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You said you upgraded from a 5D2 to a 6D. I have used both and I think the 5D2 even though it may be older is a better camera than the 6D. Just because it is newer doesn't mean it is better. If I remember correctly the 5D2 is capable of faster shutter speeds than the 6D and has better low light performance and better dynamic range. The 5D2 is also a Titanium body where the 6D is aluminum and plastic. I own both a 5D2 and 5D4 and love them both. I see much more of a difference with between L-series glass and third party or lower priced lenses than I see between my 5D2 and 5D4.
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I have seen guys with cheap camera and cheap kit lenses make their work look like it was shot on an $8000 camera after editing it in Lightroom.

Using a fine tool of any kind is a pleasure - to those who feel the same, they are well worth the price. There is little doubt that lesser tools can produce good results after extraordinary extra efforts have been applied, but where is the fun in that? I prefer trying to get it right the first time, or sometimes not. Name of the game!

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I own the Nikon D7100 and D7200 and other Nikon bodies plus I own the 6D and 70D. The pictures taken with the Nikon's I've mentioned always look sharper to me but I think that has to do with the lack or a AA filter. I also own a D800 and D700 which have AA filters and the D800 is probably my second best camera looking at pictures straight out of the camera.
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. If I remember correctly the 5D2 is capable of faster shutter speeds than the 6D and has better low light performance and better dynamic range.

 

It has 1/8000 instead of 1/4000, but this it unimportant for most people 95% of the time. I don't think I have ever shot at 1/8000 except to check it works. The 6D has better low light performance and slightly better dynamic range. About a stop better in low light noise over the 5DII (ISO 6400 in 6D roughly = 3200 in 5DII).

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I have seen guys with cheap camera and cheap kit lenses make their work look like it was shot on an $8000 camera after editing it in Lightroom.

I wouldn’t consider my camera cheap, but it’s less expensive than $8,000, including lens. I’ve never considered trying to make a photo of mine look like it was shot on a more expensive camera. I make my photos look like what I want them to look like and, more importantly, express what I want them to express. The purpose of my photos is not to represent the gear I used to take them with. I don’t make photos with that in mind and don’t look at photos with that in mind, either.

There is little doubt that lesser tools can produce good results after extraordinary extra efforts have been applied, but where is the fun in that?

A few things here.

 

Less expensive tools aren’t necessarily lesser tools, depending on what’s being done with them.

 

So-called “lesser tools” can produce good results even without extraordinary extra efforts. I’ve seen a whole lot of better photographs taken with less expensive cameras than some of the boring or downright bad photos I’ve seen taken with expensive gear, and that’s without much post processing at all. A lot of photographers spending fortunes on gear and time researching and talking about gear would be producing better photos if they put more effort into vision, expression, storytelling and other things that matter to the result, which is not a hymn to equipment but rather a compelling photo. ;)

 

Some people consider hard work fun. When I’m heavily involved in doing some creative post processing, which can be hard work, I’m having fun. Also, some parts of photography (and art) aren’t fun. To many photographers and artists, there’s a lot more going on. War photographers are probably not having a whole lot of fun. Michelangelo, when he was breaking his back painting the ceiling, probably wouldn’t have talked in terms of fun. He would have talked in terms of drive and a love for his craft. Which doesn’t necessarily translate as a love for his gear.

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