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So as a loyal nikon fan for 15+ years, I have seen nikon cameras come and go. My last experience was with the D600. I had the pleasure of owning two of the d600's that had the lubricant/debris issue. I finally had enough of nikon after the way that they just made the D610 and left the rest of us behind. Nikon has had a lot of quality control problems as of late but the issue is not that things went wrong with the product because that can happen with anything but it is how they abandoned the users and never admitted a problem.
My opinion is that when you buy a camera and start to add on lenses, flashes and accessories, you are starting a system and the longterm plan needs to include knowing that the company that made the product, is going to stand behind it. I am now of the opinion that Canon has a completely different way of handling such issues. Looking at the canon website, it includes actual service advisories and clear disclosure of known issues. No such luck with nikon. One check of the website and no mention of any problems. Along with the poor QC and customer service, nikon has now started to use impact damage as another excuse to cash in.
Now if you are on the fence about which camera D600/D610 vs 6D, I can honestly tell you that the 6D is the system to invest in unless you have an absolute need of the dynamic range of the d610.
The 6D is well made, the design and fit to me is better, the AF system has been great in my testing so far, the wifi system is a time/lifesaver in studio shoots, no lubricant/debris splatter, sharp sharp images out of the camera and just an overall great package. The D600/D610 offers dual slot cards and better dynamic range. I am
In total disagreement about the D600 af system. between my two D600's, I had shot over 20,000 photos (weddings) and I can tell you that the canon has less cross type points on paper but the hit rate on the canon is far more. I would also get random backfocus on the d600 under tungsten lighting which I have not seen with the 6D. The 6D center af sensor point is good to -3 EV and I can confirm that It works in almost complete darkness. It is just amazing. No random hunting on the 6D focus system compared to the D600.
At the end of the day, I feel that canon is one step behind nikon on dynamic range but miles ahead on quality control and customer service. I feel if you are starting from the ground up, you would be very happy with canons offerings. I switched to canon and sold all my nikon gear at a huge loss because I could no longer deal with nikons careless way of dealing with issues.
You have to ask yourself what matters to you more? Dynamic range/dual card slots or a system that actually works (the way it should) and much better customer service/QC?
I will be also getting a 5D mark III which will make the 6D a great companion for wedding work. Sorry nikon but no more of my money!
Update: 06/2018 after years of owning this camera, I can still say with absolute confidance that I am very happy with my purchase. I ended up also buying a 5d mark iii as a second body but sold it when I needed the money. I now went and bought a second 6d as a backup. The 6d version 2 came out a while back but I still stuck to the original 6d cause it actually has better image performace reviews. I dont really shoot sports and never had the real crazy need for the 5d mark iii advanced focus tracking. I have shot my kids soccer/basketball games once in a while with this camera and never had focus issues. I dont think having a crazy focusing system is as critical in my line of work which is primarily weddings. I would still HIGHLY recommend this camera to anyone and think it is the best full frame value on the market. Get it while they still male it brand new!
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This Item  Canon EOS 6D 20.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only) |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | $459.00 | -27% $528.00 New Price: $723.45 | -17% $1,494.95 List: $1,799.00 | -20% $1,199.00 List: $1,499.00 | $1,199.00 | $1,499.99 |
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| Sold By | District Camera and Imaging | BH 52 Innovations | Fast Ship Direct | Amazon.com | Willoughby's Established 1898 | Willoughby's Established 1898 |
| display type | LED | LCD | LCD touch screen | LCD | LCD | LCD |
| display size | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.2 inches |
| lens type | Macro | Zoom | Wide Angle | Telephoto | Interchangeable | — |
| zoom type | Digital Zoom | — | Optical Zoom | — | — | Digital Zoom, Optical Zoom |
| shooting modes | Scene Intelligent Auto, creative auto, landscape, close-up, sports, special scene modes (night portrait, HDR backlight control), and more | Automatic | Scene; Intelligent Auto; Shutter-priority; Aperture-priority; Manual exposure; Bulb; Custom shootings | Automatic, Movie, Shutter Priority | Scene Intelligent Auto, creative auto, landscape, close-up, sports, special scene modes (night portrait, HDR backlight control), and more | HDR (High Dynamic Range) |
| connectivity tech | HDMI, USB | Wi-Fi, HDMI | HDMI, USB | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Micro HDMI, USB | HDMI, USB | HDMI |
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- 20.2 megapixel Full-frame sensor
- ISO 100-25600, expandable to 102400 (expandable range L:50, H1:51200, H2:102400)
- Built-in WiFi and GPS**
EOS 6D
EOS 6D is the world's lightest* full-frame DSLR equipped with a 20.2 megapixel CMOS sensor with precision 11-point AF system and also offers built-in WiFi and GPS support**.
* Lightest full-frame DSLR as of 13 September 2012, a Canon survey.
** There is also a 6D variant model without built-in WiFi and GPS.
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20.2-megapixel full-frame sensorHigh resolution 20.2-megapixel images of superb quality and detail are attained from Canon's cutting-edge full-frame CMOS sensor technology. New photodiode construction, gapless microlens array and on-chip noise reduction circuitry on the CMOS keep image data clean and clear even at high ISO settings and long exposures, so your photographic vision is never compromised. |
ISO expandable to 102400No matter your exposure requirements, the EOS 6D allows flexible ISO speed settings of ISO 100 - 25600 and expandable to L: ISO 50, H1: 51200 and H2: 102400 to adjust the camera's sensitivity to light. From low light indoor environments to the great outdoors in broad daylight, the EOS 6D captures every picture in the best possible light. |
Built-in WiFi and GPSBuilt-in WiFi capability allows EOS 6D to connect to wireless networks at high speeds, allowing it to transfer data quickly to PCs and smartphones and print photos with PictBridge-enabled wireless printers. EOS Remote, a Smartphone app (iOS / Android), takes advantage of EOS 6D WiFi capabilities by allowing smartphones to control it, allowing users to browse and download images, change shooting modes, adjust focus and even snap a photo. High sensitivity, high precision built-in GPS in EOS 6D allows users to tag images with GPS coordinates, recall shooting locations and even route travelled with its logging function. |
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Got a 6D. It now supplements my 5DSR. So far I have taken more than 25.000 shots with it.The short story: At today’s price level the 6D is a wonderful bargain option. Great Full Frame photography with Canon currently does not come cheaper than this. Its short on bells and whistles, but the sensor is simply excellent and not only does the sensor thrive at high iso shooting – the 6D has a fast, accurate and light sensitive centre focus point to match. I got the non-wifi version to shave off an additional 250$ on an already low price. Of course there are shortcomings at this price point. But they may be less than you think. Read on for the full picture.Handling: Coming from the 5DII/5DIII the 6D takes a little while getting used to. Both cameras have options that the 6D does not and the button layout is somewhat different. First and foremost there are less buttons and I found myself missing some of the direct access functions on the 5DII, 5DIII and 5DSR. Also there is no dedicated jog-stick instead its integrated with the rear wheel. Handling is however still very good and an advantage over the 5D-series is that the 6D is noticeably smaller and lighter. The entire button and screen layout works well once you get used to it. I like the build. It’s not 5D territory but the 6D will last for years if you treat it with care.The body is clearly made for still photography. Shooting videos is best with a tripod because the 6D only shoots video using live view. In-body IS and a swivel screen would go a long way to provide decent hand held video operation.The software menu is easy to navigate and includes a custom menu option which I can recommend. I have almost all my menu needs covered by my own custom menu. There are somewhat fewer settings and options available than with the 5DIII and a lot fewer than on the 5DS/R – but frankly, we have become very spoiled with pages of menu options – the 6D may not allow you to customise everything you want, but I venture that very few photographers will find anything important lacking.Basic Settings & AF: 6D has wide auto-bracketing (7 frames), custom white balance and a host of AF-setting options. You can also set a number of custom controls so the camera works like you like to. You even get niceties such a white balance bracketing. With the 6D Canon finally got the implementation of auto-iso right. You can now set the key trade-off parameters yourself so you can confidently rely on auto-iso to make “smart” choices.You get the very useful option to choose between two “sets” of predefined settings by dialing in your choices to “C1” and “C2” on the main knob. The knob even has the 5DIII lock so you do not inadvertently change the main shooting mode and on top a dedicated settings lock. These details a really a boost for your daily use. Finally, the "Green" auto-setting also works with RAW files when you hand the camera over to your family members and friends.I hardly shoot anything but RAW files. But for those who like jpegs there are many excellent tools to employ such as highlight priority, pictures styles, HDR-mode etc.AF is the one area where the 6D is a mixed bag of offerings.First the good: The centre AF point is probably up there with the best Canon has to offer. Fast, accurate and reliable in very low light – allowing it to focus where the 5DIII cannot. If you use the centre point a lot the 6D is a treat. You can also customize the 6D AF settings to your shooting style. A nice – and useful – option. Finally, the AF points can be selected to default to your preferred position depending on whether you are shooting portrait or landscape.The bad: The 6D outer focus points are not as accurate as the 5DIII’s. Instead in many ways it seems like shooting with the 5DII when you move away from the centre AF point. Also the AF points do not cover as much of your FF viewfinder as the 5DIII. There are also much fewer AF points; however I see this as less important. It’s the two first issues that buyers should consider when choosing between the 6D and 5DIII.I got along well with the 5DII and action shots myself and I’m very happy with what the 6D delivers. So do not think of the 6D having inferior AF – its just not as good as we know we could have today.Have not used video enough to comment on this. It does 1.080 HD. No 4K here!Still picture recording options: The single SD card slot can be set record files in all manner of modes and file sizes including several different jpeg resolutions.With a fast SD card previewing is almost without delay and you can quickly scroll to enlarge the display view.Response times: Start up time is very fast.6D is not a speed demon but reasonably fast with its 4.5 fps. That’s actually better than the 5DII. Just say’in since there seems to be a widespread thinking that less than 10 fps is useless for action. It is not. 4.5 fps is far better than what we had in the film days (one day I’ll write an article on why 10 fps is actually not twice as good as 5 fps). However, if fps is what you really need you are neither in 6D nor in 5DII/5DIII/5DSR territory anyway.While the world will have to wait for my article with the necessary samples and statistics, you can look here for someone who shots sports with the 6D for a living: [...] now that’s impressive!Shooting JPEG’s unfortunately does not give you more fps but it does allow you to shoot a lot more pictures without slowing the camera down compared to shooting RAW.In real life shooting I can do 18-20 full RAW files on my 128 Sandisk Extreme Class 10 SDXC card. Canon has made sure that the camera does not stall altogether. Instead the 6D continues to shoot frames – even if its quite slow from there.Pic IQ: This is where the 6D shines. Its simply Wow! for the money. Colors are beautiful. Clarity and detail is impressive – and remains so while you dial up the iso settings. Not only is it a great nighttime camera the noise is also very nice and manageable when it turns up. Baring the new DX it may be the best high iso Canon camera you can get. Certainly better than the 5DIII and probably slightly better than the 5DS/R.The 6D does not have the dynamic range of the competition (SONY/NIKON) an area where Canon lags behind, its still very good, just not as good. If you do professional landscape photography you may want to look elsewhere. I have no complaints myself.6d can be set to a ridiculous iso 102400. I shoot comfortably at iso 6.400 . After that quality goes South. I’ll do 12.800 when I have to and the results are certainly usable compared to not getting the shot.Light handling: Light metering seems on par with the 5DII and the 5DIII. There are four standard settings. Many competing brands meanwhile offer more advanced light metering such as measuring the light according to your selected AF point. Canon needs to catch up here.White balance also feels very much like using the 5DII/5DIII. That is: Less than fully accurate. Use a grey card if white balance is important to your shooting.Microadjustment: It worked well as expected. Fortunately Canon allows users to set MA both according to lens and variably for Canon zoom lenses (separate settings for the wide/tele ends). Again the 6D has all the setting options that really count. Great!With the 6D you can also buy software that will automatically drive a full AF test for microadjustment. This may help a lot of people getting more reliable microadjustment settings.I always recommend microadjusting your lenses for the best results. Canon has “acceptable standard variances” for its cameras as well as its lenses You cannot expect even expensive Canon lenses to be spot-on without testing for micro adjustment.Other thoughts and conclusion: Dust system works very well (as it should now-a-days). I have not cleaned the sensor a once during a safari trip and I do not expect to do it again anytime soon. Manual focus is easy with live view. You also get a 2-axis meter to make sure you level the camera when needed.For the money the 6D cannot be beat within the Canon family. The picture IQ is so good that if I had to choose I would pick up the 6D over the 5DIII any day I had a very specific need for the 5DIII.Happy shooting!
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Cátia Verde
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VALE LA ESPERA. TODO MUY BIEN!
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excelente
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A great prosumer camera
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Love it. Takes amazing photos.
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