I mentioned yesterday that I attended a paid event from Precision Camera last March, where I got to test the compact full-frame Sony A7C against my Fujifilm cameras. The medium format Fujifilm GFX 50S II is noticeably larger; however, as you can see, the Fuji X-S10 is about the same size as the Sony A7C. Detailed spec comparisons actually put the A7C body slightly smaller.

I attached the Fuji 50mm f1.0 lens to the X-S10, my preferred combo for creating shallow depth-of-field portraits, and paired the 50mm f1.4 GM with the A7C. The camera and lens combos are remarkably similar in size, and the Fuji is even slightly heavier. Savvy readers will rightly know this is not an apples-to-apples comparison. Because of the APS-C crop factor, a 50mm f1.0 on a Fuji will have a full-frame equivalent of a 75mm f1.5.

However, as a setup for making shallow depth-of-field portraits, the two are roughly in the same ballpark. The Sony has a noticeable advantage with face and eye detection. The Sony also has a considerable option of shallow depth-of-field portrait lenses, including the 50mm f1.2 I featured yesterday, an 85mm f1.4 GM, and a 135 mm f1.8 GM.

Both cameras have advantages and disadvantages, which I outlined in a detailed four-part comparison on my free monthly magazine (issues 49 – 52) — some were not obvious before doing the tests. While the bodies are of similar size, full-frame lenses are bigger to cover a larger sensor. Still, the Sony A7C is remarkably compact for a full-frame — a camera I never considered until I started my in-depth research in the spring of 2023.

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