Originally posted by mee The Canon 6D I tried was pretty subpar to me.. Just sort of cheap.. How Canon sells those so easily is beyond me.
Maybe because the image quality is similar to 5D Mark III and is also slightly better than 5D Mark III at high ISO and dynamic range? Not to mention that you can buy 2 6D's with the money you spend buying a 5D Mark III? 2 bodies are better than one when comes to paid jobs.
When I've tested 6D side by side with K-3 II, the only thing I wanted from Pentax was the build quality. 6D seemed a joke compare to Pentax cameras in terms of bulid quality. But now, after more than 60.000 actuations with my 6D and shooting in various conditions with it I'm more confident in the build quality of 6D. For the photographers working in tough environments 6D is not a good option, but for portraits like you see below or for events in poor illuminated locations, it is quite good. All the images you see on my webside were taken with 6D. Works very good and brings me money.
And I only paid 200$ more than I paid for K-3 II and with 6D I gained high ISO capabilities, a better flash system, tethered shooting became easier, and also a fast and precise af (despite the fact that it has 11 af points).
6D is not a threat to K1, but K1 was not designed to compete with 6D. Although, 6D Mark II which will be released this Jully will put even more pressure on K1 because it will have:
- 28mp
- 45 af point, all cross type and dual pixel af, 15 af point compatible with f8 lenses and TC's
- the center point sensitive to -4EV, while the other 15 surroundings ones will be sensitive down to -3EV
- articulated screen with touch control
- 4k video
- 6 fps
- built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC
- dual slot card
- and a rummored price around 2.000 $ for the body
Who knows what Nikon is going to release this year?
I had the chance to talk to a few beginner photographers about what are the things they are looking for when they invest in a system and all of them looked for:
- available products in the store. Everywere they went, they saw Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Fuji. Pentax wasn't on the shelves. It is poorly represented, not only in Romania as far as I can see from your comments
- second hand market (which is almost non existent in my country for Pentax products)
- offers and discounts. Same story... in Romania, Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus have lots of campaigns and discounts. Pentax doesn't.
Adding to all these reasons the fact that:
- when they go out on a photo tour or when they go to an workshop, all they see is Canon and Nikon and some Sony cameras
- af and video capabilities are falling behind the others, according to some of the known reviewers from the internet
and the choice become easier to them. Pentax needs to speed up the release of some primes and also work on some marketing because a camera doesn't sell by itself to new customers (other than Pentax shooters), despite the fact that K1 is very good for the money.