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Thinking Of Giving Up My Sony For a Phone...To Go Back To Canon

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I've been using the Sony A7 ii trying to adapt Canon lenses with various adapters, even the Sigma MC-11. None have worked well. Eye-AF and continuous autofocus are broken, can't do tracking.

I think I'm going to sell my Sony and go back to a smartphone for a while and then jump back to full Canon native. No more of this Sony lens nonsense. And Canon would be so much cheaper for lenses.

(P.S., Smartphone photos have horrible image quality)
 
FluidKnowledge said:
I've been using the Sony A7 ii trying to adapt Canon lenses with various adapters, even the Sigma MC-11. None have worked well. Eye-AF and continuous autofocus are broken, can't do tracking.

I think I'm going to sell my Sony and go back to a smartphone for a while and then jump back to full Canon native. No more of this Sony lens nonsense. And Canon would be so much cheaper for lenses.

(P.S., Smartphone photos have horrible image quality)
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Sometimes there are compromises with adapted lenses. Could be any number of reasons your'e not getting the results you want.

Nevertheless, if you get better results with your Canon and phone, that may be the ideal solution for now. OR, you can try to adapt to the Sony A7ii and the compromises it has for 4K video.
 
timbazi said:
Have you tried them all?
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Tried the Canon M50, horrible battery life and tons of noise at anything above 400 ISO.

Tried the Canon EOS R. That thing is huge compared to a Sony A7 series camera. And also more expensive than a Sony A7 iii. Lacks a lot of the features of the A7 iii.

The Canon EOS RP is so gimped and buggy it's not even worth of consideration. Horrible battery life and extremely buggy flash support due to the electronic shutter come to mind.
 
If you want to make use of your Canon lenses why not just get a second hand Canon DSLR body (APS-C or full frame, as you prefer)?

There's a million of them out there and you could easily find a perfectly decent one for not much money. You'll get full AF capabilities (within the limits of the chosen body of course). You will spare yourself from the phone (and the need to complain about them).

In the end it's the only way to do without adapters of that in itself is important to you - even if you wait for a Canon mirrorless that satisfies you, you will still need to use an adapter.
 
Its seems like you know what your needs and wants from a a camera. Its too bad it didnt work out for you in the way you had intented with the Sony/Canon hybrid. There are many systems out there and when you figure out what works for you, this craft truly becomes a pleasure. This is my opinion as an amatuer ofcourse. I can,t speak on behalf of proffessionals. They got a job to do so they can live.

Maybe some pros can chime in on this thread. Their perspective may be different. Im sure they look at their gear strickly as tools.
 
Don't blame Sony for your general ignorance and lack of research.
 
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