Canon 7D vs Sony DSLR-A560

Canon 7D advantages over Sony DSLR-A560

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Fast startup
  ~0.40 vs 0.7 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• 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
• External Mic Jack
  Jack vs No jack
  Improved sound fidelity when shooting video
• More cross-type AF points
  19 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
• Pentaprism viewfinder
  Pentaprism vs Pentamirror
  Much better viewfinder picture fidelity
• Shoots 24p video
  Yes vs No
  Gives your movies a big-screen feel
• Shoots 1080p video
  Yes vs No
  You'll want this if you shoot video
• Less shutter lag
  0.13 vs 0.29 sec
  Focus and take a photo quickly (wide angle)
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.63x vs 0.53x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• More pixels
  18.0 vs 14.2 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Faster JPEG shooting
  8.0 fps vs 7.1 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  22 vs 13 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light