Canon EOS 6D Member Reviews

[TexasTea]

Good morning all,

I wanted to start a thread for member reviews of the new Canon EOS 6D, as they begin to come to market.  I'm not sure if I've made the first shipment from my local retailer, so in the meantime I would like to see what posters think about their 6D.  Pros, cons and candid reviews vs. other Canon products are appreciated!

[TexasTea]

I couldn't agree with you more. It's awesome to be able to instantly have access to the picture on the fly thanks to the remote app. I shot inside at the Wings Over the Rockies museum, and the ISO differences from the 7D made shots that were previously too dark, quite a bit better. Looking forward to getting out with the 6D more.

[BSDguru]

I don't see an app for ipad. How does that work?

[thebear3]

Just got my Canon 6D on Friday...spent the weekend hiking, picture-taking and playing with it.

I "upgraded" from a 5DII to the 6D instead of the 5DIII because (amongst other reasons) I am constantly using my gps device to geotag photos and track my route...and it's all built into the 6D.  This works just great...really enjoyed not having to go through the extra steps.

I also had fun with the WiFi.  My video player knows about DLNA servers, and once I set up the 6D as a DLNA server, my player found it...and I was really impressed with the speed and ability to play back my photo's directly onto my large TV.  The down side is that for some reason, having the WiFi enabled on the 6D disables the USB port and the ability to record movies on the camera!  The other pain is that I had trouble having it SAVE the connection via WiFi to my LAN...I have a password on my access point and I can't tell you how many times I had to keep re-typing the password when I reconnected each time between the "wifi transfer mode", the "wifi smartphone mode", the "remote control mode"...etc. etc.  And I still haven't figured out how to get it wifi connected to my Canon MX880 printer...oh well...

I spent most of yesterday's hike playing with the 'automatic' functions.  Normally I photo using P, Tv and Av based on the subject matter, depth of field I need and adjust the white balance, as well.  Instead, I tried using the SCN modes, i.e "Landscape", "Closeup" etc. These functions worked pretty well...except that whenever I switched from one to another, the "ambiance-based' setting would annoyingly revert back to "Standard Setting"...it wouldn't remember that I set it for 'vivid' or 'warm'.

Other than those few things, the 6D is nice and light...except I regularly use the Canon 28-300 'L' lens which is unreasonably heavy to begin with.  I also played with the included 24-105 lens and got exceptional results with it.  As with all lenses and cameras, I let the camera do its 'autofocus', but then I also do the fine focusing manually to get better results.

Later this week I'll start using the movie mode to see how that works out...but so far, I am very pleased with my decision to get the 6D.

[glongstaff]

Hey guys, would like to know how it fairs with Sports.....

I know they say its main usage will be landscape etc and if you want sports get the 7D....but would like to move up to FF from and old Canon 350D (which does sports just fine and 3.5fps and the jpeg burst rate) and price difference between going for the 6D and the MKIII is giving me headaches on which to go for (6D earlier or save up for another 12 months and go for the MKIII with a 70-200 L f2.8 USM II)

[TexasTea]

12 months sounds painfully long to wait for a 5DIII...  I shot some of my dog running around in the snow over the holidays, and even at the frame rate, it produced some pretty decent shots.  That said, the frame rate slows when you use the "Silent" shutter modes, but in most sport settings I imagine that's not a mode you'd need to use anyway.  The biggest difference that you'll see from the 6D to the 5DIII in a Sports setting will be the usable number of AF points.  You'll get a much higher degree of focusing accuracy with the 5DIII and rapidly moving subjects.  I do love my 6D, and am extremely pleased so far, but I feel like the autofocus for shots where you need to capture the subject fast, is hard to lock a really great AF point. 

[rddelliott]

Texas Tea:

  When doing action sports, I have found that using the center point only is where the 6D really shines.  Most pro sports shooters use the center point only method or move the single point to where they need it.

[BSDguru]

The camera clearly isn't indented for action sports. You can't really complain if your SUV doesn't corner smoothly at 70Mph. 

[rddelliott]

Also take a look at http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1259230

[TexasTea]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip there!

[glongstaff]

I agree, most DSLRs allow for sports photography. This is what I achieved with an old Canon 350D (3.5fps) hooked up to a Sigma 150-500mm lens

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BSDGuru , there is a saying...'if you can't say anything truly worthwhile, then just don't say anything at all'  

Whilst prices are dropping, we feel as though we dont get the same pricing/deals arrangements as other countries....

If you want the UK Warranty to be present your looking at a 6d without a lens being $2745.84  (£1700) or a 5D MKIII without a lens at $3745.65 (£2319) or above if you go to the official online/counter shops.....

I was looking towards its limits (obviously)...things like the AF focusing , especially in 'Darker' situations compared to the MKIII