6D vs 5DmkII vs 7D (Upgrading from a 600D)

[Robin_Usagani]

7D is old.. go with 6D. No brainer!

 

[Austin Greene]

7D is old.. go with 6D. No brainer!

Glad to see you chiming in!

As a professional, would you use the 6D on a job?

 

[Austin Greene]

Hope this helps.

It has immensely!

 

[Robin_Usagani]

7D is old.. go with 6D. No brainer!

Glad to see you chiming in!

As a professional, would you use the 6D on a job?

Yes. The only reason I didnt go with 6D is the card. I didnt feel like buying SD Cards. I really am not sure why people are still suggesting 7D. It is old! The 5DII was introduced in September 2008. The 7D was introduced exactly 1 year later. The 5DII is not being sold anymore. They are trying hard selling the 7D. That's why you see them at Costco! I would get 5DII for good price used or 6D brand new. I would save up and get 6D if I were you.

 

[Austin Greene]

7D is old.. go with 6D. No brainer!

Glad to see you chiming in!

As a professional, would you use the 6D on a job?

Yes. The only reason I didnt go with 6D is the card. I didnt feel like buying SD Cards. I really am not sure why people are still suggesting 7D. It is old! The 5DII was introduced in September 2008. The 7D was introduced exactly 1 year later. The 5DII is not being sold anymore. They are trying hard selling the 7D. That's why you see them at Costco! I would get 5DII for good price used or 6D brand new. I would save up and get 6D if I were you.

Advice taken. At this point I'm more excited about the feature-set and performance of the camera as a whole, than its shortcomings in relatively small niches such as flash sync. I believe that this point, I'll be going with the 6D.

 

[Trad]

I recently went with the 6D after much the same soul searching (crop vs FF, $, IQ and processors). The 6D met all my needs, technically its a wonderful camera, don't let all the blah blah about focussing hold you back - there was a post somewhere where a guy just grabbed a tele, and snapped a hawk flying off a power pole and tracked it - so it'll do it. Ultimately, the photo's will be as good as your composition, exposure and lenses.

IQ is stunning, low light extraordinary, its light and feels great in the hand - those qualities are what drove me to FF and the 6D.

 

[gw2424]

Knock the 7d off the list...FF is an upgrade that is completely necessary for what it seems you are doing. I would go with the 5dII due to build quality. Keep in mind that it is easy to find a 5dII for $1300 used.

 

[jakubsisak]

I am a 6D owner (upgrading from 60D which I kept for a second camera) I thought I would share Dustin Abbott's interesting point of view on why he decided to go with the 6D over the 5DM3: DustinAbbott.net