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Converting from Canon to Sony - Lense equivalents.

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t.linn:

--- Quote from: captaint on March 18, 2012, 06:26:40 AM ---I am currently the owner of a Canon 450d but with a baby coming along in 4 weeks I want to upgrade to a camera that also has high quality video (with automatic focus) - so I'm opting for the brand new Sony A57.

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If I were leaving Canon for Sony I would look hard at the NEX line rather than the much larger Alpha line.  That NEX-7 is a game changer and the 5n(?) is no slouch either.  Same size sensor.  Much smaller body.

Just a thought.

Pakman:
I would suggest waiting for the 650D with its rumored in-video AF. Paired with the apparently silent-AF 18-135 II, it should fulfill your requirements very well. Plus you can use whatever lens you own currently on it too. But since you've got a baby due in 4 weeks, just take some stills with your 450D first! Congratulations on the baby BTW

AmbientLight:
Just out of curiosity I googled "lense" and I even found something. Although Oxford dictionaries do not mention this one, at least it is mentioned in dictionary.com as a variant:

lense

noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images [syn: lens]

It is even mentioned in Wikipedia as a variant spelling, although as a generally not accepted variant.

MK5GTI:
i was in the same boat as the OP. had 2 kids now.

always like the video continuous AF for chasing toddlers. the equivalents of your 17-85 would be a Carl Zeiss 16-80, it will be like Canon IS since Sony has OSS in the body, but this lens got no SSM (equivalent to USM), you may hear some sound.

i end up keeping a 5D classic for portraits, and buying a NEX 5n. but the A57 will use the same sensor.....

i wonder what the new rebel will do for AF.  that maybe a hot seller for a lot of parents. 

jamesdylangoldstein:
Don't buy into the hype. 

I bought a A55 when they first came out with a 24-70 and 70-400.  I'm so much happier with the Canon lens selection, the old-school mirror, etc.  The Sonys overheat, take terrible high ISO images, don't take in as much light, have a mediocre lens selection (mostly rebadged Minolta lenses), have mediocre accessories, etc.  I wrote a long post on DPreview about my experiences that the Sony fanboys hated and helped to delete. 

If you're going to buy Sony, buy a NEX.

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