New camera dilemma..

Prophet

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Over the past few years I've been the main photographer at a number of weddings and events but mostly doing favours for friends and family. I've now taken the step to turn this into a business with working full time as a photographer as my end game.

I'm at the point where I need to invest in a better body as my 40D is showing it's limitations, especially in low light.

I'm looking at either the Canon 5D Mk3 or the 6D. I understand the main differences and I convince myself on a hourly basis to go for one, then the other. So I'm looking for advice from you guys.

I'll be mostly working with children, families and at weddings. I can afford the 5D Mk3 but I'm not sure I need it right now?

Advice would be great :)
 
I'm not a professional, so take this with a grain of salt.

However, if you're going to be taking pics of people who aren't posing, especially in the case of children, then fast AF is super handy, and in that aspect the 5D blows the 6D away.

I'd be going for a 5D
 
If you can afford it then I'd always recommend getting the better of the two :) That way you're not left wanting more out of the equipment that you ended up buying.
 
Depends on budget somewhat as if you can afford the 5Dmk3 but seek to go for the cheaper 6D you will always wonder if you should have gone for the 5D. However, I wouldn't let the 5D limit what lenses you would get.

I would rather have better lenses and/or more with a cheaper body than a better body but less lens quality.both the 6D and 5D will likely be replaced in the next 1-2 years at which time the body value wiki be halved and there will be better toys outs there. Which then comes back up an updraft questions- would you upgrade your camera with canon's next release cycle or will you wait 5 to 7 years and end up on the cycle after. If the former I would go for the cheaper body, if the latter definitely the more expensive.

I upgrade very rarely. In 11.5 years I had 2 DSLRs and just upgraded this year to a D800. I doubt I will need to upgrade for another 5 years at least, maybe more.
 
I've had my 40D since 2009 so whatever I get next will be lasting me at least 3 years depending on how my business takes off. I have a number of lenses and access to most of the useful L glass available as I have a friend who went a bit mental purchasing glass.
 
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