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I am looking to get a second camera for landscape photography I have narrowed it down to either canon 6d or 5d mk iii does anyone use these cameras and what are the like . Thanks
I am looking to get a second camera for landscape photography I have narrowed it down to either canon 6d or 5d mk iii does anyone use these cameras and what are the like . Thanks
I've been very pleased with my 6D, which I've owned for around 4 years now; it consistently produces good looking photos and has very good low-light high ISO performance. It's also quite small and light for a full frame DSLR. For the money they fetch on the used market these days it must make them something of a bargain. I certainly wouldn't pay more to change it for a 5D III, which is an older design, unless I desperately needed more AF points and focus speed, which is unlikely for landscape work. The only thing that would currently tempt me to upgrade my 6D would be a 5D IV. However, we're all different and I think perhaps the best way to decide would be to try both cameras in both good and challenging lighting conditions and compare the results, both in terms of image quality and user experience, handling and portability.
I believe it's a good camera, I do keep thinking about one, but as more than half my photography is currently done using film cameras I can't justify spending the money on an upgrade... well, that's what I keep telling myself! Plus I keep hoping Canon will bring out the next model with eye controlled focus, which I miss so much when I go back to the 6D after using my EOS-3 and EOS 30 film SLRs.5d4 is an amazing camera - one my recent workshop clients turned up with one - the touch screen is a really nice touch and the raw files when we got the lap top fired up were really good and not a million miles off what would come of a D810 (which is a beast).
Is your main camera still a Nikon d800?
And all your lenses Nikon fit ones?
I believe it's a good camera, I do keep thinking about one, but as more than half my photography is currently done using film cameras I can't justify spending the money on an upgrade... well, that's what I keep telling myself! Plus I keep hoping Canon will bring out the next model with eye controlled focus, which I miss so much when I go back to the 6D after using my EOS-3 and EOS 30 film SLRs.
Yes, hard to believe this tech was available on prosumer and enthusiast grade Canon SLRs over 20 years ago! If you learnt how to use it and spent a bit of time calibrating it to your eye it was so quick and handy to use. So sod GPS, give me ECF as a feature instead on the next 5D model!I thought you were having a laugh with eye controlled focus in film cameras and had to have a search! Wow, sounds so much like future tech! Thanks for the info