6D or 5DM3 need your help guys ( UPDATE : bought the 6D )

[Zv]

Seems like a stupid limitation

Depends on your point of view, from Canon's perspective it's a very smart limitation :-> as it isn't immediately recognizable but becomes more important the more you use flashes ... so they sell two flashes instead of one, one basic and one upgrade (the latter also as a master flash)

I have to admit the 430 exii is looking a bit dated in comparison to my YN 560III flashes with their built in radio trigger. Damn those are some nifty flashes!

Well, after my very mixed experience with the Yn rt trigger (I don't know about their other gear) I have found new enthusiasm about original Canon flash equipment ... whatever you say about money-grabbing Canon, they certainly have a very high reliability and "just works" factor.

Pity the 430ex isn't sealed though, that stopped me shooting even in light rain a couple of times as high charge electricity and water don't square :-o

Sorry to hear about the YN RT failure, perhaps Yongnuo are better at making the simpler dumb triggers as mine have been very reliable so far. I've got the new RF 603 II triggers with the on off switch on the side and a locking wheel for the foot. The price is so cheap that I almost consider them to be disposable. Quite excited about their upcoming YN 560 TX that will allow remote power control.

I'm a manual flash guy so 600 EX RT doesn't appeal to me much. I agree about the quality and just works comment but I'm just not earning enough from photography to justify the extra cost.

 

[jdramirez]

I have the yongnuo 622c and I like them, but I've upgraded to the 622's so they are redundant now. The 622s have a common problem though... they are supposed to receive and transmit, but some do only one which is a problem. I like mine, but not enough to run the risk of getting a faulty unit.

 

[MLfan3]

great then, the 6D is a better camera even it costs more than the 5D3, I personally hate the 22mp sensor in that camera, it is super noisy and has worse banding issue at base ISO than anything else in its class. so unless you really need the 61 AF or RAW video, there is no absolutely no reason to choose the 5D3 over the better 6D with better sensor. Even the AF area , I prefer the -3EV of the 6D, with a bit better metering system (on paper it is not but in reality it is). so imho, the 6D is a real bargain.

 

[verysimplejason]

the 6D is a better camera even it costs more than the 5D3

6D is cheaper. It's around 1 L-lens cheaper...

 

[Dylan777]

great then, the 6D is a better camera even it costs more than the 5D3, I personally hate the 22mp sensor in that camera, it is super noisy and has worse banding issue at base ISO than anything else in its class. so unless you really need the 61 AF or RAW video, there is no absolutely no reason to choose the 5D3 over the better 6D with better sensor. Even the AF area , I prefer the -3EV of the 6D, with a bit better metering system (on paper it is not but in reality it is). so imho, the 6D is a real bargain.

You made my morning......LOL ;D

 

[jeffa4444]

The 6D is definately a great camera for its money and the pictures I took on vacation in Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard & Boston over a 10 day period look amazing (especially of the Red Sox). However its not constructed like the 5D MKIII and is not infalable. Whilst at Chatham we had dense sea fog and the shots of the fishing boats exhibit posterization in the white / gray sky area although this has not shown up in all blue skies. The GPS needs to be turned-off in the menu otherwise when you turn the camera off it still depletes the battery which is a real pain.
My main gripe with the 6D is dirt on the sensor I had mine cleaned before vacation but still had shots towards the end of the period away that had dust on them so it needs regular cleaning.
As to the 5D MKIII we use these in low level motion picture (as we did with the 5D MKII) and they are reliable work horses and within the limitations these pose compared to full on movie cameras they perform well and take great stills to boot (and appear to handle dust intrution better).
Very different cameras that bare little reason to compare as competition to each other.

 

[dgatwood]

The 6D is definately a great camera for its money and the pictures I took on vacation in Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard & Boston over a 10 day period look amazing (especially of the Red Sox). However its not constructed like the 5D MKIII and is not infalable. Whilst at Chatham we had dense sea fog and the shots of the fishing boats exhibit posterization in the white / gray sky area although this has not shown up in all blue skies.

Weird. Are you shooting JPEG? I've never seen that with RAW unless I'm looking at an image on a cheap LCD panel that has really poor color reproduction.

The GPS needs to be turned-off in the menu otherwise when you turn the camera off it still depletes the battery which is a real pain.

This is what a grip is for.

What? You mean there's a reason to use a grip besides working around overzealous GPS sampling while the camera is off?