Thinking of switching to Canon

Photo "quality" as fx. sharpness, colors, details .... He then beat me in AF speed, but not precision.
Don't get me wrong, Canon and others make great tools, but the flowers don't grow into heaven. Most often, the grass just seems more green at the other side of the fences.
And saying G is just better than L is meaningless.

I shoot with Canon, and I am in reverse thinking to switch to Sony for different reasons. I can give you some of my experience.

I use 5D I. I read many reviews before, the 1D II has way better focus system, but the noise is a bit worse than 5D. Also, it is 1.3x, not a FF sensor. I am not happy with my 5D AF-S, it misses quite a lot when my kid is running in the park. For the lens, I have 70-200 F2.8 IS I. It is a very very good lens. It is sharp wide open. I read many reviews, the Sony 70-200 is not as good, especially it is reported soft at 200mm F2.8.

For Sony, I have a NEX with LA-EA2 with translucent mirror. I think it may be comparable with your A55 in terms of AF. Initially, I thought the AF-S with translucent mirror will outperform my 5D because it can do continuous focusing, but it is not. The noise is definitely not as good with my 5D even though my 5D is very old camera, but it is still a FF. I use a CZ 24-70. In good lighting, it can produce very sharp pictures.

In terms of picture quality, my 5D is definitely better. So, I think it is very hard to compare A55 to 1D II. Despite 1D II is old, but it is a pro level camera where A55 is a consumer level camera. Like when I compare my NEX to 5D, 5D is definitely better. If you mainly shoot sport, I think the 1D II + Canon 70-200 F2.8 will out perform the Sony A55 + Sony 70-200G. Just for your reference, I am thinking to switch to Sony for other reasons:

- in body stabilization
- continuous focus in video
- Carl Zeiss lenses
- A DSLR + mirrorless combo (Canon doesn't have a mirrorless)
- I like Sony color better

jkp1 wrote:

And definately not all L-lenses are better than - well average. [/QUOTE]

I did not say they are better

jkp1 wrote: For many years i have had the joy to outperform my Canon friend with all his "fine" L-glass and canon-hype. Same shooting, same timing, same scenes.

that says a lot about you not the equipment well done

jkp1 wrote: Aarif...i often wonder why you shoot Sony at all ? You often mention the others as better ? Why do you - when you have both - even bother to use anything less than what you feel is the best ?

Well that could be said for why do I shoot Nikon too :) but I don't need to sell my glass plus I don't want to part with them anyway so in order to use them I do need bodies. just imagine the scenario of me selling my gear and then Sony coming up with something exactly what I want.

You can get great results with all cameras it's only when it comes to particular types of photography that one does better than the other and in these cases I only choose the one better suited

right now I have a FF D3s and a 1.3 crop 1dmk4 and 1.5 crop Sony A77 A550 and km7D which I still shoot with from time to time. So they are not exactly the same

Also the Dyxum community is like family that I don't want to leave
so what's next Petax MF

Ahhhh Yes!

The initials C and Z; Some say that these are more than enough of a good reason to come to Sony, and possibly the only reason needed to make one feel compelled to stay.

Let's just briefly roll out the new 24/2 for instance, and then of course there is the 135/1.8, which started it all that ruckus....

Then there is Sony's new 'STIG'; the NEX-7.....(if only we could get our hands on one)

Now we are talking some serious Sony hype talk!    

jkp1 wrote: aarif wrote:     Well that could be said for why do I shoot Nikon too :) but I don't need to sell my glass plus I don't want to part with them anyway so in order to use them I do need bodies. just imagine the scenario of me selling my gear and then Sony coming up with something exactly what I want. You can get great results with all cameras it's only when it comes to particular types of photography that one does better than the other and in these cases I only choose the one better suited right now I have a FF D3s and a 1.3 crop 1dmk4 and 1.5 crop Sony A77 A550 and km7D which I still shoot with from time to time. So they are not exactly the same Also the Dyxum community is like family that I don't want to leave so what's next Petax MF Well spoken :-)

+1

I have a sony and olympus that fulfil different roles. I'm watching sony, fuji and pentax with interest for my next body.

trainerKEN wrote: mambo wrote: there is no point in persuading you one way or the other. Good luck and best wishes. ^^^what he said

I second or third this... with all due respect, sounds perhaps like you have not investigated all reasons for your lack of success...again - with respect I ask you about your technique.... consider that also....Good luck with whatever you go with...

I find focus limiters, sich as those on the 2.8/200 and 2.8/70-200 make a significant difference to AF, so trying a lens with that facility may help, whatever mount you go for.

For fast motion: I find SSM on the 2.8 70-200 is not my fastest lens on locking to a first focus, that's the 2.8/200 and the 2.8/100SF. But once the lens is tracking motion, the SSM wins. It depends what you're doing most of. (And this is on both D7/D9 film and A900 digital.)

I prefer Sony colour, would just about settle for Nikon if I had to change, but have never liked Canon colour/tone(I'm a painter so by tone I mean contrast and greys) on any of their products, scanners, printers, anything. But then I prefer Kodak colour (portra, ektachrome) to almost all Fuji films, which in not normal in the photographic world. If you prefer your mates' shots it may simply be that you prefer Canon colour, in which case the A mount may never make you happy.

I hope you find what suits you. It must be frustrating wondering if it is your kit that's holding you up. In my case, with the stuff I have at the moment it's always me and not my gear that's suboptimal!