Yes, I can definitely see a difference. Tldr: I believe that the Canon has a more muted, classic look. The Sony has slightly more clarity, more global contrast, very slightly cleaner bokeh, perhaps a bit more color saturation, lower vignetting and perhaps very slightly more sharpness. The deciding factor in choosing between them will however obviously be determined by what camera system you have or want to have. The biggest differences in your pictures when using these lenses, especially in regards to sharpness results, will come from the camera body you use them with: the color science differences are definitely visible and is up to personal taste, but the autofocus performance of the A1 is objectively more accurate and reliable for portraits than any Canon camera. However, the R5 would probably be closer to the performance of the A1 than the R6 used in this video. The most visible differences between the lenses themselves is the vignetting, but when zoomed in I could easily see differences in clarity (local/detail contrast) and global contrast. Again, the Canon overall renders more like a classic lens, while the Sony is more "perfect". The least obvious aspect of the "classical look" is that the Canon has a very slight swirly rendering towards the edges (as seen with the cat's eye problem) while the Sony bokeh looks marginally "cleaner" (almost imperceptibly so). More importantly, the Sony seems to have more clarity and perhaps also more sharpness, which points towards a more modern"look. While sharpness of the lenses might be very close, the Canon camera missed focus more often: the eye lashes and critical areas are sharper in basically every picture on the Sony. The Sony lens also looks like it has more contrast, unless of course there was a difference in editing, and it seems to me like both colors and contrast looks more muted in the Canon pictures (look at the saturation of the flowers in every picture), which again adds to the modern vs classic differences. Furthermore, the Canon has more vignetting, which is most visible in the first picture comparison: the chair and table area in the right corner and the flowers in the left corner is much darker on the Canon, which obviously increases contrast in the corners and could fool you into believing that Canon is more contrasty overall, but even though the image corners on the Sony is brighter and less contrasty there is definitely more contrast in the mid-section on the Sony (look at the hair of the bride). If you would correct the vignetting on the Canon I believe the corners would have more contrast on the Sony, and this is obvious if you look at the other images. One more note about bokeh: while the Sony might be cleaner, its higher clarity, color saturation might make out of focus objects pop more and be more distracting (as with the flowers in the first image comparison) and less vignetting might(!) also make the image corners more visible and lead attention away from centered subjects in some instances. I was also surprised to see that the Sony camera had a more warm orange rendering than the Canon, since in my experience with a7riii and a7iii Sony leans more towards a colder look.

You truly are my new fav!!! Thanks for another awesome video!

Great video. How did focus breathing compare?

This is a much appreciated effort. And like you said no one's cross shopping these two lenses, but comparisons like this help us visualise how premium lenses with complex optical designs tackle optical corrections while not sacrificing tonal performances, a.k.a. micro contrast, it's an enjoyable competition.

Loved the intro :-D May the force be with u magic!

I'm Sony owner, Nikon fanboy, and kinda gelous about Canon. But at the end Sony is faster, Nikon has better colour science, Canon is like Apple optimised in its own ecosystem.

How did you find the autofocus difference of the two set ups.. Did you have more out of focus pics that needed deleting on the sony ?

I carry Canon RF 50mm f1.2 for few trips. It is very heavy and bulky for 50mm prime lens. I am sure that professional photographer can accept it. But for me, I spend my day carrying my camera more than shooting. I give up and sell it finally. 😊

Honestly, I love that you can adjust aperture on the lens. It feels much more intuitive and, dare I say, retro!

Thank you so much for share

Being a father of 3 myself, I can imagine how tiring can be to have 4 😅 still you can find time for your channel, so I subscribed 😁 good job with this comparison btw, very entertaining

Great comparison, lenses aside since they do cost similar, I was honestly most surprised at how well the Canon R6, a $2,500 body compared to the top tier Sony A1, a $6,500 body. It's incredible the quality we can get out of camera's these days!!

Both great lenses. It's nice that Sony made theirs lighter.

So after having watched more of your videos: Yeah, adding the LEGO is really great! As you put two of my most beloved hobbies into one video (photography and LEGO if people reading this haven't been sure yet what I mean haha) this really makes it so much better for me personally to watch haha :-)

Your videos are exceptional because you are daily doing what you talk about. One of my fav creators here ❤. The Canon looks like it's a resuscitated EF 50L.

Which one is a better paperweight?

awesome review THANKS

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Great video！Thanks！

Thanks for this! I was debating switching over to Canon R5 and the 50 f1.2 but this seals it for me: Sony a7S3 with GM50f1.2!

Great review

Great Video, as always, brand "Magic"!!!

Can’t go wrong with any of them :)

excuse me but you should mention what camera the lenses are on as far as i can tell the body used is canon r6 so yeah its not gonna be sharper then whatever sony you used but if you compare it to lets say r5 that has double the megapixels its gonna be sharper or am i wrong? or the R3

I like the way the colors render more on the Canon (although this may be due to the body more than the lens). That said, it's not as sharp as the Sony (although it's actually very flattering for this type of photography I must say), has more longitudinal chromatic aberration, has pretty bad onion-ringing in the bokeh. Pretty impressive what Sony did in a smaller, lighter, quieter, and cheaper lens.

As per my observation, I think canon makes the subject a little bit more "pop", Sony is a little flat. Is it just me? I don't know.

Canon just increased their len price. In my country, I can buy 2 sony 50 gm for 1 canon rf 50 f1.2 L like now.

Don't minimize the necessity of videos comparing lenses with the same focal lengths from different manufacturers. It is not automatic, that people are going to go with one or the other because they are already a Canon or Sony photographer. Me personally, I was solely a Canon fanboy until it was a requirement for my concert photography to have a camera with a silent shutter. Canon was dragging its feet and would not come-out with any new truly professional level mirrorless cameras. So, for concert photography I jumped ship to the Sony a9, when it first came out. I still used my Canon 70-200 f2.8 with a metabones adapter because at that time there were not many Sony lenses. I continue to be extremely impressed by Sony's progress and I am gradually switching over to Sony. It takes time. It's not like you can just use a DSLR lens (natively) on a mirrorless camera anyway. That transition alone made me re-evaluate whether I wanted to continue to stay with Canon or not. But Sony's lenses are consistently faster, quieter and with a higher number of aperture blades for (in my opinion) better sharpness at lower f-stops and better bokeh. So, videos like yours just solidify the decision to keep on the path of switching to Sony. I am looking-out for the new Sony a9 III (or whatever it will be called). I decided not to go for the a9 II but wait for the a9 III, as I didn't feel the upgrades in the a9 II warranted putting-out the extra cash. ...My understanding, however, is that the Sony 50mm f1.2 is actually a 47mm lens. Why did they do that?

Thank you for review! You choice very good fotos for comparison. What I could say - I really see the differences between two. I have a recent experience with my eos r and found out that with canon optics the faces looks flat. In my exerience all canon lenses that I’ve tried have the same flat look. And your comparison shows the same. So I immediately recognised rf50 1.2 by it’s more flat face

compare sony 35mm gm with canon ef 35mm f1.4 ii too, if u can. For that one lens im thinking of buying sony camera

Although GM is shorter in FL (around 47mm i guess) still resolves way more detail than Canon and much better in abberations.

Thank you, this is very interesting also because I’m a Nikon guy but thinking to switch over Sony or Canon right now. I love this work and I noticed a significant orange tint on sony skins to my taste. Said that all other aspects (focus noise, background blur, vignetting, etc...) pleased me more on the sony side. Thank you.

I apologize if I missed what Sony camera was used in the comparison? Excellent video!

great video, thanks. what about the focus brathing differences^

Awesome video

Hey! Great content! Can you tell us the presets you used on these images?

Hey man, first of all ducking awesome photos! That has to be said, coz the lens or camera is irrelevant. Obviously you can’t go wrong with either, both are awesome I have eos r and 50RF. But honestly canon gear is so freaking expensive I’m considering going Sony. Is there any chance you share couple raw files, KZfaq compression kind of sucks. Also I’m very curious about something else, did you notice any difference in exposure values. Is the Sony T stop pretty much the same as canon. I really impressed with Sony pulling out this lens with their small mount. But was wondering if the T stop value matches the one on the canon. Btw I also see the cats eye and little bit of onion rings on the canon. Usually i notice on the R with electronic shutter I get more of then. Works noticeably better with mechanical shutter and honestly at 1.2 I never really seen this amount of cats eye and especially onion rings(they are not extreme but noticeable).

Please upload 85mm vs 50mm for wedding

How about the flare?

This is one of the first videos I have seen praising Sony for it's ergonomics. As someone with big hands and a longtime sony user I've never understood the ergonomics complaints, they'll always been fine to handle. But definitely a lot better since the 3rd and 4th generation bodies have come out

Nice video!

impressive... sony is more blur and more sharper. ... & more clean photo. .. sony have a lot area is sharper to the subject than canon.. .Nice

I really enjoy your content! Please keep it going. It's such an amazing and exciting time to be a Sony shooter. I'm also cheering Canon and Nikon because at the end of the day, ''WE'' the consumer are the winner. More competition is better for EVERYONE :)

I like the canon pictures better than Sony.

The Sony is 47mm as stated my manny Ortiz The photos look absolutely stunning How do you maintain the nice contrast without darkening their faces ?

I own both set ups, never compared them one to one, but shot both at the same time. I prefer Sony because of it's lenses (small) and silent shutter. But if I compare RF50mm 1.2 and GM 50mm 1.2 I find RF has better 3d pop and it's pure magic, while Sony is stupidly good with fast autofocus and slightly lighter. If I should rank those cameras with lenses goes like this: sony 24mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 are one of my fav. lenses while Canon kills it with RF50mm 1.2 and RF 85mm 1.2.

Great comparison - thanks! Sony bokeh a bit more to my taste even though there's still a little deformation of bokeh balls at the frame edges, I'd guess you can probably get round balls across the frame if you stop down a little just like with the 85GM? Still prefer it to the more pronounced "cats eye" rendering of the Canon. Also... man that Canon vignette is heavy! I had read that the RF 50 has over 3 stops of light fall-off in the corners but side by side you can really notice it. Did you have the in body lens corrections turned on in both bodies?

i'm neither pro nor amateur makes money out of photography but i'll eat less, consume less and buy GM50 1.2 !

Lovely shot at 11:37 !

USM motors are really ancient tech. I can't believe Canon still uses them.

Why the f@ck do you leave your lenses without a rear cap on that table?🤔

I don't know if you mentioned weight. I was curious. Canon R6 + 50mm 1.2 1630 g 3.59 lbs and Sony A7RIV + 50mm 1.2 1436 g 3.16 lbs. 1/2 lb lighter. 🤓

I actually thought the bokeh balls flip flopped, one was better on the Sony then in another it was better on the Canon (cat's eye). Is it possible the tagging got flipped around on accident?

Yes i can tell, even u edit the photo on sony's raw, the canon is just better in skintone

Great hat.

Nice comparison!

Sony took a long time to make a 50mm f1.2, but man did they get it right. It was certainly interesting to know the grip space is tighter in the fingers on the Canon.

Nice video my friend

Can you go live one day and discuss gear?

I would love a comparison and your opinion of 55mm 1.8 vs the 50mm 1.2. Im in the market for a 50mm and I’m debating on what I should buy.

I've heard the new Sony 1.2 has a major focus breathing problem if you are shooting video.

incredible to see the Sony lens is superior. this video change my mind in the quality of the gm lenses from sony. also the colors of the pictures is phenomenal the famous color science is not a limitation after post processing the photo.

Sony is 47mm

CAN I HAVE YOUR PRESET PLEASE . LOVE IT

The Sony is 47 mm. Some people think this is because they couldn't make it 50 mm because of the small mount.

Those pile of Lego bricks looks great 😏

Greeting from California in the US! Keep up the excellent work. I love your videos. You’ve earned a sub!

I am surprised by the strong onion ring effect on the Canon at 8:30. Sony uses an extremely high precision process for their aperture blades (they state the new high precision numbers on their website for the lense if anyone is interested in all the technical numbers) which makes it very clean. I assumed that canon would do better here but actually the Sony one with their high precision process and XA elements produces that way cleaner.

Yeah yeah, thats good and all…but where is sonys 105 1.4 with IS and at the same size as this? :)… jokes aside i would want such a lens really badly…

I heard a terrible huhuhu sound and look back to screen... OH MY GOD... RF 50/1.2!

next time, maybe take a R5 😜

Sony just proved a point that their e-mount is enough.

I don't think you having kids have anything to do with the legos :P

True, nobody is shopping for both :D I already have a RF50mm 1.2 :D Best lens ever :D but with my a1 on the way and already owning zeiss 50mm 1.4, which I might upgrade. I find Canon photo to pop more. Also better renditions of blacks, check guy's face and a dress how it pops from the background and sony again is flat. Colorwise I don't mind sony on this photo as colors are beautiful. Check a photo on 7:53 :)

Thank you for the video. I'm probably one of the rare fools right now shooting with Sony (A7RIV, A9) and a Canon EOS R5. Was about to buy the RF 50/1.2 until I heard of the new 50/1.2 GM so you had my undivided attention. Ended up ordering the Sony at pre-order but now I have to wait fill mid May for it. May rent the Canon in the mean time. Think Sony's new primes are great. I am wondering if Canon trinity of 15-35,24-70, and 70-200 are a little better since they are a few years newer. Will be comparing more directly over the next month. Both bodies have features I like. Just a note. Not a videographer. Interested in events for my comparison.

Is there a Raw? The Edit is heavily Grade. Canon Color Science still the Best.

"Sony is much nicer to hold". I literally have never heard any one ever say that about any Sony ever!

Great Comparison, I saw the LEICA SUmmilux 50 1.4 there.. would be great to put into comparison in your next video.

Just reviewed the RF 85 1.2 and it is unbelievably loud when it focuses. Not even remotely close to usable for video with any type on-board mic. Even the RF 24-70 with Canon's nano motors is loud in quiet environments. I'm talking actual autofocus ticks as well as the glass elements moving. Sony is miles ahead in their lens design and I kind of regret switching.

Great comparison. But dude, u r comparing 20mp vs 50 something mp. Plus u are on that ND filter on canon. 🤷‍♂️ That makes a bit difference if not big difference. Anyway, but both r amazing pieces of engineering.

I feel like the theirs a deeper depth of field in the sony images makes them look that little bit better although I didn't guess the second one right so it's still almost identical

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you shouldn't edit the photos,. and you should atleast put both raw files link,. so that we can download it and see the difference,. very bad review,.

good comparison and good presentation. Subscribed! for all of you who cares about onion ring bokeh, i see RF have a little bit of it but much better than the EF version.

Sony 85 1.2 is needed now. That will be one hell of a lens.

Honestly, all three of the 1.2 50mm lenses look idential.

Time to do a lego giveaway 😸

Now all I need is a canon camera that can take sony lenses :)

You’re wrong! I’m looking for a Sony GM50mm f1.2 because I’m a Nikon Z9 shooter because the Nikon 50mm f1.2 is bigger than your house! You DO have a big house, right?

wow canon really screwed up on that onion ring bokeh balls. the sony is also lighter, cheaper and feels more premium. guess that´s that. now I am debating 50mm 1.2 EF with adapter or really go full on sony GM 50/F1.2

One interesting thing is I actually prefer the colors from Sony and I thought the Sony image was the Canon based on that.

Nice video and beautiful photos - Thank you in advance for allowing us peons to enter the Sony Fanboyzone 😜 And thanks for stating your Biases right up front 🙏

I can clearly see where Canon is and where Sony is. Canon tends to have more background blur. Might be because of longer focal length.

sony is a little sharper & has a little nicer bokeh

Skin textures are more visible on the Sony

The onion rings on photo 2 means its the Canon!

11:33 bump, the Bokeh slipped

The Canon seems to have more 3D pop based on these samples.

It was easy to tell which photos was sony before you revealed them. Despite the fact that you have edited both, sony files still has more yellowish tint that haunted me since 2016 till now. 😢. Having said that, i agreed canon rf 50 f1.2 not worth the price it demands when compared to the likes of sony 50 f1.2. The chromatic abbreviations and flares produced by this lens is totally unacceptable to me. In case you or anyone wonder, i am shooting R6, not a sony fanboy, inn fact far from it.

I prefer the images from Sony.