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I'm in the same boat. But I really like my canon glass (16-35 /f, 24-105 mkI, and 100-400 mkii) and I am not super keen on the idea of selling everything to switch to nikon (which would still im sure cost an extra few thousand dollars just to get back to parity, not to mention that the D810, and upcoming 850 are in another price class by themselves). And I not super thrilled to use an adapter. But as a hobbyist, I am not rushing out to spend the money anyways, just a shame there aren't a lot of better landscape options out there right now. The 5D4 seems to be better for DR, but you lose out on at least one very handy feature for landscapes, the screen, and for me personally its more camera than I want to spend on.
garyvot wrote:
There are reports that 6D Mark II shadow recovery is improved considerably by shooting at ISO 50 rather than 100. Usually that means compromising highlights, but some posts here have suggested that may not be the case for this body. I think we need to see some more specific testing.
There are, of course, several techniques for managing dynamic range beyond raw sensor trickery, including fill flash, graduated NDs, and HDR exposure stacking.
If that truly is the case then DR should actually be better and that would essentially mean ISO 50 is native on the 6DII, right? Because that would then essentially become base ISO with better DR and everything we have read or seen so far has been incorrect.
In the meantime, I bracket and blend on my 6D and it works well. But having the ability to get it in a single shot and not worry about the difficulties of bracketing or worry about movement in the frame would be nice. And nice enough that for everything else the 6DII has that I want, without the DR it has made my decision very difficult. So I will wait to see until some real verified tests start coming out.
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AlexDROP wrote:
I've performed a little test recently with my 6D (original) and now I can state two things:
1) shooting at ISO 50 kills highlights a bit (2/3 EV I suppose - so you should UNDERexpose for 2/3 EV for not exceeding ETTR and getting HL clipping) but at the same time ISO 50 makes deep shadows almost noiseless a-la Nikon style (no pattern noise, no blotches, etc.) It's a very convenient technique if you must bracket anyway.
I bracket almost all the time anyways, so if I have to bracket, I wouldnt mind having less to work with in the highlights some of my bracketed images if it meant I could push the shadows harder if need be. Does it really make that much of a difference in noise patterns (or lack thereof) on the 6D?
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