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bugler1 wrote:
I usually use the center point on my t4i but have been using more points since I got my 1ds. I suppose I could go back to center point. The 5d3 has shadow banding? Wow... did not know that. I'll have to try out the 6d.
Despite the fact that thousand and thousands (tens? hundreds of thousands?) of photographers, including some very serious and capable ones, use the 5D2 and regard its image quality as excellent, you will still read about the "noise banding" (here referred to as "shadow banding") on photography forums.
With the exception of the noise banding true believers this issues lies somewhere between "not an issue" and trivial. No camera - no, not even a 1-series body - is perfect in every way, and every one of them has a personality. If you go looking really hard for banding in the shadows of images from a 5D2 you can sometimes find it at 100% magnification, but the odds that you'll ever find it to be a problem in even a vary large print are extraordinarily small. Yes, other cameras with differing personalities might have noise performance that measures slightly better, but they aren't perfect either.
I was amused at the "lack of AF" comment in one of the earlier posts? No AF? ;-)
Unless your needs are rather unusual - or you are trying to impress someone - in most cases I would recommend foregoing a 1-series body. There is nothing wrong with them, and in certain cases that values they offer might be useful, but most people will be better off spending their (limited) funds on a more up-to-date camera with better image quality potential and improved features. That 6D could be a great option, as could a 5D2, depending upon what you shoot, how you shoot it, and what you do with the photographs.
Dan
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