lelandwells1969

I am a hobbyist with a Canon Rebel T2i and am looking to upgrade to a full frame camera, probably the 6D if I stay with Canon. My lenses were purchased for use on my last film camera, the Rebel 2000. I recently resurrected my darkroom so I would like to stay with Canon if possible and continue to shoot some film.
Canon's 6D marketing materials cover a feature that might allow me to use some of my older EF lenses and get better results than on my T2i. This is the Peripheral illumination, chromatic aberration, and distortion corrections that are available and programmable through a menu of different available EF lenses. Will this work with my 24-85 f3.5-4.5 and produce images worthy of the 6D? Or should I plan on buying the 24-105 L lens? BTW, this lens will be my snapshot lens. I plan to add the 17-40 and 100-400 lenses for my version of artistic photos. I checked the User manual, the only manual that is downloadable for the 6D, but I need to look at the software for the lenses that are covered.

Thanks,
Leland

chevman Loc: Matthews, North Carolina

Just suscribe to Lightroom Classsic/Photoshop CC subscription plan as Adobe keeps up with all the updating for popular makes of lenses old and new and with one click all of that is fixed! Now you can keep and use all of your old lenses and buy any new ones you want no problem.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Correct. Lightroom's lens profiles and chromatic distortion algorithms make it very easy to correct chromatic aberration and distortion cause by wide angle lenses. Unless you have an expensive tilt/shift lens, you cannot do this in camera.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Another vote for doing the distortion correction in post (LR). Implementing it in-camera will slow the burst rate, which is not all that fast on the 6D anyway.

lelandwells1969

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DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Chromatic aberration is caused more by lower end lenses than the camera itself. I highly suggest that you make an investment in good glass so buy the 24-105 (L) lens you will notice the difference right away. Also, the 24-105 is a great walk around lens for the wide range of wide angel / zoom. I understand that you pay more but the results are worth the investment. As a hobbyist I suggest looking on Craigslist for some "L" lenses you can often find good deals. If you do buy from a private seller meet them with your camera and take the lens through its paces and make sure things like the IS and focus is still functioning properly. I've had really good luck with my purchases and have saved a bunch of money over buying new.