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      12-25-2012, 10:43 PM   #691
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Originally Posted by M_Six View Post
Shooting wide open at f1.4 or f2 in sunshine at 100ISO requires faster SS. Sure, you can stop down and shoot at 1/4000s, but you lose shallow DOF and bokeh that way.

The other issue is one of extra camera bodies. If I get the 6D, I'll feel like I need to keep the 7D for wide open daylight shooting and those rare occasions when I need faster AF tracking. With the MkIII, I'd be free to sell the 7D and my EF-S lenses to offset the cost.

That said, if I knew ahead of time I was going to shoot wide open in sunshine, I could always mount one of my ND filters on the lens first. Hence the waffling. The lower cost of the 6D is certainly attractive.
An ND filter or two might solve your problem and keep you to one body.

Dave
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