when it comes to dslr, sony or canon?

Question

when it comes to dslr, sony or canon?

Answer 1

I personally stay away from sony. I believe i have good reason.



When it comes to sony, they have a horrible history of making exclusive products that only sony can use. That means other companies need to pay a special premium to use sony technology. Their only success that i can think of is blueray (and that is after a long difficult battle)

examples of sonys technology exclusivity failure

- beta tapes

- minidisk or md players

- memory sticks (will fail)



when it comes to cameras,it is the same story. Their hot shoe flash is shaped differently, so you need a special adapter to use third party flash. Their sony camera mounts, scare many major thirs party lens manufractures away. So the lens selection is kind of sparce.



Canon on the other hand (nikon too) have a variety of lenses and flashes and other accessories that are made by the manufracture and third party companies. It keeps the competition strong and thriving. More choices and more competitive pricing.

Answer 2

Wow. A lot of anti-sony DSLR opinions from people who mention no experience actually using one. Interesting.



I do own a Sony DSLR and have for a couple of years. I started with a 35mm Canon and I gave the Canon away and switched to Sony and Minolta. My 25 year old Minolta SLR is 10 times the camera my 5 year old Canon was. And Sony inherited everything that Minolta had pioneered. People seem to forget that.



Yes, they have a proprietary hotshoe, but I very rarely see anyone recommend third party flashes and the pros are always recommending you buy only OEM lenses and accessories so I don't see why proprietary accessories are such a big deal except as a weak rebuttal to a brand that people just don't want to accept. My DSLR takes both CF and memory sticks and I've had no problem with either my Sony or Sandisk memory sticks. In fact I've had more problems with USB drives failing.



Tokina, Sigma and Tamron are the major 3rd party lens manufacturers where quality is concerned and they all make lenses for Sony and all made lenses for Minolta as well. There are a lot of great lenses available for a Sony DSLR.



I know I sound like what they call a fanboy (or fangirl as it were) but it's only fair that I give you info that I know for a fact to be true, out of my own experience. And I really couldn't care less of what small-minded people think of me. I currently own two Tamron lenses, a Sigma lens, a Tokina lens, and a Minolta lens. I've owned Sony lenses and other Sigma and Minolta lenses as well. I've had no problems finding lenses that I want and need and have gotten some really great deals on some of them too. There are plenty of lenses available that I would like to have.



All that said, it's really a personal choice which brand is right for you. It may be Sony but only you can make that choice. Start by getting your hands on the cameras to see how they feel and doing some research on the brand. And in the end it doesn't really matter which one. They're all capable of great photos in capable hands. You should try several brands and models.

Answer 3

I personally would not trust Sony. I use a Pentax DSLR, yes they are not the most popular DSLR on the market, but when they release a new one they make sure it is worth it, instead of having a billion different models. Also with Pentax, every camera has the same lens mount, which means that you can use every lens ever made by Pentax on the camera you purchase.



If you don't go with Pentax, then I would go with Canon, just because it has a name for some pretty good cameras.

Answer 4

The Sony SLT A33 and SLT A55 have Sony's Translucent Mirror Technology which allows for full-time continuous auto focus whether you're shooting still pictures or 1080/60i HD video. By eliminating the mechanical components of the traditional moving mirror Sony was able to make the SLT A33 and SLT A55 smaller, more compact and quieter. The Translucent Mirror Technology also allows the A33 to shoot at 7fps and the A55 to shoot at 10fps (frames per second) - shooting rates unmatched by any other DSLR in their price range. Another advantage of this technology is that the viewfinder never goes dark. On a traditional DSLR when you press the shutter release the mirror has to flip up which causes the viewfinder to go dark until the exposure is made at which time the mirror flips down.



The A33 and A55 use the Minolta Maxxum "A" lens mount introduced in 1985 so any Maxxum or after-market (Vivitar, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina) AF lens can be used on these cameras. Since the A33 and A55 have a focusing motor in the camera body these legacy lenses will auto focus as they should. Sony's version of Image Stabilization is also in the camera body so a 1985 model Maxxum AF 70-210mm f4 zoom lens will not only auto focus but will become, in effect, an IS lens. Any lens used becomes an IS lens.



Reviews:



http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/AA33/AA33A.HTM

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/AA55/AA55A.HTM

http://www.digitalphotographywriter.com/2010/08/sony-slt-a55-review-translucent-mirror.html

http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment/reviews/digitalslr/128639/1/sony-alpha-slt-a33-review.html



This explains the difference between the two models:

http://www.digitalphotographywriter.com/2010/08/sony-a33-vs-a55-whats-difference.html



Purists, of course, claim that the A33 and A55 aren't "real" DSLR cameras since they lack the traditional optical viewfinder. Translucent Mirror Technology requires using an EVF - electronic viewfinder. These same purists were equally dismissive of, first, Live View on a DSLR and later video capability in a DSLR. Nikon introduced the D3000 without video capability and quickly replaced it with the D3100. Now every DSLR must have Live View and video capability to compete in the market.



Back in the days of film photography news photographers were equally resistant to abandoning their 4x5 Crown Graphics for 120 roll film cameras and later when they had to abandon their 120 cameras for 35mm cameras. Technology marches on.



Canon, of course, still uses the traditional moving mirror in their DSLR cameras. When Canon introduced their first auto focus 35mm film cameras around 1988 they abandoned the "FD" lens mount for the "EF" lens mount. In my opinion Canon has added additional confusion by introducing the EF-S lens line along with the EF lenses. Here's why: The EF-S lenses can only be used on the Canon cropped sensor DSLRs like the T3, T1i, T2i, T3i. They cannot be used on an older AF 35mm film camera or a full-frame Canon DSLR like the 5D or 1D. So someone who buys a Canon cropped sensor DSLR and 2 or 3 EF-S lenses will be looking at replacing their lenses should they ever upgrade to a full-frame Canon DSLR.



Canon - like Nikon - has their version of Image Stabilization in some but not all of their lenses. So you pay for it every time you buy a stabilized lens. With the SLT A33 and SLT A55 any lens used becomes a stabilized lens.



Its only a matter of time before Canon and Nikon introduce cameras comparable to the Sony SLT A33 and SLT A55.

Answer 5

Canon

I love my canon t2i right now, i got it about 3 weeks ago but before that i had a Sony, which are amazing DIGITAL cameras.

but if your going for more professional get a canon dslr not a sony dslr

BUT

if you just want a digital camera then a sony or a canon would be perfect, you just have to decide which one fits you.

Answer 6

If you need to chose between these two only.. canon. Sony's system is still not there and I really doubt they are committed to a DSLR future with all the nex and SLT going on. So, I'd go for canon

Answer 7

personally i use a Sony A200... i like Sony cameras... because you can use minolta lenses...



but there are more people who buy Nikon and Canon - because they have better merchandising and concentrate on photography...



your choice about what you want to use... i think Canon and Nikon fleece their customers because of the different types of lenses that work with different models...

Answer 8

Sony makes DSLR?? LMAO !!!



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You mean Canon or Nikon... right ??



Canon is cool... Nikon is cooler....nothing has yet come out that can be called coolest.... SONY is like an electric powered car..Canon is like a Porshe... Nikon is like a Lamborgini.. your go...

Answer 9

It boils down to personal preference. What you're asking is sort of like "Which soda is better, Coke or Pepsi?"



But personally, I would vote Canon.

Answer 10

its not like coke or pepsi. Sonys photos are physically worse go canon

Answer 11

Nikon.

Answer 12

No, Hasselblad.