Canon 60D vs Sony A58

Canon 60D advantages over Sony A58

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Tilt-swivel screen
  Tilt-swivel vs tilt-only
  Tilt and swivel the screen for maximum shooting flexibility
• Fast startup
  ~0.40 vs 1.9 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  1100 vs 700 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  216 mm vs 83 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• More cross-type AF points
  9 vs 3
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Higher max flash sync
  1/250 vs 1/160 sec
  Reduce the effect of ambient light in flash shots
• More dots on screen
  1040k vs 461k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  34 vs 8 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Bigger RAW buffer
  15 vs 6 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light