Hog, what the guy meant was nothing about eye detection. He actually says his new Canon R mirrorless is a game changer for focusing. He mentioned face detection. I'm not sure its as good as eye detection Sony, but he is happy with it. What he was saying is Sony (and he sold his), has difficulty in dealing with displays, -- so hard to deal with, it distracts from talking to the clients during the shoot. He probably has to interrupt a bit to figure out how to change things.
I've only own the tiny travel Sony rx100 and the images are great, but the little thing drives me nuts compared to Canon- figuring things out.
Just got off the phone with a BH rep who changed from Canon to Sony as has no issues. He says go to Sony, but depends on the person. Me, my friend, many others get Sonys and they are as...Edmond just said puzzleboxes. very very non intuitive difficult to deal with.. just us.
Clearly, Sony is killing right now on all points; eye focue, bigger resolution. I wish Canon had a 5Dmark 5 or or maybe mirrorless R 2 coming out next week that unified all these things... so still not sure what I'm going to to. Oh, forgot, I just bought, but has not arrived yet Sigma 12-24 for Canon (I could still return it wanted to)... which ranks as good as the overpriced Canon 11-24.. while Sony has that lens at the less expensive "Sigma) rate ... So yeah, was tempted to go to Sony, still in my head. But just for ease of use ( and a few things Rockwell pointed out, color etc), think will stay with Canon.
Just don't know what to do today. Stay with Mark II and see what happens for awhile. Get pricey Mark 4, or the new mirrorless R now and enjoy benefits now of better dynamic range, pixels etc but then have to see in a year or two these bodies annihilated by next versions...
And then many say (even Rockwell) that DLRS is over, while the BH rep just talked to says he would think Mark series and DLRS will continue as such huge existing market..
So still undecided what to do but leaning towards staying with Canon for ease of use, color.... ergonomics etc. Just wish that had the body that matched Sonys on all fronts.
I'm sure Canon and Nikon with match Sony eventually... but it does not make a Canon users decision easy today..
John H. I'm not dedicated landscaper/ nauture shooter, but this guy is
https://www.richardbernabe.com/canon-5d-mark-iv-camera-review/And he says the Mark 4 solved all his Canon dynamic range issues, so I think DR is not a variable anymore...