless cameras on the market today -- the company has not had it particularly easy in recent years. While Sony and Canon have managed to grow, Nikon's sales slumped last year to the point that the company found itself deeper in the red than ever before. While the company has been reorganizing through workforce cuts and production transfers from its factory in Japan to Thailand, it has struggled to produce enough products to meet demand. The Z7 II, announced last year, is still not in stock with dealers and those who pre-ordered its recently announced Z fc may not see the camera in hand for quite some time.

More of Newton's photography and video content can be found on his YouTube channel and his Instagram.

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