Well crap I did it.... bye bye 6D... hello 5D3!

TeamSpeed wrote in post #16765409
Some of us have had to live through 3 months of these very kinds of replies in about every 5D3 related thread. Once in a blue moon, a reply is useful and insightful, but you have better odds winning money on a scratch-and-win ticket.

Be prepared for some poignant reply back...

Hopefully after you and your brother have some time with the 6D and/or 5D3, come on back and show us some of your portrait work, hopefully you had time to look into some 3rd party tools, like Nik Color Efex, etc.

The truth hurts? You won't ever find me replying in a 5D3 thread. Only in 6D bashing/hating threads...

i like them both the 6D and the 5D3
i hope that i have them both
but there is no place or space in my small bag and i hate big bags
just one small bag

I'm finding that the AF point selection is somewhat slow and cumbersome on my 6d, having to do 2 separate operations (press af select button, then select using the d-pad). I wonder if there is a way to just have the dpad select instantly...or maybe it would be more convenient to assign a custom function to the set button to be af-select.
I digress from the OP's topic but if anyone saying its fast enough to change the af-point on the joystick-less 6d could chime in and say if they just use the default 2-step selection process or if there is another way. Thanks

mattertea wrote in post #16765499
I'm finding that the AF point selection is somewhat slow and cumbersome on my 6d, having to do 2 separate operations (press af select button, then select using the d-pad). I wonder if there is a way to just have the dpad select instantly...or maybe it would be more convenient to assign a custom function to the set button to be af-select.
I digress from the OP's topic but if anyone saying its fast enough to change the af-point on the joystick-less 6d could chime in and say if they just use the default 2-step selection process or if there is another way. Thanks

Go the the Menu and Under C.Fn III - Custom Controls menu item, set the multi-controller to AF Point Direct Selection. When you do this you can:

a. Directly use the L/R/U/D arrow keys of the Multi-controller to select the AF point you want without pressing any other button first - basically it works just like the joystick, and

b. If you want to quickly select the center point, just hit the AF point selection button and then the set button at the center of the multi controller.

wow thanks! i figured it was custom funtion.

Bakewell wrote in post #16765417
What "gets old" is when people continually trash the 6D for it's "worthless" AF system which is the ONLY thing I have defended. If you can show otherwise please respond here or via message.

Hey hey hey now...

I've only trashed the 10% of the AF system that doesn't work. The other 90% works fine:p

Talley wrote in post #16765582
Hey hey hey now...

I've only trashed the 10% of the AF system that doesn't work. The other 90% works fine:p

That's a good one Talley

Bakewell wrote in post #16765417
I don't read everything..and when I don't I won't chime in with some specious statement. BTW the 6D has tons of negative issues and have never claimed it "perfect"! Please don't make stuff up. I understand...you probably aren't reading the entire thread and are just making assumptions. What "gets old" is when people continually trash the 6D for it's "worthless" AF system which is the ONLY thing I have defended. If you can show otherwise please respond here or via message.

I have assumed nothing. By saying I'm 'probably reading the thread' is an assumption in itself.

If any Canon reps are in here maybe you guys should put Bakewell on a payroll! Although his form of guerrilla damage control is less than effective. Humorous, yet ineffective.

Talley wrote in post #16765582
Hey hey hey now...

I've only trashed the 10% of the AF system that doesn't work. The other 90% works fine:p

That wasn't aimed at you Talley...just the "group".

HazemG wrote in post #16765588
I have assumed nothing. By saying I'm 'probably reading the thread' is an assumption in itself.

If any Canon reps are in here maybe you guys should put Bakewell on a payroll! Although his form of guerrilla damage control is less than effective. Humorous, yet ineffective.

Ha Ha...Ha Ha! Still waiting for your examples of me touting the "perfect" camera with "zero" faults...

Bakewell wrote in post #16765634
Ha Ha...Ha Ha! Still waiting for your examples of me touting the "perfect" camera with "zero" faults...

I wouldn't hold my breath buddy not interested in winning an internet debate.

However the fact remains the one thing you're defending on the 6D is easily it's worst feature/downfall. Riddle me that Sherlock.

Every camera has its worst feature. Not sure I would classify the AF of the 6D as its "downfall." Not even sure what that means. Sure, it is not as sophisticated as the 5D3 or the 7D. But it is better than its worst critics give it credit for, and it is perhaps not as good as its most rabid supporters tout. The truth, as in most things, is somewhere in the middle, but it can be perfectly adequate for many people who get upsold to the 5D3 even though they may not need it. There is an opportunity cost for the extra $1K premium the 5D3 demands.

Scrumhalf wrote in post #16766466
Every camera has its worst feature. Not sure I would classify the AF of the 6D as its "downfall." Not even sure what that means. Sure, it is not as sophisticated as the 5D3 or the 7D. But it is better than its worst critics give it credit for, and it is perhaps not as good as its most rabid supporters tout. The truth, as in most things, is somewhere in the middle, but it can be perfectly adequate for many people who get upsold to the 5D3 even though they may not need it. There is an opportunity cost for the extra $1K premium the 5D3 demands.

In my opinion, the worst drawback to the 6D is the lackluster AF system. I'm fine with 1/4000 shutter speed, 1/180 flash sync.. And SD card slot.. Make sense?

Not disagreeing with you, but what you consider its downfall, I consider a reasonable tradeoff for the $1K price difference with the 5D3. IMO of course.

Scrumhalf wrote in post #16766483
Not disagreeing with you, but what you consider its downfall, I consider a reasonable tradeoff for the $1K price difference with the 5D3. IMO of course.

If I didn't agree with you I wouldn't have bought a 6D