Happy with my 6D Mark II

josh785 · Aug 28, 2017

I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great
Autofocus is fast
The single card slot is saving photos properly
I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

Best,

-Josh

Lanidrac · Aug 28, 2017

josh785 · Aug 28, 2017

Lanidrac said:
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5d is collecting dust... I'll post it for sale on the forum as soon as I'm home from Traveling.

Lanidrac · Aug 28, 2017

Are you photos better quality with a 6DII ?

josh785 · Aug 28, 2017

Lanidrac said:
Are you photos better quality with a 6DII ?

The 5D was great... I do like the resolution, although the thing I like the most is the touch screen, even when hand holding, I've used it quite a bit to check exposure before I actually shoot. When I use the touchscreen to shoot the photo, it actually works pretty fast, much more responsive than my SL1, more like the NX500 that I also use. I can also preview the image on the 6d with relative confidence... that 5D LCD is pretty horrendous. I do love the tiny files that that 5d produced, they load into my iPhone with the Lightning to SD adapter so fast!!! lol

josh785 · Aug 28, 2017

...and GPS is another feature didn't have that I have now... that was a big one!

Lanidrac · Aug 28, 2017

Touch screen is nice. ;-)

Battersea · Aug 28, 2017

josh785 said:
I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great

Autofocus is fast

The single card slot is saving photos properly

I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

Best,

-Josh

But didn't it stop working when the Nikon 850 was announced? Or maybe it will stop when the Sony A7RIII is announced?

TheEngineer · Aug 29, 2017

josh785 said:
I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great

I generally switch mine off (on my cameras that have it) as I find it distracting

josh785 said:
Autofocus is fast

Which autofocus isn't these days...actually it being merely fast is almost not good enough anymore.

josh785 said:
The single card slot is saving photos properly

Lol, is that supposed to be a feature?

josh785 said:
I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

That's lucky!

josh785 said:
I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

Good for you, let's see what happens a few years down the road...

The Aussie Viking · Aug 29, 2017

josh785 said:
...and GPS is another feature didn't have that I have now... that was a big one!

We are loving ours too. As you are interested in Geotagging your photo's, have you seen Geosetter at all? It's free, and we get it to stamp all the actual location information as a batch before we store them.

Loose_Canon · Aug 29, 2017

Glad to hear it, no irony intended. I sympathize, but actually I'm too happy with my lowly 6D mark 1 to develop any GAS... flippy screen, DPAF and touch screen are tempting, but not enough to shell out 2k for. i doubt that i'll become too good a photographer for this camera anytime soon. whether that reflects on me or the camera, who's to say

Dareshooter · Aug 29, 2017

TheEngineer said:
josh785 said:

I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great

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I generally switch mine off (on my cameras that have it) as I find it distracting

TheEngineer said:

Autofocus is fast

Click to expand...

Which autofocus isn't these days...actually it being merely fast is almost not good enough anymore.

TheEngineer said:

The single card slot is saving photos properly

Click to expand...

Lol, is that supposed to be a feature?

TheEngineer said:

I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

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That's lucky!

TheEngineer said:

I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

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Good for you, let's see what happens a few years down the road...

You must be fun at parties.

BlueCosmo5050 · Aug 29, 2017

Touch screen is a big deal, I use it a lot on my 5D Mark IV. I like to do video with photography so DPAF with the touch screen is amazing.

Try an iPad or something, works great touching it and doing stuff from a distance.

josh785 · Aug 29, 2017

The Aussie Viking said:
josh785 said:

...and GPS is another feature didn't have that I have now... that was a big one!

Click to expand...

We are loving ours too. As you are interested in Geotagging your photo's, have you seen Geosetter at all? It's free, and we get it to stamp all the actual location information as a batch before we store them.

josh785 · Aug 29, 2017

BlueCosmo5050 said:
Touch screen is a big deal, I use it a lot on my 5D Mark IV. I like to do video with photography so DPAF with the touch screen is amazing.

Try an iPad or something, works great touching it and doing stuff from a distance.

I finally linked it to my iPhone yesterday, works just like my M5, I love that.

So far, it seems like a great camera for me. I upgraded from a 5D, and I didn't want to spend the money on a Mark IV since I'm just an amateur. I use the 40mm f2.8 95% of the time, and it just doesn't have the field of view on my crop sensor that I wanted, but I feel it's perfect for me on the 6D. The resolving power of the lens sensor combo is pretty incredible, colors and DR both seem great, if I wouldn't have read all the negative comments, I'd have thought it was a great camera. lol

indusbreed · Aug 29, 2017

josh785 said:
I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great

Autofocus is fast

The single card slot is saving photos properly

I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

Best,

-Josh

Next time try using using your phone. You will be surprised.

josh785 · Aug 29, 2017

indusbreed said:
josh785 said:

I just thought everyone would be happy (or not so happy) to know that my 6D mark II is working wonderfully, it happens to be exactly what I was looking for.

Touchscreen is great

Autofocus is fast

The single card slot is saving photos properly

I took it out in the Houston Flood today and got it all wet and it still works

I'm happy with the purchase of this camera, no complaints so far.

Best,

-Josh

Click to expand...

Next time try using using your phone. You will be surprised.

my iPhone is awesome too!

Lawn Lends · Aug 29, 2017

Loose_Canon said:
Glad to hear it, no irony intended. I sympathize, but actually I'm too happy with my lowly 6D mark 1 to develop any GAS... flippy screen, DPAF and touch screen are tempting, but not enough to shell out 2k for. i doubt that i'll become too good a photographer for this camera anytime soon. whether that reflects on me or the camera, who's to say

How on earth did you take that photo without a flippy touch screen?

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photosen · Aug 30, 2017

Good to know; good luck with the flood.

kelly15 · Sep 1, 2017

Very small added value compared to 6D.

DR is worse.

Sent back to the dealer and kept the 6D.

Happy with my 6D Mark II

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