Well, after all my earlier talk of sticking with the 6D2 because of the flippy screen, I decided to pull the plug on my preorder and snag a refurbished 5DIV from Canon this morning. It was a really hard call, and time will tell if I made the right choice. Thankfully I can always sell the 5D and move back to the 6D2 if I find the lack of flip screen is a huge deal breaker. Seeing The Camera Store's live feed talking about it was the nail in the coffin for me. I've been in spots where I've had similarly difficult shots and where the extra shadow detail would have been really helpful in trying to tweak the final exposure. I'm still so bummed I can't have the top-of-the-line dynamic range PLUS a flippy screen, but I guess I'll have to break the knees for a few more years until Canon get's their act together
I still think the 6D2 is a fine camera, and the dynamic range blowback isn't going to kill it's sales. From a business perspective it makes complete sense to me, and I can imagine they'll still have a successful cycle with this model without cannibalizing 5DIV sales. The strategy worked on me, so it's probably working on others too.
Jul 19, 2017 at 08:25 AM
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