Nikon D3300 vs. Canon EOS 5DS

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Nikon D3300 and Canon EOS 5DS. Compare design, sensors, zoom functions, batteries and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect digital camera. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the camera that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Nikon D3300 vs. Canon EOS 5DS Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Product Type Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 9.8 cm 11.64 cm
Width 12.4 cm 15.2 cm
Depth 7.55 cm 7.64 cm
Weight 410 g 845 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 845 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 930 g
Body Material - Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour Black -
Protection - Weatherproof, dust-resistant
SENSOR Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Sensor Resolution 24.2 Megapixel 50.6 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 24,780,000 pixels 53,000,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,200,000 pixels 50,642,856 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) Full Frame (36 x 24 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features - EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Image Processor EXPEED 4 Dual DIGIC 6
LENS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Lens Mounting Type Nikon F Canon EF
FOCUSING Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11 61
Auto Focus Features - Predictive Focus Control, Intelligent Tracking and Recognition (iTR AF) system
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF Auto-area AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF, AI Focus AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function -
VIEWFINDER Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Viewfinder Type Optical - eye-level pentamirror Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 95% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.85x 0.71x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -1.7 to +0.5 -3 to +1
Viewfinder Information - Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, AF-in-focus, flash charge completion, red-eye reduction, aperture, high-speed sync indicator, flash compensation on/off, highlight tone priority, ISO sensitivity, memory card status, FE lock, AF status, AF point, grid, electronic level, maximum burst, flicker detection, JPEG/RAW
Field of View Crop Factor 1.5 1.0
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
ISO (Max) 25600 102400
Native ISO - 200-25600
Extended ISO (Max) - 51200 (H1), 102400 (H2)
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 25600, ISO 100-12800 ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 12800, ISO 100-6400, ISO auto (100-6400)
Exposure Metering Centre-weighted, spot, 3D colour matrix II Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6.1%), spot (1.3%)
Exposure Metering Zones 420 252
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash
Bracketing Modes - Flash Exposure Bracketing
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, night portrait, Children, panorama assist, sports mode -
Special Effects Neutral, Vivid, fisheye, illustration, monochrome, landscape, portrait, miniature, Toy camera, Silhouette, Colour sketch, Colour outline, Selective Colour, High Key, Night Vision, Low Key, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Super Vivid, Image Overlay Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, sunlight, Flash, shade Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, sunset, fluorescent light (white), twilight
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/200sec 1/200sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV 0-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Type 3" LCD display 3.2" LCD display
Display Format 921,000 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control, automatic display brightness adjustment
FLASH Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Camera Flash Pop-up flash -
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 -
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction -
Red-Eye Reduction Yes -
Features Flash +/- compensation -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW + JPEG, NEF (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Microphone Operation Mode Mono -
Microphone Features Sensitivity control -
MEMORY Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Memory Card Slot SD card CompactFlash Card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card CompactFlash, SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage 6000 x 4000
4496 x 3000
2992 x 2000
JPEG 8688 x 5792
JPEG 7680 x 5120
JPEG 5760 x 3840
JPEG 4320 x 2880
JPEG 1920 x 1280
JPEG 720 x 480
RAW 8688 x 5792
RAW 6480 x 4320
RAW 4320 x 2880
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 640 x 424 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 424 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Battery Type Nikon EN-EL14a Lithium Ion Canon LP-E6 Lithium Ion
Details Nikon EN-EL14a Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1800 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 700 shots Photo shooting - 700 shots (at 23 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 660 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 220 shots (at 23 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 210 shots (at 0 °C (Live View mode))
CONNECTIONS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0 Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0
Connectivity Features - Wi-Fi ready
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Composite video/audio output
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Composite video/audio output
System accessory terminal
FEATURES Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec, 20sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 5 frames per second 3 frames per second, 5 frames per second
Additional Features Digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, cropping an image, resizing an image, GPS ready, highlight point display, Active D-Lighting technology, built-in help guide, in-camera RAW processing, HDR image enhancement technology, Eye-Fi Card Ready, distortion control, perspective control, high ISO speed noise reduction RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, depth-of-field preview button, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, GPS ready, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, Time-Lapse recording, silent shooting, High Dynamic Range (HDR), Intelligent Scene Analysis (iSA) system, Mirror Vibration Control system
OTHERS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 5DS
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, neck strap, audio / video cable Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, eyecup, cable protector
Software Nikon ViewNX 2 Drivers & Utilities
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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