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Originally Posted by colinmlegg
It's pretty cool, Mike. Just did a 2 day shoot of Comet LEMMON with it. Amazing noise performance at iso 6400. I haven't quantified it yet, but it seems better than the 5D3.
Here's a 10 second exposure straight out of DPP (with DPP NR applied). 50mm, f/2.5, iso 6400.
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I think ISO6400 is the new 3200!
More light, same amount of noise as at 3200.
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Originally Posted by Octane
Mike,
D&D has gone to absolute rubbish. I ordered a Nikon lens for a fellow photographer which took 3 weeks to arrive. My 70-200mm took 4 weeks to arrive. They used to have items shipped in just three days. I have a feeling since the new owners have taken over, that they're running a JIT system rather than keeping inventory of expensive items. Time to look elsewhere.
H
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Yeh was very disappointed with their service this time.
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Originally Posted by Logieberra
Mike, welcome to the club! I love the wifi, no usb cable! I hope you run wifi 'N' at home, big files to move across. Wifi 'G' was too slow for me  |
At the moment I'm still using a card reader. I haven't gone through the settings to turn Wifi on etc yet
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Congrats on your new camera Mike. I think you have chosen very well.
ISO6400 is a very handy and these next gen cameras handle it well.
I find 4200K for white balance works well with my Nikon D800E. It may be close for the 6D as well but of course you'd need to experiment. Pehaps the images look a bit too warm that you are seeing?
5D2 images posted here often have a nice bluish look but that would also be a cool white balance temperature.
The 6D has one of the lowest read noises plus very large well depth which could mean retaining colour in stars in longer exposures at high ISO better than 5D2 can.
I wonder if it can do ISO12800 or is there no gain in that? I did a mosaic with the D800E at ISO12800 and whilst noisewise it was fine and it was brighter I did notice dynamic range was falling and damaging the image so I settled on ISO6400.
I look forward to a nice nightscape from you with this as we will be able to see clearly how well this camera works. I looked at one at a shop and I liked the way it felt. It has a nice feel to it.
Greg.
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Thanks Greg, I think you're right about white balance. The other day I went to Forresters Beach for a morning shoot, and had the 5Dmk2 running as well (with a 24mm lens) and even on the back of the camera, the 5D images were much cooler.
Starting to get used to it after having a morning out with it - still not used to the preview/zoom buttons in a different spot, as well as no little thumb toggle for moving around. Even the on/off button is in a different spot.
The shutter sounds quieter than the 5D too.
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Originally Posted by Logieberra
Be sure to download EOS Remote from the Google Play store. Free. Camera control (and image viewing) via wifi direct to your phone. Love it!
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I don't have an android phone. Is there an iPhone equivalent?