New Camera: Canon 6D - DPChallenge Forums

01/21/2013 10:56:02 AM · #1

I pulled the trigger and got myself a Canon 6D kit with the 24-105 F4 L and the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM.

I got a deal at (equiv) USD2,560 for the kit with some goodies included 2 X Kingmax 16G class 10 SDHC cards, 2X SIDO batteries(they do show the battery level), screen protector and a Canon baggy.

The 40 mm was USD203.

For an extra USD135 I purchased a 2 years extended warranty + 1 from manufacturer = 3 years - shutter included in the policy.

Man, I have to say that I really like it...

It's light, feels good in my and my daughter's hands, the controls seem OK as layout coming from 40D.

The combo with the 40 mm seems very compact and portable.

The wifi is fun and I could see couple of neat applications to include street shots and weird location / angles - no need for the articulated screen (still have to see how much juice draws from the battery)

I am playing and I hope I have time to take it out for some tests.

Oh, I inly have the LR3 so no RAW so I will stick to JPG till I decide what to do.

My girls were tired so the cat had to pose...

ISO 6400

crop

ISO 1600

crop

ISO 1250

crop

Sorry for the ramble I needed to share

T

01/21/2013 10:58:05 AM · #2

that's an awesome price... keep us updated on the performance and try out that wifi! i'm interested to see how it works......

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

01/21/2013 11:07:25 AM · #3

ISO 1250

crop

This was taken with my iPhone 4s camera resting on me foot, cat sleeping

This is a screen shot of how one can browse the images in the camera:

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

01/21/2013 11:09:16 AM · #4

Congratulations! you will be happy with the results!

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/21/2013 11:13:07 AM · #5

Nice quality. How have you set in-camera denoise?
And really, no RAW in LR3? I'm thinking of getting a 6D, too, but don't want to upgrade LR (again), if it's not necessary.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/21/2013 11:18:08 AM · #6

Originally posted by h2:

Nice quality. How have you set in-camera denoise?
And really, no RAW in LR3? I'm thinking of getting a 6D, too, but don't want to upgrade LR (again), if it's not necessary.

Since Adobe does not continue to release new ACR versions for old versions of Lr, there will never be support for cameras released after the release of Lr 4. But seriously, you *do* want to upgrade to Lr 4. I used Lr 3.6 until recently on my old work laptop because I had to (it ran 32-bit WinXP which Lr 4.X does not support). That was painful! Lr 4.X is well worth the upgrade, IMO, just for the updated ACR engine.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/21/2013 11:22:43 AM · #7

Congrats on the new hardware! I think you will be greatly pleased with the quality of the results. One thing I did right out of the box was to turn off all of the in-camera NR. I'd much rather do NR as required during RAW conversion. The camera has, by default, high-ISO NR enabled. I'm not entirely sure if this affects the RAW files or only the JPEGs, but I suspect both.
The noise profile of the 6D is so manageable that it's not hard to get really good results up to and including ISO 12800. The noise that's present is very fine-grained, and there is *no* banding that I've been able to detect.

smardaz

01/21/2013 11:41:55 AM · #8

Is there anything more fun than getting new gear in the mail? I don't think so, have fun!

Tiny

Apple iPad mini 4

01/21/2013 11:42:14 AM · #9

Congrats on the buy,have fun.

Tiny

Apple iPad mini 4

01/21/2013 11:43:26 AM · #10

Upgrade to LR 4 is cheap as chips/.

01/21/2013 11:49:15 AM · #11

Originally posted by kirbic:

Done!

Thank you all :-)

01/21/2013 06:46:29 PM · #12

I had some second thoughts about the 40 mm 2.8 until I mounted again the 50 1.8. The motor is horrible in the old one and it hunts badly. It's very portable.

01/21/2013 06:46:30 PM · #13

I had some second thoughts about the 40 mm 2.8 until I mounted again the 50 1.8. The motor is horrible in the old one and it hunts badly. It's very portable.

01/22/2013 02:22:21 AM · #14

Subject at 9 o'clock, camera hip level 40 mm facing subject. Gets weird to adjust the angles on the iPhone. Shot, upload to iPhone, uploaded to DPC. No idea how it looks on a pc screen.

01/22/2013 03:31:45 AM · #15

Originally posted by Tiberius:

Subject at 9 o'clock, camera hip level 40 mm facing subject. Gets weird to adjust the angles on the iPhone. Shot, upload to iPhone, uploaded to DPC. No idea how it looks on a pc screen.

interesting.... focus seems to be on the thing in front of the lady? were you wide open at 2.8?

01/22/2013 07:41:37 AM · #16

100% crop

its F8 at 1/60 my hands not steady but i am sure can improve the technique

01/22/2013 11:00:42 AM · #17

pretty sweet - keep us updated

01/22/2013 09:44:01 PM · #18

Real world photo

and the 100% crop

ISO 4000
F 2.8
1/30
Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM

Message edited by author 2013-01-22 21:45:32.

01/23/2013 12:43:46 PM · #19

More from real world:

01/23/2013 12:50:34 PM · #20

Some real life ISO.

All shot in JPG as my LR3.6 does not see RAW. All settings normal, all noise reduction off.

ISO 1600

100% crop

ISO 2500

100% crop

ISO 12800

100% crop

This was stunning. I could barely see. It focused spot on in the dark, albeit the middle point. Focus an recomposed.

100% crop

bhuge

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/23/2013 01:09:31 PM · #21

This thread is going to need to stop, or else I'm going to have $2000 less in my bank account very soon. Getting focus lock on those conditions is incredible, and the ISO is so amazing it almost seams fake.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/23/2013 01:19:28 PM · #22

It's my thread!

I can provide originals to rub some salt on the wound.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

01/23/2013 01:44:14 PM · #23

Hmmm, it seems I'm going to have to "liberate" our corporate 6D for the weekend again soon, LOL.

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

01/23/2013 03:36:04 PM · #24

nice to see that my decision was is holding good when I ordered 6D and I was the first one on DPC ;)