Pros say Sony A99 video is superb

It looks soft and there appears to be nothing in focus on the a99 video as the amount of light diffraction from the branches as compared to minimal diffraction from the Canon video.  And I can hardly distinguish the building and the fence behind the branches in the a99 video but is very clear in the Canon video.  If you are consistently getting results like this, I would return the camera and most likely the lens too.