[Review] Canon EOS 6D vs Nikon 600D Comparisons Videos And Round-Up (and 6 reasons to take the EOS 6D)
Some comparisons between the two new entry level full-frame DSLRs: the Canon EOS 6D (click here for specs) vs Nikon’s D600 (click here for specs).
Thenewcamera analyzes and compares the specifications of the two cameras. Their conclusion:
Features and core specifications make [the] Canon 6D more attractive. [...] Both DSLRs have full frame sensor [...] Nikon offers advance AF system [...] Canon offers you more AF working range and built-in GPS and WiFi
Photographer Benjamin Kanarek is considering to buy one, and hence discusses the pro and contra of each brand. Check his post if you’re in a similar dilemma. He concludes:
I really love the ergonomics of the Canon and find the look of the Nikon a bit plastic. I know it isn’t but it sure looks like it in my opinion. I do like the fact that the Canon sensor is only packing 20 megapixels thus more real estate per pixel which translates in to better noise performance, generally speaking.
Looking for the right reasons to get an EOS 6D? Have a look to the video below (to be honest, in Kanarek’s post there is also a video showing 6 good reasons to get a Nikon D600; won’t feature it here 
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Canon’s EOS 6D can be preordered at the following shops:
oneplayer
8 months ago |what about 5d m2 vs 6d?
Mark
8 months ago |I agree I’d like to see that comparison.
Mark
8 months ago |If these are the only reasons to buy the 6D over the D600 then Canon is in for a shock?
I mean really does anyone know anyone who shoots at 102000 ISO?
As a working photographer, I would be luck to shoot at 3200 ISO, I have a 5Dmk2. The camera is 80g lighter? The LCD screen has a couple of pixels more. Really!! I can see GPS as a benefit to travel photographers, most of use shot for a day and back to the office to down load the images. I can understand the advantages of WIFI, as I shoot the client could see the images on an iPad, I love this technology.
Alex
8 months ago |Just admit it, Canon blew it big time. In fact any current Canon DSLR below $3,500 5DMk3 does not look attractive compared to relevant Nikon offerings. And 6D is no exception.
ssrdd
8 months ago |canon is a bummer. we know it.
Dan
8 months ago |I’ve been shooting Canon all my life but the 6D is worthless for any professional. I just picked up the D600 to do some side by side testing with my Canon gear. It blew away the 7D and i’ll be testing it with the 5DIII this week or next. The 6D will take great pictures but there are so many features missing that pro shooters need for it to be a good purchase. The D600 does not have these issues (though there are still some things I still want). I’m posting the tests on youtube to see for yourself. I’ll try to compare the 6D too when it comes out.
http://www.youtube.com/user/learningcameras?feature=g-user-u
http://www.learningcameras.com
LawFisk
8 months ago |1. Until there are real world sample images available for comparison (and before I buy any body I want comparison samples shot by me) it is senseless to waste hot air complaining about the 6d. For all anyone currently knows, the 6d may be the segment leader.
2. Canon hasn’t blown anything. They have offered a product which they feel is competitive in the marketplace at this price, the marketplace will respond with data once the camera goes on sale if it is competitive at this price or not. It’s laughable, all the people getting their panties in a bunch about a publicly traded company produces, as if Canon owes any customer who bought a product in the past an apology over their market based decisions. Unless you own Canon stock, and unless that stock is losing value (it hasn’t recently FYI) why don’t you let Canon do what it knows best while you do what you know best. No one has held a gun to anyone’s head saying they must buy Canon; if you don’t like it, buy something else.
3. The best camera in the world is the one you have (if you’re actually using it), so quit complaining and go out and make a picture.
Dan
8 months ago |1. I agree completely. But most of the complaining has to do with things we know like only 1 SD slot, 9 AF points, no 100% VF, no flash…things like that. Most people are not commenting on image quality.
2. They have blown the Pro market with this camera. Maybe not the consumer market which is who they are targeting it looks like. I don’t have to own Canon stock to care what they do. I own $15,000 in Canon equipment that I need to run my business. I rely on Canon to give me the best equipment at the lowest price and so I care what they do.
3. That is a great message to those learning how to use a camera. For many of us in this segment that use them as tools for a business, it is not that easy. Better equipment gives me a (small) competitive edge and I can market my better equipment along with the quality of my work. I have won a customer over by showing that I shoot cameras with dual card slots so I always have duplicates of your photos. It may be simple but that added value was worth it for my customer.
Sam
8 months ago |“if you don’t like it, buy something else.”
We will. We will also talk about it on the Internet. Whether you like it or not.
LawFisk
8 months ago |Good points, however if a pro is looking to impress their client with an entry level full frame, their business model may have bigger issues than their gear.
I too earn my living from my gear and have made significant, similar investment in it. My competive advantage is based upon my demonstrated past results, not my equipment. I believe that only a GWC is impressed by what I use to capture those images. A camera is just a tool, the minute it makes more sense to use a different tool (hammer or camera) of a different brand, I’ll use it without whining about the features of my old brand. I also won’t expect the entry level product to perform like the top of the line one.
The advice to not waste time pissing into the wind on a message board applies to everyone, not just beginners; I have yet to meet a serious artist who can’t learn something new by exercising their muscles, practising their craft.
Niles W,
8 months ago |it´s 4 reasons to get the 6D and 6 reasons to get the nikon D600..
Niles W,
8 months ago |i don´t need a guy to tell me the spec differences.. i can read.
this supersaf video is a waste of time.. i can compare the features in a third of the time on paper.
Roland
8 months ago |I might be in the minority but the 6d’s wi-fi feature has me excited. Since I started shooting weddings almost 4 years ago with a Canon 1000D I learned to get along with the autofocus so much as not to really care about it and even when I accidentally bought a lens that was doing some slight back-focus I just learned to lean back ever so slightly that none of my clients even knew the problem was there.
I’ve changed bodies this year(40D cause I keep buying lenses and for my reglular prints I never needed more than 10 Mpix) and plan on going FF next year.
If the 6D will allow me to just get it close to my computer press “download images” and while I make myself a coffee that’s great!
My other use is doing some strobist shots with models or studio shots at my studio/home. If I can tether the camera only via Wi-Fi without any extra fuss and prefferably with a quick import into Lightroom then I really don’t care about all the other stuff.
Just my two cents.
Admin
8 months ago |You are not. I totally agree with you. And btw, I also had (still have) an EOS 40D. WiFi and GPS are great features to have in a DSLR.
Julia
8 months ago |There is a detailed comparison between the 6d and the d600 posted at http://www.digitalreviewcanada.com/2012/10/02/nikon-d600-vs-canon-6d-compared/
For the money there seems to be so much added value in the D600. Do you think the 6d price will be reduced before it hits stores at Christmas?
nic
6 months ago |Another point to consider is that Nikon users can use they’re existing dx lenses on the d600; while they’re saving up for FX glass. In fact all Nikon lenses since 1977 will fit on the d600.
Canon APS-C lenses won’t fit the eos 6d at all.