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I’ve used them both as well and I found the Sony to
easily be on par with the Canon. I actually liked it better
(and it has an extra 30mm reach to boot.) But that all
misses my point which was...

I dunno that I'd go that far. Sony makes a 18-110 F4 zoom that certainly 'comes close'
if not exceeds the Canon 18-80. Now if you are just talking EF lenses that's one thing.
But not everyone is...