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About 10 years ago when this high fps stuff started to become better and better in dslrs, all the sports shooters had a freak out because they got worried that their license fees would go up because events would charge them for the motion picture license not the still license. I don’t know if this ended up becoming true but it was all the talk at WEVA for years. Sony have always made great cameras, unfortunately their primes don't hold a candle to Canon or Nikon. Anyone who reaaalllly cares about this feature is probably shooting fixed (tho I've been out of the industry a long time I'm sure it's changed)

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A common practice among Sony shooters is to adapt Canon/Nikon glass to the Sony body if Sony glass doesn't cover a shot. Auto Focus takes a small to complete hit when this happens but it is less of an issue for stills than video.

I thought Carl Zeiss made their lenses? Not checked, but I have sworn by Zeiss for twenty years in their various mounts and incarnations.

iirc, Sony does it's own manufacturing but works with Zeiss on most of it's lenses. In my personal opinion, and really I think it's pretty wanky to debate this stuff too much, but personally I like the fluorite UD glass from Canon, imo, has the best colour clarity and definition.

Canon glass is fine if you're a professional, Zeiss and Leica is superlative but it still depends on focal lengths. I still have my Contax mount 50/1.4, because nothing save for some Leica lenses exhibit the same qualities on 35mm format. If I were a sports photographer I'd probably go with Canon though.

Not all Sony lenses are Zeiss, only the most expensive ones. Most of the low end lenses are just Sony branded.

Not all of them. Sony designs/manufactures some (known as the Sony FE and E lines) and Zeiss designs/manufactures some (Zeiss Batis, Loxia, and Touit lines).

To make this even more confusing, some are designed by Zeiss but manufactured by Sony and carry both of their logos (nicknamed Zony; e.g., Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm f1.8)

Despite being very good to my stuff, my Canon cameras and lenses just break. I'm going Sony next time.

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