Which Camera To Buy Canon 5d Mark Iii Or Canon 6d Mark Ii

Eagle430s • Regular Fellow member • Posts: 347

6d mark II vs 5d Mark Three

Jul 21, 2018

I have saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to buy either a

6d mark 2 (new)

a 5d Mark Three slightly used

I am non doing any mural photography I will use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark III is a more than pro trunk on the other mitt 6d mark II is a newer camera

which one will y'all recommend me?

Macro guy • Veteran Member • Posts: v,849

Re: 6d mark 2 vs 5d Mark Three

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Eagle430s wrote:

I take saved some coin for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to purchase either a

6d mark II (new)

or

a 5d Marker III slightly used

I am non doing any landscape photography I will apply it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark III is a more than pro body on the other manus 6d marking Ii is a newer camera

which one will y'all recommend me?

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. What makes you lot unhappy with your 80d? For the type of piece of work that you exercise, neither of the upgrades will bring anything to the table.

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OP Eagle430s • Regular Fellow member • Posts: 347

Re: 6d mark Two vs 5d Mark III

Macro guy wrote:

Eagle430s wrote:

I take saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My upkeep allows me to buy either a

6d mark II (new)

or

a 5d Mark Iii slightly used

I am not doing any landscape photography I will use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark III is a more than pro body on the other hand 6d mark Two is a newer camera

which i volition you recommend me?

6 of ane, half a dozen of the other. What makes you unhappy with your 80d? For the type of work that y'all practice, neither of the upgrades will bring annihilation to the table.

And then people must exist really stupid then ownership a 5d mark Iii or a 6d mark 2 since there is Not whatsoever difference betwixt them and an 80d?

Accept you always heard of a FULL FRAME photographic camera? High ISO/ Low Noise? Raw particular ?

tenordrum • Regular Member • Posts: 457

Re: 6d mark Ii vs 5d Mark III

Eagle430s wrote:

I have saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to purchase either a

6d mark 2 (new)

or

a 5d Marking Three slightly used

I am not doing any mural photography I will use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark Iii is a more than pro body on the other hand 6d marking II is a newer camera

which one will you recommend me?

Y'all are probable far more than experienced than I am since you are using information technology for studio and for social events, all the same I retrieve the 6DII will be very similar in feel and function to the 80D, and that may assist you overall. I migrated to the 6DII from an 80D and 7D, since my master targets are my grandkids indoors, and they don't like a flash. it was a very smooth transition control wise. I am besides looking forward to taking information technology with me to a star political party next calendar month for night shots of the Milky way.

I also employ the canon app on my phone and iPad, and that was very helpful when I took shots of the total eclipse on the 80D last yr. getting focus using the larger screen of the iPad really helped. That easy to use app may help you lot in terms of your social events, including sharing pictures at events very quickly. I realize you lot can probably take a few extra steps with the 5DIII, but if sharing your piece of work quickly at events is a plus, I think staying with a wifi enabled camera like the 6DII makes sense.

5DIII on the used market has come downwards in price. I saw i yesterday on the local DC surface area CL for $850. If your budget was likewise to get a faster lens, perhaps that would justify going for a 5DIII as it is cheaper.

Tin yous rent a 5DIII for a couple of days from a local dealer? That may answer your questions almost capability for your intended use.

Adept luck!

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Macro guy • Veteran Member • Posts: five,849

Re: 6d mark 2 vs 5d Mark Iii

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Eagle430s wrote:

Macro guy wrote:

Eagle430s wrote:

I take saved some coin for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to buy either a

6d mark 2 (new)

or

a 5d Mark III slightly used

I am non doing any mural photography I will use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark III is a more pro trunk on the other hand 6d marker II is a newer camera

which 1 will you recommend me?

Half-dozen of 1, half a dozen of the other. What makes y'all unhappy with your 80d? For the blazon of work that you do, neither of the upgrades will bring anything to the tabular array.

And so people must be really stupid then buying a 5d mark III or a 6d mark 2 since at that place is NOT any divergence betwixt them and an 80d?

Take yous always heard of a FULL FRAME camera? High ISO/ Low Dissonance? Raw particular ?

Don't get your panties in a bunch. Your original mail states that you are shooting in a studio and events. There is no need for ultra high ISO. For your purposes, you lot'll exist hard pressed to tell a difference amongst the 3 cameras.

Yous have to accost the need, non react to the marketing hype.

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Re: 6d mark Ii vs 5d Marker III

Eagle430s wrote:

Macro guy wrote:

Eagle430s wrote:

I accept saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My upkeep allows me to buy either a

6d mark II (new)

or

a 5d Mark III slightly used

I am not doing any landscape photography I volition use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark III is a more pro body on the other hand 6d marker II is a newer camera

which one volition you lot recommend me?

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. What makes you unhappy with your 80d? For the type of piece of work that you practice, neither of the upgrades volition bring anything to the table.

Then people must be really stupid then buying a 5d mark III or a 6d mark 2 since there is NOT whatever difference between them and an 80d?

Have you ever heard of a Total FRAME camera? High ISO/ LOW NOISE? Raw detail ?

First, I believe that you completely mischaracterized this reply. The affiche never said that there was no deviation between the ii cameras. Rather, he seems only to suggest that, for the work you specifically mentioned, neither seems to offer anything that your 80D doesn't already exercise. I concur with him, given that the type of work you lot're talking most doesn't necessarily take reward of any of the alleged advantages that full-frame bodies in general (much less the two you lot specifically mentioned) might offer. Yep, full-frame cameras are more often than not better in low light situations. Will your studio/social settings require good low light performance? And "raw detail" is going to exist more a function of resolution than sensor size.

If you lot only Want a full-frame camera, so just say so. In that example, I might suggest the 6DII over the 5DIII. Why? Because the form gene is more similar to your 80D. The 5DIII, on the other hand, is most identical in form to the 7DII. Both of the latter two cameras are more pro-oriented in their features. Simply the 6DII and 80D are no slouches for pro-piece of work, either. (We've paired both 6D/60D bodies and 5DIII/7DII bodies for our work, and establish both pairs quite capable.) The 6DII brings a little newer technology to the table, particularly its DPAF system for video and LiveView stills. Also, similar your 80D, it offers an articulated screen, which is missing on the 5DIII. Meanwhile, the advantages the 5DIII brings -- such equally dual carte slots, tougher construction, and and then forth -- may non be advantages for the blazon of piece of work y'all're doing.

Skilful luck

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GammyKnee • Contributing Member • Posts: 969

Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Marking Iii

Unless you're specifically wanting the arguably more than robust torso, dual menu slots, and/or unlike controls of the 5DIII, then in your situation I'd go for the 6DII.

It has quite a few bells and whistles that the 5DIII doesn't which could show useful and which y'all may have for granted already having the 80D (due east.thousand anti-flicker tech, the articulated touch screen, inbuilt wifi). In some respects - and ignoring the FF sensor - the 5DIII could be considered a downgrade from what you already have.

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Marking B. • Forum Pro • Posts: 28,897

Re: 6d marking II vs 5d Marker III

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Eagle430s wrote:

Macro guy wrote:

Eagle430s wrote:

I have saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to buy either a

6d marker 2 (new)

or

a 5d Mark Iii slightly used

I am not doing whatsoever landscape photography I volition utilise information technology for studio piece of work and a few social events for online websites

5d marker III is a more pro body on the other paw 6d mark 2 is a newer photographic camera

which one will you recommend me?

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. What makes you unhappy with your 80d? For the type of piece of work that yous do, neither of the upgrades volition bring anything to the table.

So people must exist really stupid and then ownership a 5d marking 3 or a 6d marker two since there is NOT any difference between them and an 80d?

Have you e'er heard of a Full FRAME camera? High ISO/ Low NOISE? Raw detail ?

Wow, lighten up. For studio work presumably y'all accept a lighting setup, so you lot shouldn't need to exist using loftier ISO. For website 'social events', image sizes aren't that big and then there shouldn't be much divergence between FF and crop unless you lot're shooting at really high ISO.

Re: 6d marking 2 vs 5d Marking III

Eagle430s wrote:

I have saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to buy either a

6d marking II (new)

or

a 5d Marker Iii slightly used

I am not doing any landscape photography I will use information technology for studio piece of work and a few social events for online websites

5d mark Three is a more pro body on the other manus 6d mark Ii is a newer camera

which one will yous recommend me?

My have on your question. Both are practiced options. Although you haven't said it, at that place is one possible departure that may be important to you - Travel. The 6D MkII is substantially lighter, and also has the congenital in GPS, which is very handy. For the 5D series it's an expensive addition. I'g currently sorting through nearly 6,000 photo's my married woman and I took all through Norway. As it was a total-on 2 weeks, memory of exactly where things were is easily confused. I run them through "Geosetter" and information technology adds the locality information to the co-ordinates. I can likewise run them upward on Google Maps/street view and hopefully go the name of the place in English.

Others have also covered the warrantee issue, the 6D MkII'south much better AF etc, and then I don't need to re-hash. In my case it would be the 6D MkII, but as I already have i for the wife, and my 7D MkII for action/nature, I have to admit some personal bias also.

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Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Marking Iii

Aye, information technology's worth asking what else y'all are looking for.

If I was making the choice; on i hand, I prefer the point spread of the 5D3 but the 6D2 has DPAF, higher res, lower noise levels, touch screen but narrow AF points. But I actually value AF indicate spread and then I'd personally lean towards the 5D3. You might not value that though.

So, either one is fine. But it really depends on what your pain points are with the 80D.

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Andy01 • Veteran Fellow member • Posts: 4,809

Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Mark III

I think the bespeak made above almost the 6D 2 effectively being a FF 80D has value. Y'all will find all of the buttons and controls in the same spot every bit what you are currently used, the flip screen is the same.

The main differences that you lot will detect are probably;

6D ii better in depression light, which may have merit at some events or functions where it is not bright, controlled studio lighting.

6D ii does non accept a built in flash, which would probably not carp y'all

6D ii focus points are not as spread out equally 80D

6D ii OVF will exist noticeably brighter than a 80D OVF

You lot have never had joysticks for AF selection so you will non miss it. Probably the only benefit (other than robustness which comes at the penalisation of size and weight) of the 5D iii over 6D ii, and information technology may be an important one for you if you apply the camera to earn a living, is the dual carte facility.

Colin

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Re: 6d mark 2 vs 5d Marker Three

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Who knows why people are ignoring your social issue work, imagining it all takes identify at noon on cloudless days, nobody ever has to crop, or like to think high resolution displays and high bandwidth don't be

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Macro guy • Veteran Member • Posts: 5,849

Re: 6d mark 2 vs 5d Mark III

confused circle wrote:

Who knows why people are ignoring your social event work, imagining it all takes place at noon on cloudless days, nobody e'er has to crop, or like to remember high resolution displays and high bandwidth don't exist

All of the cameras mentioned take more than or less the aforementioned resolution, so that's actually a non-issue. Furthermore, events are shot with a wink, and then that takes carw of the low light situation.

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Re: 6d marking Ii vs 5d Mark 3

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I practice love the idea that a ingather of both an apsc and full frame paradigm volition yield identical IQ. I suppose they tin can close downwards all the total frame fora.

It's besides crawly to acquire that every single blazon of upshot at every single type of venue will both allow and do good from flash photography for every single subject that needs to exist photographed throughout the entire elapsing of each and every single one of these events, globally, until the eventual estrus death of the universe.

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Re: 6d marker 2 vs 5d Mark Iii

Eagle430s wrote:

Macro guy wrote:

Eagle430s wrote:

I take saved some money for an upgrade of my 80d

My budget allows me to buy either a

6d marking II (new)

or

a 5d Mark III slightly used

I am not doing whatever landscape photography I volition use it for studio work and a few social events for online websites

5d marker 3 is a more pro body on the other mitt 6d mark 2 is a newer photographic camera

which one will you lot recommend me?

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. What makes yous unhappy with your 80d? For the type of work that you do, neither of the upgrades volition bring anything to the table.

SO people must be actually stupid so buying a 5d mark III or a 6d mark ii since there is Non any difference between them and an 80d?

Take yous ever heard of a Total FRAME camera? High ISO/ LOW Racket? Raw item ?

Have you ever heard of the fact that a larger sensor does not necessarily mean less noise in an actual photographic state of affairs and end-production?

Better performance at the same high ISO isn't necessarily what it may sound like to you. You lot have to use the entirety of that larger frame, and this entails having shallower DOF at the prototype level.

The fact is, there is no guarantee that you will meet the weather condition to collect more total light simply because y'all take a larger sensor. Settling for the same DOF as with a smaller sensor does not become the extra calorie-free, nor does cropping the larger sensor more, in focal-length-limited situations.

Re: 6d marking 2 vs 5d Mark 3

confused circle wrote:

I practice love the idea that a crop of both an apsc and full frame paradigm will yield identical IQ. I suppose they can shut downwards all the total frame fora.

Vague possible sarcasm aside, there are properties that sensors accept which can exist considered to be "per unit of sensor area". Nothing new nearly that, really, equally the emulsion films of the past had properties per unit of sensor area, which varied "total prototype level" IQ forth with pic frame size. In that location were absolute film qualities, and there were film sizes.

We have no common standards today for "film blazon" qualities of digital sensors (imagine a 3rd pick in DxOMark: "Surface Expanse" or "Film", in addition to "Screen" and "Print") but qualities per unit of measurement of sensor area are there, and very direct with results from certain ways of looking at equipment choices, especially if you add in pixel density along with the surface area-based dissonance metrics.

The fact is, even though an EOS 5D (the 12.6MP one) might embarrass a modern 16MP 1/two.3" sensor in the DxO charts for "Screen" or "Print" at every other metric and ISO, it will probably not practice then at base or even 2x base ISO DR, and if "surface area" were charted, the 5D would autumn fashion behind the i/2.3" sensor at every metric, including ones not measured by DxO, like banding noise. Pardon my language, but the "picture" in the 5D is horrible film, past the standards of "pic" used in today's cell phone and 1/2.three" sensors. Y'all tin can get some very skilful photos with the 5D only because the sensor is and then large; a large slice of a poor, blowsy film type.

Re: 6d marker II vs 5d Mark 3

John Sheehy wrote:

dislocated circumvolve wrote:

I do love the idea that a crop of both an apsc and full frame paradigm will yield identical IQ. I suppose they can shut down all the total frame fora.

Vague possible sarcasm aside,

possible?

in that location are properties that sensors accept which tin be considered to exist "per unit of sensor area". Cypher new about that, actually, equally the emulsion films of the by had properties per unit of sensor area, which varied "full image level" IQ along with moving picture frame size. There were absolute film qualities, and there were film sizes.

We have no common standards today for "film type" qualities of digital sensors (imagine a third selection in DxOMark: "Surface Expanse" or "Film", in addition to "Screen" and "Print") only qualities per unit of measurement of sensor area are in that location, and very direct with results from certain means of looking at equipment choices, especially if you lot add together in pixel density along with the area-based noise metrics.

The fact is, fifty-fifty though an EOS 5D (the 12.6MP i) might embarrass a mod 16MP 1/ii.3" sensor in the DxO charts for "Screen" or "Print" at every other metric and ISO, information technology will probably not do and so at base or fifty-fifty 2x base ISO DR, and if "surface area" were charted, the 5D would autumn way behind the 1/ii.3" sensor at every metric, including ones not measured by DxO, similar banding dissonance. Pardon my linguistic communication, but the "movie" in the 5D is horrible motion picture, by the standards of "film" used in today's cell phone and ane/ii.3" sensors. Yous tin can get some very good photos with the 5D only because the sensor is so large; a big slice of a poor, antiquated motion picture blazon.

If in the totality of work past any lensman, every shot taken is at an optimum exposure not limited by the hardware, and every respective shot taken by a different sized sensor was always made to match that other exposure, then I guess it wouldn't matter what camera you had. Simply that isn't how it works.

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OP Eagle430s • Regular Fellow member • Posts: 347

Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Mark III

So i guess all these pro photographers doing events wedding and fashion all accept a lot of money to waste on full frame cameras

Why they don't but get a mirorrless camera and practice the work? They must consult some people here..people here know that just have photos for fun know much meliorate than these pros wasting their money getting a 5d mark iv or a 1 series pro trunk

I know.a few photographers also that they were "meridian photographers" using film and transmission focus etc. 20 years ago..but if y'all havent noticed that was 20 years agone..today we are in digital era using lightroom photoshop and most of the time.autofocus...and then in todays era people see the last image and not how photographers work twenty years ago..i ve seen a lot of top movie photographers that todays images are only boilerplate..why? Because today we work with digital..photoshop..lightroom..so to the former film photographers we might had been useless 20years ago only now we have aot of piece of work because nobody cares if.y'all could work in the picture era and deliver.very good images but you have no idea nearly photoshop today..what it matters its the last paradigm ..

If y'all are trying to convince.me that a ingather camera has the same quality as a full frame.and then you dont have whatever.idea what you are talking about

Events range from daylight -iso 200-400 to nighttime club events that yous need iso 2000..as for studio aye am working iso 100 f8-f10 and shooting RAW then that i can become max item and a total frame camera tin GIVE a more detailed image than a crop camera

But of course most people here are much clever than those pros using their total frame cameras

Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Mark III

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Last year I was pondering the same choice and ended up getting a refurbished 6DII on the Canon website. I don't call up exactly what pulled me to the 6DIIi ultimately but wow what a nice photographic camera I accept plant information technology to be

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Macro guy • Veteran Member • Posts: 5,849

Re: 6d mark II vs 5d Mark Iii

confused circle wrote:

I do love the idea that a crop of both an apsc and full frame paradigm will yield identical IQ. I suppose they can shut downwards all the full frame fora.

They don't yield identical iq, but at base ISO, even up to ISO 400 or perhaps fifty-fifty 800, those differences are bookish.

It's also crawly to learn that every single type of consequence at every single type of venue will both allow and do good from flash photography for every single subject that needs to be photographed throughout the entire duration of each and every single 1 of these events, globally, until the eventual heat death of the universe.

The reason one would apply flashes at an upshot is considering having plenty lite is not proficient enough. You take to have good quality of low-cal. You lot may accept enough overhead lite for a proper exposure, but you lot nonetheless need a flash to fill in the shadows nether the nose and eye sockets. So, that's the main reason why issue photographers apply strobes (concert photography existence a notable exception, yet, during the concert, the venue supplies quality light, not just plenty low-cal).

As is unremarkably the case, the devil is in the details.

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