Nikon D3300 vs. Canon EOS 850D

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Nikon D3300 and Canon EOS 850D. 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 850D Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Product Type Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 9.8 cm 10.26 cm
Width 12.4 cm 13.1 cm
Depth 7.55 cm 7.62 cm
Weight 410 g 471 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 471 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 515 g
Body Material - Aluminium alloy, fibreglass-reinforced polycarbonate resin
Enclosure Colour Black Black
SENSOR Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Sensor Resolution 24.2 Megapixel 24.1 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 24,780,000 pixels 25,800,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,200,000 pixels 24,100,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features - EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Image Stabiliser - Electronic (5-axis)
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Image Processor EXPEED 4 DIGIC 8
LENS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Lens Mounting Type Nikon F Canon EF/EF-S
FOCUSING Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF / TTL phase detection / TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11 45
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Manual Focus Assist
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF Eye detection AF, Zone AF, AI Focus AF, AI Servo AF, Large Zone AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function Yes
VIEWFINDER Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Viewfinder Type Optical - eye-level pentamirror Optical - fixed eye-level pentamirror
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 95% 95%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.85x 0.82x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -1.7 to +0.5 -3 to +1
Viewfinder Information - Grid, electronic level, flicker detection, aspect ratio line, spot metering circle
Field of View Crop Factor 1.5 1.6
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
ISO (Max) 25600 25600
Native ISO - 100-25600
Extended ISO (Max) - 51200
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 25600, ISO 100-12800 ISO 51200, ISO 100-25600, ISO auto (100-25600)
Exposure Metering Centre-weighted, spot, 3D colour matrix II Evaluative, partial (6.5%), centre-weighted, spot (2%)
Exposure Metering Zones 420 216
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, night portrait, Children, panorama assist, sports mode Landscape, portrait mode, close-up, night portrait, food, sports mode, candle, kids, backlight correction HDR, smooth skin, handheld night scene, group photo
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, fisheye, soft focus, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, miniature, Toy camera, HDR Art, Grainy B&W, Water painting, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, sunlight, Flash, shade Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, 2000K - 10000K, fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/4000 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
X-sync Speed 1/200sec 1/200sec
Exposure Range EV 0-20 (ISO 100) EV 1-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 921,000 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Rotating
Display Features Display brightness control Display brightness control
FLASH Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 12
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Fill-in mode, auto mode
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features Flash +/- compensation AF illuminator, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW + JPEG, NEF (RAW) JPEG, RAW + JPEG, C-RAW
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Mono -
Microphone Features Sensitivity control -
MEMORY Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Memory Card Slot SD 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 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
RAW 6000 x 4000
JPEG 6000 x 4000
JPEG 3984 x 2656
JPEG 2976 x 1984
JPEG 2400 x 1600
JPEG 5328 x 4000
JPEG 3552 x 2664
JPEG 2656 x 1992
JPEG 2112 x 1600
JPEG 6000 x 3368
JPEG 3984 x 2240
JPEG 2976 x 1680
JPEG 2400 x 1344
JPEG 4000 x 4000
JPEG 2656 x 2656
JPEG 1984 x 1984
JPEG 1600 x 1600
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 - 3840 x 2160 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 50 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Battery Type Nikon EN-EL14a Lithium Ion Canon LP-E17 Lithium Ion
Details Nikon EN-EL14a Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E17 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 700 shots Photo shooting - 800 shots (at 23 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 730 shots (at 0 °C (LCD Monitor off))
Photo shooting - 310 shots (at 23 °C (Live View mode))
Photo shooting - 290 shots (at 0 °C (Live View mode))
CONNECTIONS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, Wireless Image Transfer
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Tripod Mount Connection Point - 1/4" socket
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
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 / AV output
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
FEATURES Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec, 20sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 5 frames per second 7.5 frames per second, 7 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, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Auto Lighting Optimizer, peripheral illumination correction, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, HDR image enhancement technology, Time-Lapse recording, noise reduction over long exposures, high ISO speed noise reduction, GPS via mobile, distortion correction function, diffraction correction, chromatic aberration correction
OTHERS Nikon D3300 Canon EOS 850D
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, neck strap, audio / video cable Battery charger, body cap, neck strap
Software Nikon ViewNX 2 -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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