The Canon EOS 6D – beta test footage – as good as mark III?

Videos by Johnnie Behiri

We’ve had high hopes for the Canon EOS 6D as a full-frame HDSLR camera. Could it bring the 5D mark III’s HDSLR video strengths at a much lower price?

Looking at the beta EOS 6D we’ve had here in our office it looks just like we don’t get the same from it as we got from the 5D mark III.
Read on to find out more.

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New & capable full frame HDSLR by Canon: The EOS 6D

Canon just introduced a new full frame DSLR camera. It comes at almost half the price of the 5D mark III and offers very similar HD recording features. So it comes with the usual HDSLR bling bling like manual audio, 25p, 30p and so on, the Canon rep on the phone said that movie recording is “same like on the 5D mark III“.

The press release also talks about the HD recording side of the camera which makes it look like a pretty capable HDSLR.

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HDSLR REVIEW: Canon 5D mk III – Really so awesome/mediocre?

If anything the new Canon 5D mark III has created a lot of debate. Some call it a “massive failure“, others “the best camera you can spend $3,500 on“.

What is true?

We’ve had a 5D mark III for testing and having worked with HDSLR from the start I’d like to point out the most important plusses and minuses of the camera in this short review.

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Image Detail: 5D mark III matches RED Scarlet-X @ 2K

This is a comparison of image detail between the new Canon 5D mark III, 7D and RED Scarlet-X @4K and @2K

This test turned out pretty interesting: When comparing the image detail of Canon 5D mark III to RED Scarlet-X footage @ 2K mode, the 5D mark III matches and almost outperforms the Scarlet-X. (recorded 2K, scaled down to match HD)

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