May I still post on this forum?

[bossel]

Hey Henry, please continue to report your impressions. Many of us know the A700 so if you can feed back on how an A700 user experiences a Canon 60D, you're welcome! There is no doubt the 60D is the more modern camera. Even comparing my NEX to the A700, the A700 looses except for the OVF and fast phase detect AF. For the rest, the NEX wins.

Getting a new camera always unleashes a new sense of creativity and lust for experimentation, so don't feel shy to post whatever crosses your mind.

On 'my french forum' many of the power-users (>10.000 posts) are also using Canon or Nikon (or Sony )

Edit:
Maybe you should create a new post 'Canon 60D seen by a Sony user' and add your feedback every now and then.

[bakubo]

Hey Henry, please continue to report your impressions. Many of us know the A700 so if you can feed back on how an A700 user experiences a Canon 60D, you're welcome! There is no doubt the 60D is the more modern camera. Even comparing my NEX to the A700, the A700 looses except for the OVF and fast phase detect AF. For the rest, the NEX wins.

Getting a new camera always unleashes a new sense of creativity and lust for experimentation, so don't feel shy to post whatever crosses your mind.

If people don't mind then I will do that. I don't care one bit about brand so I will try not to be partisan, but I do concentrate on features and performance in the areas that are important to me. For example, I never shoot in continuous advance mode so I don't care if a camera is 3fps, 5fps, 7fps, or 10fps. I suppose 1fps (or even 0.5fps) would be good enough for me. Therefore, I don't pay much attention to this spec. I do like the camera to be quick and responsive though so that is probably related to whether the camera can handle high fps. I also shoot raw so don't care about jpeg processing options.

Edit:
Maybe you should create a new post 'Canon 60D seen by a Sony user' and add your feedback every now and then.

I will create a new thread, but keep it in the Off Topic section.

[David Kilpatrick]

Well, I must be wrong about the weights, I checked figures and found the difference to be the other way round, and the same is reported on various websites (but so is the 60D being lighter). I have used the 7D - twice - but not alongside the 60D. However, I used the 7D at a time when I was only using the A900, and it seemed a fairly compact camera; I used the 60D right alongside the A550 and A55, and NEX. It seemed huge. Then again, the A700 now seems huge to me and we decided against taking it last week. Shirley used the A550 instead, and I would have to say the success rate was higher - more accurate focus, more accurate exposure. The only thing which really bugged her was the viewfinder crop. She was amazed at how much extra stuff appeared in the final shots, when she knew what the composition was.

Here the 60D has a considerable advantage.

I think the 60D just has UNLOCK written on the button. No indication on the body as to where you should expect to find +/- compensation, at all. The lock is very necessary and I wish the NEX had one like it. It is very easy to turn the dial when handling the NEX, not quite so easy with the Canon as it's much firmer, but still possible.

I always disliked the old on/off switch with the lock as a third position, because I could not get at it on some tripod heads, and when holding the camera in my right hand it was in quite the wrong place for the left hand to operate, as well as being a fiddly three-position switch. The 60D arrangement is far better and improves Canon ergonomics almost to KM 7D or A700 level, but still not quite. They are following Sony's lead and reducing the number of buttons and controls....

David

[bakubo]

At bossel's suggestion I have started a new thread to continue the 60D discussion:

http://www.photoclubalpha.com/forum/vie ... =21&t=4730