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Got a 6D. It wipes the floor when it comes to noise and high iso. 5D2 has banding.
Autofocus is better on the 6D as well. The 6D2 isn't much improved sensor-wise so I think that's why the OG has held its value somewhat.
The wifi is genuinely useful, too.
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Cheers guys.
6D it is, just got to find one thats not 5 years old and folk asking nearly new money for it!
Seen a lot of folk comparing 6d to 5d3 instead of 5d2 like I thought was a more fair comparison, I guess at least a whole generation newer sensor and image processing makes that difference. Centre focus point on 6D apparently takes down a lot of others (the other 10 are usual canon 'never lock onto anything' jobs, but I can deal with that) right upto latest 80/90d and others of same current generation.
Gonna pick up either a 17-40L or a 16-35 IS, an old gen 70-200/4 (don't really need to IS or 2.8, seen as 6D does much higher iso cleaner), and a 42/43mm STM as a walk about lens. Feels like a reasonable bag to tackle most things.
BrickMan
5d2 or 6d in similar condition and shutter count (20-50k)?
I figured 6d is a full generation newer, slightly smaller and lighter, but the 5d2 handles better (I would miss the af pointer thing that all higher tier canons have had for decades?).
Until now I always thought the 6d was a crop sensor, never realised it was full frame. Was hoping that the new 6d2 has been out a while and used prices would drop.
Found a place that does 12 month warranty on used dslr over £300 value which is nice. Most reseller places appear to sell at much thr same price as private and knowing my track record of dslr premature dying on me would be nice to have.
Would be putting a 17-40l a 42/50 fast prime and a 70-200l (old old version) infront of it if that makes a difference