Contemplating Upgrading to Canon 6D Full Frame DSLR

[Kram]

I've been shooting with the 60D which I like but it's a crop sensor (1.6X). One of the things I like about it is the relatively small size compared to the 7D which has the same sensor.

If it's a large as the 7D, I will most likely not upgrade as I do a lot of hand-held work.

I have never shot full frame DSLR, but was a full frame film shooter for decades.

My concerns are:
Size of the body (as per above).

Will I be able to use my current lenses? I'm especially concerned about the Canon EF (AF) lenses I own plus my manual focus macro lenses:
Zeiss 60/2.8 Makro-Planar
Micro Nikkor 105/2.8

I would be doing this for a gain in IQ. I rarely shoot wide lenses.

Thoughts?

[rawhead]

The EF lenses probably won't work, or if they did, vignette pretty badly.

The manual lenses should be fine; only thing to worry about would be wide angles (mirror-hitting issue--won't know till people start trying lenses).

I think 6D is great and I'm contemplating whether to upgrade to it from my 5Dmk2.

[LucisPictor]

All EF lenses will work on the 6D. The EF-S lens won't.

The 6D is about as big as the 7D but it's very pleasant to use. I was playing with it at the Photokina.

The excellent thing is, based on my first impression, that the mirror box and the mirror seems to leave more space for lens rear parts than in the 5D series!!
If that turns out to be the case, that is great news for manual lens users!

[Kram]

Thanks Rawhead and Carsten.

Apparently my 85/1.8 & 50/1.4 are EF lenses. Good news.

I may just wait until the drop near $1500.

Will I be able to see an IQ difference beyond getting full frame coverage from all my lenses?

My 60D has 96% viewfinder coverage. The 6D has 97%! Woohoo!

[ManualFocus-G]

[Orio]

Have you bought a 6D Carsten?

[metallaro1980]

the gps is a dream device ...
one TomTom inside a 6D ...

[ManualFocus-G]

I've just ordered mine

I was going to wait for the price to drop to £1500.00, but Panamoz surprised me with an even lower price Should be here next week!

[rbelyell]

what are the main differences between the 6d and the 5dmkii?
tony

[twinquartz]

[ManualFocus-G]

The key improvements for me over the 5D II are:

* Cleaner high ISO, and from the limited samples around, it looks better than the 5D III too
* Better LCD
* GPS
* Wi Fi and remote control via Apple / Android devices
* Smaller, lighter body
* Ability to set a minimum shutter speed when using auto ISO (useful with old lenses)
* Weather resistant (more so than the 5D II)
* More sensitive centre AF point

Disadvantages:

* Slower max shutter speed of 1/4000th second compared to 1/8000th second
* Need new software to process the files (I've just bought Lightroom and PS Elements, neither of which support it...yet)

[Kram]

[ManualFocus-G]

That's right, you'll need a new version of PS I'm afraid!

GPS and WiFi is free though, there's no additional cost

[LucisPictor]

[Kram]

[ManualFocus-G]

I paid £1265 for mine, which is an amazing price. 5D II is still good value too at £1080.

[ManualFocus-G]

Here we go...

[ManualFocus-G]

High ISO samples, no noise reduction...JPG conversions from RAW:

ISO 6400



ISO 6400



ISO 12800

[Kram]

Graham, not bad! Have any 100% crops?

[ManualFocus-G]

Here's one:



Bear in mind this was shot at f/1.4, so not very sharp

[Kram]

For 6400- looks quite good. I rarely shoot any of my serious work above 200 ISO, so if it was very good at say 400, I would be thrilled.

Thanks very much for sharing these, Graham!

[metallaro1980]

and what about of 6d' shadows recovering ?
and it is true that you can recover a picture under-exposed of 4/5 f-stop with 6d ?
and what about of banding/noise with this 6d ?

[ManualFocus-G]

Not sure about 4 or 5 stops, but there is no banding that I can see when I raise the exposure by 3 stops. The camera is much better than the 5D II and III in this regard Will try 5 stops if I find some time