A Day With The Canon 6D. Upgrade Achievement Unlocked! Preliminary Findings Forthcoming…

So I took the plunge and bought a Canon 6D. It’s good. I’m still getting used to the autofocus, the button layout and the ergonomics, but so far it seems to be worth it. Speaking of autofocus, everything you’ve heard is true. It’s very capable in low light situations, but the limitations of only 11 focus points sometimes rear their heads. For me though, coming from a canon 550D, the focus is incredible. A large reason I bought this particular camera was its promise of low light focusing capabilities, and it absolutely excels in this area. In terms of high-ISO capabilities, it is a revelation. I know I’m not going to need the bullshit autofocus or FPS madness of something like a 1dx or 5Dmkiii, and I also know I’m going to have this camera slung over my back for long periods of time while travelling and this thing is almost as light as my dad’s old 400D. These photos I snapped today while doing the things I did: rehearsal, market shopping, training, more shopping…

Saw this at Queen Victoria Markets today. It got me thinking, what could be substituted for a whole goat carcass? Dog maybe… not a nice thought!

Free compliments if anyone can guess the car.

Amy, a girl (woman? lady? acrobat? what do you think amy?) I trained with today for some shows next year.

friendly cat in Fitzroy near Blue studios.

Scratch my arse, he is saying.

This is High St, Preston. A typical rainy afternoon. The halal butcher, phone crackers and repairers, and one asian woman in the most amazingly kitch getup. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

What I’ve also noticed is the depth of field with the Canon 50mm 1.4 is much shallower than the Sigma 30mm 1.4 (50mm equivalent) on my old 550D. I didn’t realise this would be so noticeable, but it really is a wafer thin focusing plane unless you close the aperture up past about 5. I presume this is to do with sensor size. It was something i bought the camera for, but it’s causing me a bit of difficulty in terms of capturing things in focus. It has made me change my approach to focusing a shot entirely.

I’m looking forward to travelling the world with this thing for the next few years. I’m living the economical full frame dream! I’m glad I didn’t get the OM-D E-M1 or the GX7 or any of those ones, after I tried them in the shop it made me realise that no amount of reading reviews or forums substitutes for holding one of these cameras for 5 minutes.

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