LMAO Canon... Oh yeah those fragile lil things. Sorry but Sony cameras are pretty durable and pocket-able*(my own word). I had two Canons SD420 and SD700 and both screens crack while in its case in my Murse. My old Sony T5 has not broke yet even in my pocket with no case. Now I have a Sony T100 and a Nikon D80.
Also, the IPhone Pic quality is a joke. Even my old Samsung A900m takes as good pics at 1.3MP
I was talking more along the lines of picture quality more so than durability between Sonys and Canons, but if you want to take that road we can...
How long do you actually think Sony's touchscreens will hold up? I work in the DI department at Best Buy and from playing with the T series cameras during slow shopping times, I can personally tell you that they have a lot of work to do on the strength of their displays. It's a cool thing because everyone wants touchscreens these days and Sony knows it. Being one of the only brands with touchscreens on their newest cameras is their gimmick because they know it will sell regardless of how crappy the lifetime is on the screens. Nothing can ever beat good, old fashioned buttons (at least on cameras that is).
And don't get me started on internal lenses... People think having a compacted lens is such a cool thing... Why? So you can shed off 2 or 3 three inches when the thing is turned off? Internal lens = darker pictures. Call me strange, but I would much rather have an extending lens than sacrifice any picture quality.
As I said before, Canons from a PHOTOGRAPHIC standpoint is a far more superior product than any Sony. If your Canons crapped out on you, maybe you should've gotten the accidental protection from wherever you got them... It couldn't have been more than $50 for two year coverage for each camera...
So, Sony is the only one with the touch screen so far yet yet still to improve and getting better on adapting new tech with old. Yet I know for a fact I still can use the screen when it's not broken. Why don't you search on the "World Wide Web on how well known Canon screens are. I didn't believe it b/c, well, it's a Canon and everyone should love Canons, until I got two. Not one, but two.
With the lenses shaved off, the pic quality is not D80 standards but hey that why I bought a D80. Even my D80 being drop, thinking it was fragile, did not break. Hmm go figure. The only reason Sony cameras does poorly in pic quality at times is the flash. Their flash distance mostly has a range of 2m averaging. But daylight, you can't even compare. You have to actually use it to know, not just playing with it on a pedestal.
Also, I did get extended warranties and my SD420 fixed once waited two weeks and got it back and broke after two months.
Sony's just released a 15.5-inch addition to its VAIO S Series that not only adds a crucial bit of extra display acreage, but also bumps things up to a full 1080p.
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I just prefer to not get Sony cameras at all.
Stick with Canon.
LMAO Canon... Oh yeah those fragile lil things. Sorry but Sony cameras are pretty durable and pocket-able*(my own word). I had two Canons SD420 and SD700 and both screens crack while in its case in my Murse. My old Sony T5 has not broke yet even in my pocket with no case. Now I have a Sony T100 and a Nikon D80.
Also, the IPhone Pic quality is a joke. Even my old Samsung A900m takes as good pics at 1.3MP
I was talking more along the lines of picture quality more so than durability between Sonys and Canons, but if you want to take that road we can...
How long do you actually think Sony's touchscreens will hold up? I work in the DI department at Best Buy and from playing with the T series cameras during slow shopping times, I can personally tell you that they have a lot of work to do on the strength of their displays. It's a cool thing because everyone wants touchscreens these days and Sony knows it. Being one of the only brands with touchscreens on their newest cameras is their gimmick because they know it will sell regardless of how crappy the lifetime is on the screens. Nothing can ever beat good, old fashioned buttons (at least on cameras that is).
And don't get me started on internal lenses... People think having a compacted lens is such a cool thing... Why? So you can shed off 2 or 3 three inches when the thing is turned off? Internal lens = darker pictures. Call me strange, but I would much rather have an extending lens than sacrifice any picture quality.
As I said before, Canons from a PHOTOGRAPHIC standpoint is a far more superior product than any Sony. If your Canons crapped out on you, maybe you should've gotten the accidental protection from wherever you got them... It couldn't have been more than $50 for two year coverage for each camera...
So, Sony is the only one with the touch screen so far yet yet still to improve and getting better on adapting new tech with old. Yet I know for a fact I still can use the screen when it's not broken. Why don't you search on the "World Wide Web on how well known Canon screens are. I didn't believe it b/c, well, it's a Canon and everyone should love Canons, until I got two. Not one, but two.
With the lenses shaved off, the pic quality is not D80 standards but hey that why I bought a D80. Even my D80 being drop, thinking it was fragile, did not break. Hmm go figure. The only reason Sony cameras does poorly in pic quality at times is the flash. Their flash distance mostly has a range of 2m averaging. But daylight, you can't even compare. You have to actually use it to know, not just playing with it on a pedestal.
Also, I did get extended warranties and my SD420 fixed once waited two weeks and got it back and broke after two months.