Moving back to FF - 6D or 5D3 or wait for 6D2/5d4 ???

[scottkinfw]

My disclaimer- I have a 5DII and 5DIII. I love ff, and both of my cameras have produced excellent pics- made me look better than I am at photography.

That said, and understanding the money constraints, I would recommend the 6D to you. I understand that the 6D is supposed to produce a better iq, but not sure about low light performance. You don't need the better/faster focusing that the 5D line offers so for landscape the 6D should serve you very well.

Of course, if you think that you will want something for action, consider a 5DIII.

Best to you.

sek

 

[Jopa]

C1 -- what is that? Guilty for using too many abbreviations Yes, Capture One. The images look different from the moment you open them, and while it's not as easy as LR for the local adjustments, overall it's a great alternative.

Forgot to mention - for the manual focusing outdoors you may try a Zacuto Z-finder (2.5 or 3x magnification). Basically you just mount a frame (holder) on your LV screen and attach the Zacuto eye-piece whenever you want to go manual. Found it on Ming Thein's blog: http://blog.mingthein.com/2015/06/24/understanding-af-manual-focus-aids-tested/ and love the z-finder. The camera looks clunkier but manual focusing is a breeze, even easier compared to the A7's EVF due to the initial magnification.

 

[SUNDOG04]

You said the camera will be used for landscape. In that case, the 6D is great. I bought one in spring primarily for landscape and could not be more pleased.

While the 5DIII is better in most ways, the 6D is excellent for landscapes. It is lighter and more compact than the 5DIII, focusing with the center point excellent and image quality is, for all practical purposes, equal of the 5DIII. The 5DIII is more rugged, better weather sealing, better focusing, more complicated, and considerably more expensive. Why pay the extra for a great sports camera when you do not intend on using it for that purpose. That money difference, in your case, would be better spent on a high quality lens or tripod.

It will be interesting seeing the changes to the 6D and 5DIII, but I did not want to wait for a newer model. The current 6D has everything I wanted in a landscape camera including affordability. I was a bit leery at first because so many people said the camera is dumbed-down. That is true, but still an excellent camera and does what I wanted. There is room for improvement, but, put so many more features into it and you have a 5DIII.

 

[Sporgon]

If you like manual focus perhaps another point to consider is that the next generation of 6D / 5D may well reverse the interchangeable screen option.

The 7DII has the facility, the 70D doesn't. This was a change from the 7D / 60D.

My bet is that in the next generation cameras, if you want a proper manual focusing screen you're going to have to stump up the cash for a 5DIV, as the function won't be there in the 6DII.

 

[Ruined]

I'm an old EOS Film camera guy with a few older L 2.8 lenses -- and a 70D with many STM lenses.

I could hand hold my A2e/2.8L combos and get stellar results. Now the 70D/STM combos likewise give me stellar results. Hmmmmm... FF at 2.8 w/o IS seems to be just as good as 1.6x/STM in end results.

I want a FF body for landscape work that will give me slightly better image quality (shadow detail etc. w/o HDR)

5D3 and 6D prices are dropping very quickly. My 70D will do all the videos my family insists upon and it is great for sports (damned near everything else too!)

Making 24x36 canvas prints should not require a 5Ds/r -- it requires more than 16 meg but not 50...

Being on a budget, knowing that my FF purpose is landscapes, often low light, difficult manual focus...

What do I buy?

6D no contest. Less pattern noise from sensor when pulling up shadows and ability to swap focus screens (such as for Eg-S high precision).