CANON 70D vs Canon 6D

Greetings to everyone in Photography-on-the.net,

I am new to this forum and I would like to ask a very important question that might affect my photography output in the future.

I just bought a Canon 70D and I loved it. Until... A birthday dinner invitation came and I was asked to be the photographer. It looked good on the LCD screen on the 70d, but when I got it back on my Macbook Pro with Retina Display, it was full of noise and full of blurs.

I used the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 and EF 17-40 f/4L. I was aware of the low light conditions and I regretted the results I had.

Now, I have a choice to exchange the Canon EOS 70D to the Canon EOS 6D.

Is the 6D worth the $750 upgrade from the Canon 70D to the 6D? Is the image quality that different?

I would really appreciate if anyone could give me suggestions about what I should do.

Should I exchange it? Or should I keep my 70D with the crappy low-light photos? Or maybe you had a different experience when using the 70D?

michaelgunawan94 wrote in post #16392487
Greetings to everyone in Photography-on-the.net,

I am new to this forum and I would like to ask a very important question that might affect my photography output in the future.

I just bought a Canon 70D and I loved it. Until... A birthday dinner invitation came and I was asked to be the photographer. It looked good on the LCD screen on the 70d, but when I got it back on my Macbook Pro with Retina Display, it was full of noise and full of blurs.

I used the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 and EF 17-40 f/4L. I was aware of the low light conditions and I regretted the results I had.

Now, I have a choice to exchange the Canon EOS 70D to the Canon EOS 6D.

Is the 6D worth the $750 upgrade from the Canon 70D to the 6D? Is the image quality that different?

I would really appreciate if anyone could give me suggestions about what I should do.

Should I exchange it? Or should I keep my 70D with the crappy low-light photos? Or maybe you had a different experience when using the 70D?

Why not post that "crappy", "blurry" photo here with the EXIF data.
While the full frame 6D will be better than the 70D in low light situations, some "crappy" birthday pics are actually user related and not the fault of the camera

There isn't anything inherent to prevent crappy low-light images in the 6D as compared to the 70D that gave you the crappy low-light photos. Rather, you should as watt100 stated get some of the bad photos posted where we can look at them. Just make sure that you keep the EXIF information intact as it provides us with a summary of virtually every setting you used in taking an image.

It is highly probable that this is a case of operator error. These cameras are complex, settings often interact, and the result is sometimes just not what is expected. But understanding the camera can maximize the keepers.

Most "bad" photos are usually down to user error and/or poor lighting.

Don't always rely on the cameras internal metering or auto focus. They're good... but not 100% perfect.

It sounds to me that the problem I'm here lies behind the viewfinder. A new camera isn't going to change that. Get out and practice more and you'll find that the 70D is a very capable camera.

The 70D has very good image quality - but you have to know your equipment and its limitations. The 6D has a whole different set of limitations and differences from the 70D. For example, that camera has no pop-up flash, the viewfinder is not active, no dual pixel AF for video, etc. But it is full frame.

In my experience so far the 70D has been pretty good in low light settings.

Sounds like shutter speed wasn't in sync due to the lighting/iso conditions. I tend to put it on AV.. set my maximum iso and then depending on the event, I'll adjust the auto iso up or down if necessary.
This way I can control the aperture and let the camera sync the shutter speed and iso
I had this problem on my 50d.. Great camera in good light, but at 1600/3200 iso in dark environment, it would give me blurry pictures..
With the 6d, I can use an F4 lens at a darker event at <12,800 iso... for the most part pictures were clean.

I'm assuming you didn't use a flash?

Awesome.

Thanks a lot guys. I ended up exchanging the 6D for the full frame. Pretty happy with the results. Im very grateful for your comments.

Thanks. God bless you