Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 vs. Canon EOS R5 C

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Detailed comparison and review of Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 and Canon EOS R5 C. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

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Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 vs. Canon EOS R5 C Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Product Type Digital camera - 5.8K - mirrorless system Digital camera - 8K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 10.03 cm 10.1 cm
Width 13.84 cm 14.2 cm
Depth 9.96 cm 11.1 cm
Weight 739 g 680 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 739 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 823 g
Camera body only: 680 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 770 g
Protection Splashproof, dust-resistant -
SENSOR Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Sensor Resolution 25.2 Megapixel 45 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS CMOS
Total Pixels 26,520,000 pixels 47,100,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 25,210,000 pixels 45,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm) Full Frame (36 x 24 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 60 fps 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features - Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Image Stabiliser Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism) Electronic (5-axis)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes -
PROCESSOR Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Image Processor Venus Engine DIGIC X
LENS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Lens Mounting Type Micro Four Thirds Canon RF
FOCUSING Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF II
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty - 1053
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function, Depth From Defocus (DFD) technology Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Eye priority AF, Animal detection AF, Body detection AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Zone AF, Head Detection AF, Animal detection AF, Vehicle-tracking AF
Face Detection Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function, Pet Detection Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution 3,680,000 pixels (1280 x 960 x 3) 5,760,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 1.52x 0.76x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -4 to +2
Field of View Crop Factor 2 1.0
Features Auto eye sensor -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
ISO (Max) 25600 102400
Native ISO 100-25600 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 102400
Extended ISO (Min) 50 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 100-25600 ISO 50, ISO 102400, ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-25600), ISO auto (200-51200)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, highlight weighted Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (5.8%), spot (2.9%)
Exposure Metering Zones 1728 384
Exposure Modes Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash
Bracketing Modes Focus bracketing, white balance bracketing, aperture bracketing Focus bracketing
Special Effects Sepia, Vivid, natural, monochrome, Flat, landscape, Cross Process, Highlight, Retro, Expressive, High Key, Low Key, Pop Colour, Old Days, Standard, L. Monochrome, L. Monochrome D, L. Classic Neo, L. Monochrome S, Cinelike D2, Cinelike V2, Like709 Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, 2000K - 15000K (100K steps), fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type Mechanical, electronic Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/32000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 7 steps in 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV steps 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-18 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Type 3" LCD display 3.15" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,840,000 pixels 2,100,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Rotating
Display Features - Display brightness control, anti-smudge coating
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Digital Video Format MPEG-4, H.264, MOV, ProRes 422, H.265, ProRes 422 HQ XF-AVC, Cinema RAW Light, MP4
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, C-RAW, HEIF, RAW + HEIF
Max Video Resolution 5760 x 4320 8192 x 4320
Audio Signal Format Linear PCM, AAC Linear PCM, AAC LC
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Mono
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction -
MEMORY Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Memory Card Slot SD card, CFexpress SD card, CFexpress
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, CFexpress SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, CFexpress
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage 5776 x 4336
4096 x 3072
2944 x 2208
11552 x 8672 - High Resolution Mode
8192 x 6144 - High Resolution Mode
5776 x 3848
4096 x 2728
2944 x 1960
11552 x 8672 - High Resolution Mode
8192 x 5464 - High Resolution Mode
5776 x 3248
4096 x 2304
2944 x 1656
11552 x 6496 - High Resolution Mode
8192 x 4608 - High Resolution Mode
4336 x 4336
3072 x 3072
2208 x 2208
8672 x 8672 - High Resolution Mode
6144 x 6144 - High Resolution Mode
8192 x 5464
5808 x 3872
4176 x 2784
2400 x 1600
5088 x 3392
7280 x 5464
5152 x 3872
3712 x 2784
2112 x 1600
8192 x 4608
5808 x 3264
4176 x 2344
2400 x 1344
5456 x 5456
3872 x 3872
2784 x 2784
1600 x 1600
BATTERY AND CHARGING Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Battery Type Panasonic DMW-BLK22 Lithium Ion Canon LP-E6NH Lithium Ion
Details Panasonic DMW-BLK22 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2200 mAh (included) Canon LP-E6NH Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
Canon LP-E6 Li-ion rechargeable battery (optional)
CONNECTIONS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Interface HDMI, USB-C, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless video upload to cloud server, wireless image upload to cloud server
Print Standard Exif Print support, PictBridge support DPOF support, Exif Print support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe, PC terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin HDMI Type A)
Microphone (mini-phone 3.5mm)
Remote control (sub-mini phone 2.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB Type-C)
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Audio line-in / microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
Timecode in/out
FEATURES Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Features Vectorscope SMPTE Colour Bars, zebra pattern, waveform monitor
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec, custom 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 2 frames per second, 8 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 7 frames per second, 60 frames per second, 14 frames per second, 75 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 20 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 3.9 frames per second, 6.8 frames per second, 9.2 frames per second, 5.1 frames per second, 4.9 frames per second
Additional Features Built-in speaker, sharpness control, saturation control, contrast control, built-in cooling fan, USB charging, HDR image enhancement technology, hue control, no Optical Low Pass Filter (OLFP), slow motion recording, V-Log L recording, 3D Digital Noise Reduction Technology, 2D Digital Noise Reduction Technology, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording Sharpness control, histogram display, colour control, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, Pre-Rec function, built-in cooling fan, USB charging, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, HDR image enhancement technology, Bayer mosaic RGB filter, Noise Reduction control, fast motion recording, silent shooting, distortion correction function, simultaneous multi-format recording, Optical Low Pass Filter (OLFP), diffraction correction, slow motion recording, chromatic aberration correction, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording, tally light, 12-bit RAW, Canon Log 3, Perceptual Quantisation (PQ) recording, Black Gamma control
OTHERS Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH6 Canon EOS R5 C
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, cable holder, BNC adapter Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, cable protector
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C 0 °C
Service & Support - Limited warranty - 2 years
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