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I went through the 5D3 vs. 6D choice not too long ago. Both were within my allotted budget (the 6D would've allowed me to include the EF 24-105mm f/4 as part of the kit, which was desired but not essential, as I already have/was picking up other EF lenses).
The whole story and all the evolution in considerations are more complicated than I care to share right now (and I would hardly imagine it to be that interesting), but the short story was that after an initial wavering, there was never any doubt that I made a great decision for myself with the 6D over the 5D3. It came down to:
1) Feel, i.e. the fit of the camera in my hand with a mounted lens. The shorter grip-to-lens-center distance was more familiar to me, and allowed a more confident single-hand-wield when necessary.
2) Low-light performance, which given focusing endowments (-3EV center) and its high-ISO noise and DR characteristics, made it an exceptionally strong choice for much of my very-low-light shooting, both in and out of the Canon fold.
3) Weight, which originally wasn't a consideration I put much, uh... weight... in at the outset, as I had anticipated this camera system to be a short-range (not hiking for miles), low-agility (not class-4/5 climbing) choice in my quiver (I also have a fully-fleshed-out MILC system). But it has turned out that the 6D is light enough where anywhere my significant-other will go (an important constraint for many of us :P), it can go too without being a hindrance.
Like the Mist Trail/JMT lollipop.
Untitled by dtewsacrificial, on Flickr
4) EF 24-105mm f/4, which the substantial cost difference allowed it within my budget to acquire as part of the 6D kit. As it turns out, it's a pretty good one-lens-solution for those times when you want to only deal with one lens.
From the same hike as the above shot, with the same lens. Pretty much the extreme wide end (above) and extreme long end (below).
Untitled by dtewsacrificial, on Flickr
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