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Review on Canon EOS 6D Body camera, black by Ada Marcinkowska ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A wonderful product, its nice to use.

This camera is my primary camera, and I took it with me on a bicycle vacation to Iceland in the summertime, when it rained heavily the entire time. Even though there is opportunity for further development, the camera lives up to my expectations in almost every way. Auto-ISO with indication in the viewfinder, an enhanced UI, more comfortable and logical control, and a large number of settings are only some of the ways that working with the camera in reportage mode has been significantly simplified. It is preferable to have a low level of noise; in this case, ISO 25600 can be utilized relatively freely as long as noise reduction is taken care of. Even in such darkness, where the items are nearly undetectable to the human eye, autofocus is able to pick them up. In terms of picture quality, the mRAW mode was a letdown for me. I had assumed that this would be the primary mode for shooting non-critical photos (10 MP is enough for the eyes), but in reality, the pictures come out looking quite soapy and are even inferior to those produced by the 5D. The only option left is to shoot in normal RAW, which gives each frame a weight of 25 megabytes. In spite of the fact that the camera has superb control in general, it does suffer from a few little annoying jambs, which are, however, not very disruptive when shooting (particularly in RAW): 1. The top screen does not indicate the current picture quality that is being displayed. 2. The white balance and flash compensation settings cannot be adjusted through the camera's direct buttons. 3. The menu conceals access to some frequently used features. For instance, if you want to connect via Wi-Fi to a phone or a computer, you will need to delve into the menu for a considerable amount of time. This is especially the case if you have already connected to something else. 4. When viewing photos, you can magnify them by clicking on the magnifying glass icon located in the upper-right corner of the screen. The Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities are both very useful to me. During the process of shooting, the camera has the convenient capability of automatically merging photographs to the computer (and displaying them on the screen as soon as they are done). When I'm going on shorter trips or excursions and don't have a navigator with me, GPS comes in handy. With all of these capabilities, it is possible to monitor the process of the battery's depletion through the menu, which displays the remaining charge with a degree of precision expressed as a percentage (and not "full" - "half-empty" - "empty", as on old cameras). The fact that multiple batteries can be added to the camera at once and that it will keep track of the charge on each of them is a really helpful feature. Although there are a few minor issues, the camera is, on the whole, very good.

Pros
  • Full frame (with all the subsequent benefits) at a price that is acceptable, good autofocus performance in the dark, the camera is quite compact and light, minimal image noise, silent shutter action, high ease of use in comparison to older cameras, moisture protection.
Cons
  • The user interface and controls have a few minor faults, the RAW files are excessively huge with only a marginal improvement in quality, and the mRAW format has a low quality.

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