More 6D sample images - with RAW files.

[Area256]

If you click around here you can find some noise comparisons to the 5D3 and D600, and some sample images. The RAW files can be downloaded. However I'm not sure if there is anything that supports them at the moment. The reviewer just used out of camera jpegs, because of the lack of compatible RAW software. It looks like the review was done on a pre-production model.

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[Marsu42]

The reviewer just used out of camera jpegs, because of the lack of compatible RAW software.

Thanks, but again the 6d shots seem to be so heavily nr'ed that it doesn't mean anything - the reviewer should have turned nr off on all cameras, then we could see any difference ... and to be fair we'd have to downsize the 5d3/d600 shots to 20mp to make a comparison.

 

[Imagination_landB]

it's written réduction du bruit standard which means normal noise reduction

 

[Marsu42]

it's written réduction du bruit standard which means normal noise reduction

Thanks for the translation ... however, what Canon calls "normal" I'd call "extreme" as the nr kills all details and results in the infamous "wax look". It's a pity Lightroom 4.3RC is already out, and only with d600 support - I guess we'll have to wait until LR4.4 to get 6d support.

 

[DanielW]

What about that "you can also download RAW" link?

 

[Harry Muff]

There are raw download links under each sample.




And for those wondering, the raw 7.3 is on the Adobe Labs site but the 6D isn't listed as being compatible. The S110 & G15 are, with a lens profile for the 24-70L II.

 

[DanielW]

There are raw download links under each sample.




And for those wondering, the raw 7.3 is on the Adobe Labs site but the 6D isn't listed as being compatible. The S110 & G15 are with a lens profile for the 24-70L II.

Have you had success opening the raw files? I haven't...

 

[Harry Muff]

There are raw download links under each sample.




And for those wondering, the raw 7.3 is on the Adobe Labs site but the 6D isn't listed as being compatible. The S110 & G15 are with a lens profile for the 24-70L II.

Have you had success opening the raw files? I haven't...

Nope. Was just pointing out where the links were.

 

[skitron]

Capture One 7.01 just released, has preliminary 6D support, d/l'ing now...

I already d/l'd the sample raws from the site, will post findings after I play with them a bit in CO.

 

[skitron]

Looks like the "RAWs" from that site are actually TIFFs. And apparently non-standard TIFFs at that. I don't have anything here that will open them.

 

[ThuiQuaDayNe]

you can open the RAWs with Infraview. Maybe Rawtherapee works too.

 

[Harry Muff]

I downloaded two .CR2 files. CS6 said they weren't supported raw files. Where does it say they are .tif files?

 

[unadog]

I was able to open the Tiff's in Photoshop CS6.

I had to "unblock" the file in Windows 8 to be able to open the file, but it opened with no problem.

I just downloaded an updated version of all of my CS6 aps yesterday - I am not sure when the actual version was updated. But I think that might not be important, as it is likely the .cr raws were converted to Tiff in DPP.


You could also try downloading the latest version of DPP. Canon must have updated that? I don't have it installed on this laptop.

 

[unadog]

Here is a screen shot at 100% of two files in Photoshop CS6.

6400 ISO is on the left, 50 ISO on the right. Opened in PS with all defaults, no NR, exposure, or other adjustments.

 

[DanielW]

Here is a screen shot at 100% of two files in Photoshop CS6.

6400 ISO is on the left, 50 ISO on the right. Opened in PS with all defaults, no NR, exposure, or other adjustments.

Great, many thanks!
Can you post comparisons so we can see how it goes versus the 5DIII and the D600?

 

[unadog]

Great, many thanks!
Can you post comparisons so we can see how it goes versus the 5DIII and the D600?

Sure! Give me a couple of minutes!

 

[baltmin]

Opened with capture one 7.0.1 (preliminary support)

 

[Marsu42]

You could also try downloading the latest version of DPP. Canon must have updated that? I don't have it installed on this laptop.

I just checked, the Canon site hasn't dpp for the 6d yet, the latest version is for the 5d3. But probably Canon will be faster with 6d dpp support than Adobe for Camera Raw / Lightroom.

Opened with capture one 7.0.1 (preliminary support)

That's great, you get the award for the first 6d-5d3 comparison that makes sense ! And as far as I can tell, the 6d actually does look *visibly* better than the 5d3, though I cannot tell how many stops and to be fair the 22mp of the 5d3 have to be downsized to 20mp. But maybe I'm wrong since there seems to be more color noise on the 5d3, but that's easier to remove.

 

[Area256]

Opened with capture one 7.0.1 (preliminary support)

Thanks for posting! It does look like the 6D is visibly a tad better than the 5D3. However I'm guessing no more than 1/3 stop at best (likely just from the slightly larger pixels). Still good to know Canon hasn't skimped out on the 6D sensor. Of course it has been noted this is a per-production camera, but I don't think anything is likely to have changed.

 

[Marsu42]

Of course it has been noted this is a per-production camera, but I don't think anything is likely to have changed.

Well, you never know ... maybe Canon marketing figured that the final 6d model shouldn't be better than the 5d3 and have "tweaked" the sensor a bit in the last stage