A positive feedback for 6D

[xps]

I returned from my weekly photomeeting. A friend showed his brand new D600, he bought today.
Wow. There are more then three times more AF fields, two card slots, and the af works fast, even in our meeting room. 2000 €.

If I buy the 6D, what do I get for my money?
I had no 6D in my hands. But in my opinion the D600 is a lot better than the 6D, looking at the specifications

[mirekti]

Does anyone know if all autofocus points are -3EV or only the centre one?

[xps]

I hope, Canon will respond to the D600.

In the morning, we went to take some shots from grouses and deer. (In the Alps the fall is starting...)
Morning light, foggy....
My 60D hat problems with AF. The new D600not. On the monitor the pics were sharp @ high iso. much less noise than my 60D. Great Camera. I´m a little bit envious about that....
The owner of this D600 Camera was not used to his brandnew Camera. He used an 80-400mm lens

[lola]

I bet what I've played with at Photokina wasn't even a "real" 6D!
Just a random prototype with a super-glued card slot and a 6D sticker...

[M.ST]

Re to Marsu42

Canon told me at the Photokina that only the center crosstype AF point has a -3 ev sensitivity.

[Octavian]

I didnt think it was but it seems it is...

Compatible with UHS-I cards

Type
Digital AF/AE single-lens reflex camera

Recording Media
SD card, SDHC card, SDXC memory card

* Compatible with Ultra High-Speed (UHS-I) memory cards.

Image Format
35.8mm x 23.9mm (Full-Frame)

[RLPhoto]

Someone tested 6D on photokina and it seems the AF is not bad at all
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1150348

Not surprising, But is it worth more $$$ over the MK2? That is the question. 

[Marsu42]

Canon told me at the Photokina that only the center crosstype AF point has a -3 ev sensitivity.

Yeah, though to - so much for the "-3ev needs larger af points that cannot be cross sensors" argument :-(

[bdunbar79]

Someone tested 6D on photokina and it seems the AF is not bad at all
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1150348

Not surprising, But is it worth more $$$ over the MK2? That is the question. 

Perhaps not.  I think it's more or less just an updated 5D Mark II for those that do not have FF.

[xps]

For me it was a shame today. My 60D and my wifes 7D were not able to track the running deer. no one of the photos are really sharp. iso auto, 1/400s. My friends shot ARE sharp and still looking goog, despite the Iso was more then 3200.

Dissatisfying. Why does Canon not respond to that "threatning"?
A 3D will surely be between 300-600 Euros. Much to expensive.

@ Marsu42: Ever been @ Garmisch? or Bad Tölz?

[Marsu42]

For me it was a shame today. My 60D and my wifes 7D were not able to track the running deer.

Don't know about the 7d, but one brownie point for even attempting to track something with the 60d ... the only thing the servo af is good for is to track something that is running directly towards or away from you at constant speed, and it'd better be something very large so all af points can cover it.

@ Marsu42: Ever been @ Garmisch? or Bad Tölz?

Nope, /me from Berlin, and Prussians don't fraternize with the Bavarian arch-enemy ... we do take your money though if pressed :-> ... and isn't Garmisch northern Italy already :-> ... yeah, I could go on, now you see why I've never been there, I'd have a hard time dodging punches.

[arioch82]

has any of you actually read that "test/review/comment"? is ridicolous, it doesn't mean anything

6. The result was blowing away my mind. The confirmation with 50mm 1.4 came immediatelly! The focus set perfect and I first could see what I shot on the screen! I did this maybe 10-15 times, turned the camera to the side and did a portrait of a backlit visitor sitting half in the darkness. Focus was perfect. The 5D II in compare was surching, surching, surching. It did not confirm. I repeated the test with the man and it was surching and surching and at least confirmed, too. I shot the pic but I can not say if it found the correct focus, because it was a 1/15th shot wide open and I could not hold it (sorry, I forgott to check the ISO setting). The pic done with the 6D was rasorsharp at ISO 25k.

i cannot believe how many fanboys here are finding excuses for an AF system like that that is what, 10 years old? when nikon on the other side is offering PRO-AF on even their lower-end cameras.
As long as people using canon products won't complain canon will keep using this kind of, sorry for the french, sh*t policy with their new products, not giving a damn of what the offer is like on the other side of the market.
I've always shot canon and probably always will since i like more their lenses but this doesn't mean that canon shouldn't try to offer a camera of the same level of a D600 if it's going to price it the same for instance; canon sensors are already a joke compared to the latest sony ones, they should've at least make some effort on some other aspects (and please don't mention wifi/gps)

My 2c

[lucuias]

Let's hope 6D has the same iso performance as 5DMark III.Then this camera (6D) will be a good 2nd body complimentary for Canon 5Dmark III

[scrappydog]

Don't know about the 7d, but one brownie point for even attempting to track something with the 60d ... the only thing the servo af is good for is to track something that is running directly towards or away from you at constant speed, and it'd better be something very large so all af points can cover it.

This is my constant gripe about the 60D and 5DII.  I have yet to get a decent panning AF Servo shot from either.  Maybe its just my lame skills.   

[getalife]

Actually the built-in GPS can be real useful for touristphotographers..