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Thank you sincerely, one and all, for the spirited discussion and thoughtful recommendations. I am no closer to a decision today, so I'm going down to a local photo store to shoot several frames on both camera bodies, using both manual and auto focus, to get a better feel for ergonomics and viewfinder use on both bodies.
After reading all your wonderful and informative posts, I am leaning towards patience and awaiting more user feedback on the 6D before making my decision. Even if I don't snap up a new 5DII this week, I can always get a used one in a month or two if I decide on that model over the 6D.
Money is tight, yes, but I am financing this purchase with an ebay sale of a cherished old Winston bamboo fly rod - I may net about $1500 on this sale. I'm not trying to save money for any future lens purchase at the moment - just want to get the best entry-level full frame body for $2000 or less.
Yes, I was guilty of "vaguely" stating that I will use the FF body for "mainly landscape and macro" opportunities - that is what I shoot a lot of in my home turf of Montana. But like any of us, I love to take photos of wherever I travel to, and will want to exploit my new full frame body for a variety of photography. Since 2003, when traveling for work-related field work in India, I have greatly enjoyed street and people photography (think colorful India, think the need to quickly take a picture of people moving about and quickly disappearing, hence a desire for accurate and quick autofocus) with my early point-and-shoot cameras. So perhaps the slightly better autofocus of the 6D would come in handy compared to the 5DII? Am awaiting user reports on real world use in this regard, so perhaps I should be patient for a few more months, instead of jumping on the closeout specials on a new 5dII.
During the past few years, I have started to enjoy cityscapes and external/internal architecture traveling with my T2i/ZE35/70-200 L IS travel combo (think the dark interior of St. Stephen's cathedral in Vienna - no flash photography allowed, no tripod use - it's crowded, but the sights demand that you try to capture some photos!). Perhaps the 6D low light capability would provide an advantage in such a setting?
I keenly appreciate that many of you use the 5DII to create absolutely beautiful photographs with superb IQ, so I am not worried about the 5D in this regard.
I do crawl in the dirt, mud and snow for macro photography to compose pics of spring wildflowers (springtime in Montana has lots of mud and wet ground), and am experiencing aging eyes, so the wifi capability of 6D along with smartphone or tablet use might help for these issues.
Edited on Dec 21, 2012 at 11:18 PM · View previous versions
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