Great review Jan. Have been using the R6 Mark II since late February. My first full-frame camera (had previously been using EOS M5 and EOS 7D). As a serious hobbyist the R6 Mark II hits the sweet spot for price and functionality. I’ve been shooting landscapes and birds with it on lenses from 16mm to 600mm and it’s been great. AF is amazing in every respect. I have the battery grip and can shoot for 4 hours and still have 30% remaining in the two batteries. Rolling shutter is a problem with flying/panning birds, but otherwise is fine. I bought the R6m2 as a hybrid camera, but haven’t spent as much time shooting video as I planned. The HD high frame rate video looks good and I can manage without 4K much of the time. One feature I like is the auto focus-bracketing and in-camera focus stacking. The stacked JPEGs are great, though I still usually go through the process of stacking the RAW files in Photoshop (the in-camera stacking algorithm is better though!)
Please Canon. Give us a R5 boost with better autofocus (better detection, auto detection and addional subjects detection an better detection in low light) and focus breathing improvements. These things are already good but a boost would be so much appreciated. Please......
Can’t wait for your setup video. I have your setup book for the R7 and was hoping for something similar for my new r6mkii. These two camera bodies are all I need they are awesome.
Great review, Jan! I must say, I really hate the positioning of the on/off switch and video switch, I think it would be much better if they were positioned other way around. I realized when I was shooting hand held with big telephoto lens and wanted to quickly do some video I had to remove my left hand supporting the lens, take the camera down, away from my face, and switch to video, which is ridiculous. I really love video switch positioning in R3, which is the same as in every Canon in the last 15 years or so, and you're able to do it with single hand, by simple move of a thumb, very quickly, while holding the camera without need to move it and affect the balance, keeping your workflow easy and streamlined. Sometimes I wonder if people at Canon who come up with these changes even use cameras in real life scenarios.
If it is like the R5, when in stills mode, the red record button on the right side will jump to whatever video settings you save as custom function three. I find it very handy when I’m shooting a mix of video and stills for sports.
An insightful video. As a Nikon shooter, I’m always interested to see what else is out there. The one thing I don’t get is why all camera manufacturers don’t have at least one CF Express Type B card for being able to shoot a high number of shots and/or video. And they are much more robust.
I am confused between R7 and R6mii. Tempted for the extra reach and MP of R7 but I often get recommended to go with full frame! Any suggestions from anyone? My main purpose would be for wildlife.
As always, a very good and informative video Jan. And the pictures was just amazing. Not that that is something new heheheh. Have a great week, and looking forward to your next video. Cheers, Bjoern
Very interesting video, it mentions some of the camera's limits. As an A7iv user desperate to get sharp pictures of subjects moving towards the camera under any circumstances, I would have liked to see a test including a low contrast subject moving fast towards the camera in low light.
Moving from Nikon D500 to Canon and wondering what you think would be a better fit R7 or R62. I generally do sports and family pictures. Thanks. Glad you are feeling well again.
Great review! I pre-ordered one of these but ended up changing systems before it showed up so I canceled it. This is my hobby so sometimes I will change systems for my own amusement. I am currently shooting with the OM-1 and enjoying that. If I go back to Canon at some point I think I would buy the R6ii. I got tired of waiting for the R5ii and the R1. I still might choose the R6ii though. Seems like a sweet spot for features and performance for the price.
Strange that the pre burst mode doesnt just clear the buffer continuesly and produce standard raw files. If it only had to clear that last shot you could still take slower single shots instead of being completely blocked. Anyways a very good camera but I'll wait for the R5 mk2 if that ever comes out as it would be a bigger jump from my regular R6.
@@jan_wegener still learning my camera and Im using sigma lens 150-600 contemporary cant wait to use canon lens in near future especially 100-500 since im in aviation photography and doing live videos. I noticed on my shots using my lens are the lines where not straight thinking the heat from the sun making waves. can you make a video of it too...
At 10.11 on the video which is so helpful can you explain the settings that prevent the eye detect from jumping between different birds in the same frame? And similarly how do you set the eye auto focus to stay one bird and not another? I ask with reference to groups of actors or people at an event. I want to choose a particular face in a group and then choose another. Thanks for any input please
I’ve just upgraded my 6D MK1 to this! The difference is huge! I wanted to ask what lens you would recommend with this camera to shoot wildlife? I currently run with a (old) G1 Tamron 70-200 F/2.8, but I notice it lacks zoom quite often. My budget is unfortunately not reaching the 600mm F4, but I’m happy to pay a bit for a great zoom lens! Thanks in advance!
So I need to really upgrade to something as I only have the canon 60D which does not suit my needs as I am going up the pro ladder. Is the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM compatible with this camera? Thank you. I have rented this lens before but wasn’t sure if it’s compatible with the mirrorless
Great video, thank you. I have recently bought a Canon R6 mk2 and am disappointed to find that with my EF 24-70mm L f/4 lens the eye focus doesn't work whereas it works flawlessly with my EF 100-400mm L and my EF 100mm f/2.8 L macro lens. I have Googled but can't find anything anywhere stating that this is a known compatibility issue. Has anyone else noticed this? Could it be some setting that I need to change? I think that is unlikely though because it works with the other lenses. I am using the Canon EF-RF mount adapter (the plain one without a ring control)
Thanks for this great review! It seems like the R6 Mark II is a really good camera. But I miss a couple things. More MP for cropping. The headup display, which I often use. The display of the "old" R5 is better than that of the R6 Mark II. Why 2 SD card slots? I would prefre to have 2 CF Exprex card slots. Sure, the R6 Mark II has options that I would also like to have in my R5. For example Pre-Burst or RAW-Burst as Canon calls it. I was hoping that with the firmware update the R5 will have the pre-burst feature. But what the firmware 1.8.1 has to offer is more of a bad joke. At least for me. Maybe there are some photographers who will use the IBIS High resolution shot. Which ultimately can only be used if nothing, absolutely nothing, is moving. I'm wondering about the usefulness of this feature, which only works in JPG format. Anyway - It is like it is and the R5 is still my preferen camera body and I’ll wait for the R5 Mark II or something similar. Greetings from Uwe, who is frustrated with view to R5 firmware 1.8.1. Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Pre-burst is wonderful, until you try to download all the files in DPP, I so hope they improve the software and make it usable, yes I dislike DPP and always have done, it is now frustrating 🤨
Hello sir, im planning on getting a camera and contemplating between r5 , r6 , r6 ii , and in sony im sided with a7iii / a7iv seconds if it fits my budget and im all the more perplexed because of the variety of lens choices in sony. But i wanna get what does both equally good since this is the first ever camera that im gonna own. I'm looking for less compromise option :) I do portraits, low light , quite a bit of vlogging, street photography to say a mixture of hybrid and i wish to get sharp output with my camera in a budget versatile single lens combo as of now so that i may get better lenses in the future. Can you suggest me which one of these cameras goes best with the 24-105 f4 L USM lens as for canon and has the long term future in the market from your opinion so that i dont have to switch anytime soon in the next 4-5 years. This is my first ever camera by the way after having used a nikon d3400 many years ago!! So its bit of a complex choice for me!! i wanna level up my photography and videography from mid to professional, As for the sony ill be glad if you can similarly work out a budget versatile combo Kindly help me out!! Much appreciated :) Great video by the way
I have canon r7 and are not happy with it's autofocus and tracking/eyedetection. I am considering to sell it and buy the r5. After looking at youtube (at dogphotographer) my impression is that it has very god autofocus and tracking/eyedetection. I am also considering r6mk2 but I would like more resolution. Should I go for the r6nor will I be happy with r5?
Thanks for the review. I’m currently using the Nikon z6 and depending on what Nikon releases or don't release I might be moving brands so do you think this would be a good choice? I shoot birds, Wildlife, and sports, both motor and people along with landscapes. from what see the autofocus is much better than what nikon has except for the Z9 which is out of my price range. Thanks
I’ve been using the 80d with ef 7-200 and 100-200 Lii lenses and I see they work well with an adapter on the r6 but I also use the sigma contemporary lens for wildlife and air shows, do you know if this lens works with the r6 or R6ii? Especially the eye tracking? I love my 80d but it’s not great in low light so time for an upgrade but I’d like to continue using my sigma 600mm
They will work, but there are some AF issues with third party lenses on the RF cameras, but overall it should work fine, probably better than on the 80D
Guys I’m new to canon and bought the r6ii and was shooting raw as always But processing the files seems little more difficult then files from Nikon. Can you please share what computers and software you using
Hello photographers and camera addicts. Please forgive my ignorance. I am so new to all this. What is the difference between Canon EOS R6 ii and Canon R6 Mark ii? I am looking for a good instructional book for my R6 Mark ii and can't find one. But there is book for Canon EOS R6 ii. Are there two differed cameras? or the Word "Mark" is just I don't know....
I can't understand why people want to upgrade their gear so often. My camera is seven years old and because I only use electronic shutter it should easily last me ten years or so - and I shoot around 200k images per year. I wonder how many pics per day the people that upgrade whenever a new camera is released take?
It depends all what you want and what you shoot. Do I personally buy gear for RUclips and just because it’s fun, sure. But it’s a business for me as well, so it’s different. My 5D cameras I sold when going to mirrorless had over 400k photos taken each. Now on the mirrorless with the faste frame rates it would be a lot more
That would be amazing but it's not true unfortunately. On Canon's website it says 12-bit A/D conversion with electronic shutter, while 14-bit with mechanical and electronic 1st courtain. So regardless of speed, if es is used it's always 12bit.
I sold my original R6 for slightly under what I paid for it. But found out my mark ii is a Grey model so only 12 months warranty. Do you reckon that's a deal breaker? My old 700D lasted me a decade before I sold it. I didn't use it much though haha
Manufactures have to invent something else. The EVF lag of mirrorless cameras makes it inappropriate for speed photography. I have tested it; OVF is far superior in this genre.
I've gone from an R6 to an R6M2. A couple of minor improvements in the R6M2 which are pretty important to me are the electronic shutter sound option and the visible meters DURING shooting in video modes. I wish it had audio memo function ala the R5 and R3 but oh well. If I really need to have an audio memo I just turn on the video and record. But that's just me.
Awesome video and honest comparisons with your other Canon gear. Owning the r6 1, I find that I am constantly having to stop myself stop from tossing the old for the new. As always, keep up the good work and keep'em flying...👽
Thanks Jan! The day Canon announces 3rd party RF lenses I will order the R6 Mk II. Until then, I'll continue to enjoy my R7 and the handful or RF lenses I could afford.
I'm so glad we no longer have the expense of constantly having to buy film and pay for processing! Nowadays, all we have to do is buy a new camera every couple of years!!
Haha true. I've started shooting film again just for a bit of fun. People complain about the prices of film but the price of gear is so much cheaper and currently happily using a 50 year old camera.
My main camera is a Canon 6D. It produces beautiful images and you can pick them up for under $300. The argument for shooting old film cameras applies to old digital cameras. Digital cameras were plenty good enough 10 years ago but people have been tricked into believing that once great cameras suddenly became bad cameras. The amazing Canon 5D mk2 is still an amazing camera but it's dropped in price by $2500.
My main camera is a Canon 6D. It produces beautiful images and you can pick them up for under $300. The argument for shooting old film cameras applies to old digital cameras. Digital cameras were plenty good enough 10 years ago but people have been tricked into believing that once great cameras suddenly became bad cameras. The amazing Canon 5D mk2 is still an amazing camera but it's dropped in price by $2500.
I've had the R6.since intro and thought the R6ii would be a big upgrade. Not so. Af is the same. R6ii has slightly better video specs and no re ordong time limit. If those aren't important then stay with the R6. I returned the ii.
That is a good point at 7:27, the pre-burst must now finally come to the R3 with the next firmware upgrade. Canon, do you hear me? Did you get it? It’s mandatory!
As someone who has been happily in DSLR-land for years now, I am somewhat surprised to find myself giving serious consideration to picking up an R6 Mk II. My 7D Mk II is brilliant with a 24-105, and my 1DX Mk II loves my 100-400. I still have my original 300D, 20 years old now, and also a 20D for more casual shooting. But given the affordable (ish) price point of the R62, and the fact that I could still use all of my Canon EF/EF-S lenses with the EF-RF adapter, I don't know; this really could be a consideration. Christmas is coming, after all…
If you don’t do video, and you already have an R6, there’s no sense going to an R6II. I do stills only, and I like to print my images. I can’t see a difference in an A1 size gallery print taken with an R5, let alone an R6II. The AF of the R6 is fantastic. The only improvement the II brings is recognizing airplanes and zebras, neither of which are subjects I’ll be shooting. The low light performance and dynamic range are pretty identical. As for the ergos, since I don’t shoot video, making the left dial a dedicated stills-video switch is not an improvement for me but an annoyance. I’m used to the on-off switch being on the left from my decade of using the 5DIII. The dial where it is now is the one I have assigned to shutter speed on my R6. The on-off there would just be in the way. Others like the new position so you could turn on the camera and shoot one-handed. Maybe if I go rock climbing and am hanging from a ledge with my left hand this would be beneficial. But as a traditional photographer, who cares? Faster burst speed for action and sports isn’t critical to me either. If it were, I wouldn’t be looking at an R6II, I’d save up and get an R3. As it is, there’s nothing so compelling about the MkII that would make me trade in my R6 after only a year and a half. Then again, I’m not a gear head who stand on line at the Apple Store to be first to get every single iPhone the minute it goes on sale. The sensor of the R6 is the one that was in the 1DXMkIII and so is the processor. The images are almost identical. That’s good enough for me for the foreseeable future. I’ll look again when the R6MkIII comes out. Or, better yet, I’ll stay happy with the R6 through all its iterations and then look at an R1, for which I’ll spend less than those who who were compelled to buy the R6, R6II, R6III and R6IV.
Good experience report. It should be added that Canon is very slow to learn and slow to stop crippling the various models. For me, when the R6 and R5 were introduced, the R6 was absolutely uninteresting because: The RP and the R6 have no aperture priority and shutter priority in video mode, the EOS R and the R5 have this choice. The R6 II now too.
Exactly. If the R7 had the controls, displays, and readout speed of the R5, it could be my only birding camera. I would gladly pay a significantly higher price for it. For me, the R7 is . . . almost there. But not quite.
Great review! The lower megapixels is actually appealing to me as a wedding photographer, where I'm shooting 1000+ images and storage becomes an issue. My online print service won't even let me upload 50 mp images anyway because the files are so big. Everything else as you say seems like a "no brainer!"
storagw is an issue? lol? SSDs are exrremely cheap and after deleting Bad Photos it takes not much space. on my R5 I Shoot 45mp files, 20 MB craw compressed. easy! and for cuatomers I Export 6000px Photos with about 1,5 MB / jpg file. you are doing something wrong in your Workflow
I hope some cool photo features trickle down to R5 via firmware. I can't see why R5 couldn't take 30fps with its 15,5ms sensor, and do pre-burst shooting with its CFExpress cards.
Great, informative video as usual Jan. In view of your recent video offering advice about camera failures, I have the R5, but I am thinking of ordering an R8 as a backup camera, being cheaper than the R6MK2 and yet apparently having good AF. Any thoughts on that, please?
Ive haf the R7 and honestly wasn't that impressed but om looking at rebuilding agter selling my gear and given its £2000 price pont the R6II is tempting!. Lenses are what concerns me, my main subject is Wading birds so I shoot in very low light and i cant see the 200-800 at f9 cutting it.
1:56 - YES. It's like the designers who made the battery grip for the R bodies have never actually seen an EOS R5/6 etc. They look like something from a bad third party manufacturer. Also, now with the new thumbstick style on the R6 II, the one on the grip looks "off" as it is concave vs convex on the body. For a $400 cdn accessory, it's really a bad design. I remember when these were $120 for the DSLR bodies and fit way better.
If you were to buy a camera today for documentary/ vlog content, what camera would you choose, fx3, fuji H26, canon 6 mark ii, or any other suggestions? I also occasionally take pictures of great content.
Thanks Jan for this incredibly helpful and detailed review. One question. Do you find the AF to be more confident and accurate (ie. perhaps better AF algorithm) when compared to R3? I don’t really care too much about the speed of AF since my R3 is plenty fast enough. I’m asking more about accuracy and confidence in eye detection stickiness when compared to the R3. Would you say the R6II is better, same, or worse or too difficult to tell? Thanks again for much for the great review and amazing photography
It knows more subjects than the R3 and can sometimes find them from further away. I guess that a function of it being more up to date than the R3, which hasn’t really received an AF update afaik. I think the R3 is overall still the better camera but the R6 II is newer which gives it more updated software at times it seems
totally agree ! 24 mpix are enough for my current needs so upgrading from the r6 to the mk2 was really a no brainer. i invested in good glass rather than the "aging" r5 ... just because I wanted/needed the snappier camera available. depending on how my photographic journey evolves ... I might eventually get my hands on a next gen high end body (r5mk2 or ....R1) one can dream :) great to have you back Jan ! thanks for the great and inspiring content 🙏
the r6ii is absolutely and definitively sh1te in low light focusing. Did a dancing event and could not hit the mark most of the time, which is embarrassing for a paid gig. Had to revert to the 5diii I had luckily brought along and THAT worked better. And yes, I tried different AF modes etc and was on case 2.
I did the same as you Igor. I also did LOTS of testing and upscaling the R6 files to 45 MP in Adobe Camera Raw when needed looks almost the same as the R5 files. If you use the "Enhance Super Resolution" feature in Adobe Camera Raw/LR, the results are actually better from the R6 II over the R5. This is a win/win because I get smaller files for daily use (though 24 MP is large enough for any size print... I've had 8 MP files on ads/billboards that look stunning) and when needed (like cropping) I can just use the Enhance feature and output in ACR/LR to my desired MP.
Thanks for the vid Jan, i to am not getting the MII, but for different reasons, being an amateur with a budget, I ordered the R8 which has all the good stuff I want and the stuff they left out I don’t really need I don’t do video so don’t miss that, battery size no big deal since I owned a RP and have a bunch of extra batteries, in body IBIS would have liked but with the lenses these days I think I’ll have enough. Thanks again 👀👀
Coming from m43 I decided to try the canon kool-aid and bought an R7 and started my RF lens collection. The R7 has been awesome and I would like to try a full frame body but I like to shoot flowers and portraits and make posters out of them so I feel like I don't want to step down on the megapixels. I will probably hold out for a R5 mark ii even if its a year or so off.
One thing I see with R6 is the grid noise pattern at high ISO. 5D Mark iv has bands at high ISO, but not as pronounced. So low light photos quality is not as good as 5D iv.
That's the multi-channel readout interleave pattern and it's perfectly normal to see it under extreme contrast adjustment. Basically, the sensor readout is performed simultaneously on 6 channels (6 rows of pixels at a time, for speed reasons), and those channels might have slightly different amplifier gains. But if you see it without any contrast adjustment, then you may need to contact Canon service.
Thank you so much Jan for the very helpful and informative review of Canon R6 Mark II, can't wait to watch your video reviewing R6 Mark III in near future! God bless, good luck and keep creating!
Potential Dealbreaker Warning !!!! R6 MKII - Card Recording not supported with clean HDMI out :( Canon has done it again. removed a basic feature that existed for 15 years since in the 5D MKIII that (with MagicLantern) that seems to be still the only Canon camera that can Livestream and Record internally (as backup) a long video session like the full day conference that im streaming at the moment without stopping every 29:59. i havnt checked the R7 R10 R50 R3 R8 yet, but i have the feeling that this is the case on most if not all new - continuously recording canon hybrid cameras. i am completely bewildered by this move and very dissapointed to say the least. I am giving up on the hope for a proper all rounder from canon at this point. just don't trust them anymore. im also quite surprised that nowhere is this mentioned in all the many reviews praising this camera. maybe no one streams multicam with Canon cameras, but if you are - be aware. 📸💥🔨
Gotta love Canon, after spending 5k on R6 and R6M2 one still cannot get a simple SAVE SETTINGS option in the menu i had on the old CHEAPER DSLRs. I wil never forgive Canon for cheating its customers from basic features like BEEP and SAVE and will think 10 times over before i give them a penny!
Hey Jan, I hope you get arround to read this comment. Im currently in the market for a birding camera and after trying the Sony full frame and APSC bodies and this canon body, I much prefer the canon. Is the autofocus matching with that on the A6700? Is the electronic shutter an issue? What lenses could you recommend for this camera at this moment? Do you think canon will open full format sensor to 3rd party manufacturers as well? Greetings from germany 👍
I adore my mark ii R6 😍 battery life is insane too!
Great review Jan. Have been using the R6 Mark II since late February. My first full-frame camera (had previously been using EOS M5 and EOS 7D). As a serious hobbyist the R6 Mark II hits the sweet spot for price and functionality. I’ve been shooting landscapes and birds with it on lenses from 16mm to 600mm and it’s been great.
AF is amazing in every respect.
I have the battery grip and can shoot for 4 hours and still have 30% remaining in the two batteries.
Rolling shutter is a problem with flying/panning birds, but otherwise is fine.
I bought the R6m2 as a hybrid camera, but haven’t spent as much time shooting video as I planned. The HD high frame rate video looks good and I can manage without 4K much of the time.
One feature I like is the auto focus-bracketing and in-camera focus stacking. The stacked JPEGs are great, though I still usually go through the process of stacking the RAW files in Photoshop (the in-camera stacking algorithm is better though!)
Thanks for sharing
I just purchased the R6MK2 and i am so pumped for the future shoots😊😊😊
Talk about my smile walking out the store🙏🏼
congrats!
Great as usual Jan.
Thank you! Cheers!
13:36 yo the raw file looks so good and much better than the edited one imo
Jan - Really enjoying your videos. Lots of great advice and the images and video clips are just fantastic! Thank you and keep up the great work!
Thanks Jim
What a terrific, comprehensive review. Nice job my friend 👍
Thank you kindly!
next level video fam and I am subscribing to your channel
Great :)
Please Canon. Give us a R5 boost with better autofocus (better detection, auto detection and addional subjects detection an better detection in low light) and focus breathing improvements. These things are already good but a boost would be so much appreciated. Please......
Can’t wait for your setup video. I have your setup book for the R7 and was hoping for something similar for my new r6mkii. These two camera bodies are all I need they are awesome.
I’ll do a video and pdf
Hi Jan us the pdf available now?
Well done, thanks! Looking forward for your tutorial about using the camera!
Coming soon
Merci Jan pour le teste.
Awesome video Jan! 🎉
Thank you!! 😁
R6 Mark II is the best camera I've ever used, by far, and I've shot as a pro for 18 years.
Yes it’s very good
Great review, Jan! I must say, I really hate the positioning of the on/off switch and video switch, I think it would be much better if they were positioned other way around. I realized when I was shooting hand held with big telephoto lens and wanted to quickly do some video I had to remove my left hand supporting the lens, take the camera down, away from my face, and switch to video, which is ridiculous. I really love video switch positioning in R3, which is the same as in every Canon in the last 15 years or so, and you're able to do it with single hand, by simple move of a thumb, very quickly, while holding the camera without need to move it and affect the balance, keeping your workflow easy and streamlined. Sometimes I wonder if people at Canon who come up with these changes even use cameras in real life scenarios.
If it is like the R5, when in stills mode, the red record button on the right side will jump to whatever video settings you save as custom function three. I find it very handy when I’m shooting a mix of video and stills for sports.
Yes it’s a good idea to have a switch but the position is bad.
That only works on the R5 and R3
Amazing video as always!!
I got the R5, I wish I could have some of the featured of the R6ii in my R5..
That will probably come in the R5 II
An insightful video. As a Nikon shooter, I’m always interested to see what else is out there. The one thing I don’t get is why all camera manufacturers don’t have at least one CF Express Type B card for being able to shoot a high number of shots and/or video. And they are much more robust.
That is a great question
How are things going over there in the Nikon camp these days ? I saw a clip of the new Z8 the other day which looked good.
I am confused between R7 and R6mii. Tempted for the extra reach and MP of R7 but I often get recommended to go with full frame!
Any suggestions from anyone?
My main purpose would be for wildlife.
As always, a very good and informative video Jan. And the pictures was just amazing. Not that that is something new heheheh. Have a great week, and looking forward to your next video.
Cheers, Bjoern
Thank you! 😃
Very interesting video, it mentions some of the camera's limits. As an A7iv user desperate to get sharp pictures of subjects moving towards the camera under any circumstances, I would have liked to see a test including a low contrast subject moving fast towards the camera in low light.
You will be hard pressed to find any camera that can do that consistently
Wow cannon put open CV on the r6! That's the tracking you see on the camera
Moving from Nikon D500 to Canon and wondering what you think would be a better fit R7 or R62. I generally do sports and family pictures. Thanks. Glad you are feeling well again.
Unless you need the reach the R6 II is the better camera overall
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always Jan🤗👍👌
You are so welcome!
Great review! I pre-ordered one of these but ended up changing systems before it showed up so I canceled it. This is my hobby so sometimes I will change systems for my own amusement. I am currently shooting with the OM-1 and enjoying that. If I go back to Canon at some point I think I would buy the R6ii. I got tired of waiting for the R5ii and the R1. I still might choose the R6ii though. Seems like a sweet spot for features and performance for the price.
Sticking withmy K3-III. Still getting great wildlife shots and I can't see any reason to switch to mirrorless.
Thank you so much for sharing. That was well explained 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You are so welcome
Another superb review. Many thanks!😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Strange that the pre burst mode doesnt just clear the buffer continuesly and produce standard raw files. If it only had to clear that last shot you could still take slower single shots instead of being completely blocked. Anyways a very good camera but I'll wait for the R5 mk2 if that ever comes out as it would be a bigger jump from my regular R6.
Yes that would be a better way to use it
R6 mark II would’ve been perfect if it had more megapixels 😕 I’m still waiting for the R5 mark II, weren’t they going to announce it last month?? 😩😩😩
Thank you. this is exactly what i was looking for and just confirmed what i was thinking. im off to pck one up right now, after a coffee :)
Awesome!
amazing. thank you for the tips. will try that c raw.
Great!
@@jan_wegener still learning my camera and Im using sigma lens 150-600 contemporary cant wait to use canon lens in near future especially 100-500 since im in aviation photography and doing live videos. I noticed on my shots using my lens are the lines where not straight thinking the heat from the sun making waves. can you make a video of it too...
Its about what goes on behind the camera.
Thanks for another terrific video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Jan. Does it have eye tracking AF like the R3?
Yes
@@jan_wegener thank you. I meant to say ‘eye control’ auto focus. That would be great if it trickled down to other cameras.
@@unknownKnownunknowns that only the R3 has
@@jan_wegener thank you
I'm currently using Nikon and have a z6ii. Been doing some canon window shopping..... Hoping the z8 is a mini z9!
That would be great!
hello Jan ... i only need the R3 .. i have the R7 and R6mk2 ... but so fare for birds ... i only use the R7 .. when i croppe i like the 32.5 mp
At 10.11 on the video which is so helpful can you explain the settings that prevent the eye detect from jumping between different birds in the same frame? And similarly how do you set the eye auto focus to stay one bird and not another? I ask with reference to groups of actors or people at an event. I want to choose a particular face in a group and then choose another. Thanks for any input please
You can set the number of subjects within the autofocus menus. I just got my R62 so I maybe doing a poor job at describing how it works.
8:52 cheers hahahaha
I’ve just upgraded my 6D MK1 to this! The difference is huge! I wanted to ask what lens you would recommend with this camera to shoot wildlife? I currently run with a (old) G1 Tamron 70-200 F/2.8, but I notice it lacks zoom quite often. My budget is unfortunately not reaching the 600mm F4, but I’m happy to pay a bit for a great zoom lens!
Thanks in advance!
Maybe 100-500 or if true there might be a 200-800 soon
So I need to really upgrade to something as I only have the canon 60D which does not suit my needs as I am going up the pro ladder. Is the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM compatible with this camera? Thank you. I have rented this lens before but wasn’t sure if it’s compatible with the mirrorless
Great video, thank you.
I have recently bought a Canon R6 mk2 and am disappointed to find that with my EF 24-70mm L f/4 lens the eye focus doesn't work whereas it works flawlessly with my EF 100-400mm L and my EF 100mm f/2.8 L macro lens. I have Googled but can't find anything anywhere stating that this is a known compatibility issue. Has anyone else noticed this? Could it be some setting that I need to change? I think that is unlikely though because it works with the other lenses.
I am using the Canon EF-RF mount adapter (the plain one without a ring control)
I think it's worth the upgrade in that it is the same price as what the R6 was originally.
Thanks for this great review! It seems like the R6 Mark II is a really good camera.
But I miss a couple things. More MP for cropping. The headup display, which I often use. The display of the "old" R5 is better than that of the R6 Mark II.
Why 2 SD card slots? I would prefre to have 2 CF Exprex card slots.
Sure, the R6 Mark II has options that I would also like to have in my R5. For example Pre-Burst or RAW-Burst as Canon calls it. I was hoping that with the firmware update the R5 will have the pre-burst feature. But what the firmware 1.8.1 has to offer is more of a bad joke. At least for me.
Maybe there are some photographers who will use the IBIS High resolution shot. Which ultimately can only be used if nothing, absolutely nothing, is moving. I'm wondering about the usefulness of this feature, which only works in JPG format.
Anyway - It is like it is and the R5 is still my preferen camera body and I’ll wait for the R5 Mark II or something similar.
Greetings from Uwe, who is frustrated with view to R5 firmware 1.8.1.
Frankfurt a.M., Germany
I guess that camera would be the R5 Mark II ;)
Yes, some more exciting FW update would have been good for sure.
I have a canon EF 100-400 lens, will it fit the R6 mark 2?
With that adapter yes
I'm thinking about ordering the r6 Mark II body only, but I was wondering what lens to order for the best all-around canon len ?
Depends what you want to photograph, but 24-105 is an excellent Allrounder
There’s also some cheap stm prime lenses available like the 35/1.8
Pre-burst is wonderful, until you try to download all the files in DPP, I so hope they improve the software and make it usable, yes I dislike DPP and always have done, it is now frustrating 🤨
Indeed
Hello sir, im planning on getting a camera and contemplating between r5 , r6 , r6 ii , and in sony im sided with a7iii / a7iv seconds if it fits my budget and im all the more perplexed because of the variety of lens choices in sony. But i wanna get what does both equally good since this is the first ever camera that im gonna own. I'm looking for less compromise option :) I do portraits, low light , quite a bit of vlogging, street photography to say a mixture of hybrid and i wish to get sharp output with my camera in a budget versatile single lens combo as of now so that i may get better lenses in the future. Can you suggest me which one of these cameras goes best with the 24-105 f4 L USM lens as for canon and has the long term future in the market from your opinion so that i dont have to switch anytime soon in the next 4-5 years. This is my first ever camera by the way after having used a nikon d3400 many years ago!! So its bit of a complex choice for me!! i wanna level up my photography and videography from mid to professional, As for the sony ill be glad if you can similarly work out a budget versatile combo Kindly help me out!! Much appreciated :) Great video by the way
I have canon r7 and are not happy with it's autofocus and tracking/eyedetection. I am considering to sell it and buy the r5. After looking at youtube (at dogphotographer) my impression is that it has very god autofocus and tracking/eyedetection.
I am also considering r6mk2 but I would like more resolution.
Should I go for the r6nor will I be happy with r5?
Very cool. thannks. would like to see your setuup
Coming soon!
GR8 J W, may get due to U & lower cost than a R3
Thanks for the video. Can you tell me if the R6ii can record internally while outputting clean HDMI? That is an issue I have with the R6
Yes it can
Thanks for the review. I’m currently using the Nikon z6 and depending on what Nikon releases or don't release I might be moving brands so do you think this would be a good choice? I shoot birds, Wildlife, and sports, both motor and people along with landscapes. from what see the autofocus is much better than what nikon has except for the Z9 which is out of my price range. Thanks
It’s definitely a good Allrounder. Will be interesting to see what Nikon has on offer this year. Surely we will see a few new bodies one would hope
@@jan_wegener I hope so as the only other affordable option currently from Nikon is almost 3 years old
I’ve been using the 80d with ef 7-200 and 100-200 Lii lenses and I see they work well with an adapter on the r6 but I also use the sigma contemporary lens for wildlife and air shows, do you know if this lens works with the r6 or R6ii? Especially the eye tracking? I love my 80d but it’s not great in low light so time for an upgrade but I’d like to continue using my sigma 600mm
They will work, but there are some AF issues with third party lenses on the RF cameras, but overall it should work fine, probably better than on the 80D
I think its nice but wish there were more lens
Guys I’m new to canon and bought the r6ii and was shooting raw as always
But processing the files seems little more difficult then files from Nikon. Can you please share what computers and software you using
Photoshop
Hello photographers and camera addicts. Please forgive my ignorance. I am so new to all this. What is the difference between Canon EOS R6 ii and Canon R6 Mark ii? I am looking for a good instructional book for my R6 Mark ii and can't find one. But there is book for Canon EOS R6 ii. Are there two differed cameras? or the Word "Mark" is just I don't know....
There’s a Canon R6 and Canon R6 Mark II
I can't understand why people want to upgrade their gear so often. My camera is seven years old and because I only use electronic shutter it should easily last me ten years or so - and I shoot around 200k images per year. I wonder how many pics per day the people that upgrade whenever a new camera is released take?
It depends all what you want and what you shoot. Do I personally buy gear for RUclips and just because it’s fun, sure. But it’s a business for me as well, so it’s different.
My 5D cameras I sold when going to mirrorless had over 400k photos taken each. Now on the mirrorless with the faste frame rates it would be a lot more
I hear that the mk2 take pictures in 14bit Raw at 20 fps…. But not sure about it.
Have to check on that. I thought I read it’s ES, but MS and FCES do 14
That would be amazing but it's not true unfortunately. On Canon's website it says 12-bit A/D conversion with electronic shutter, while 14-bit with mechanical and electronic 1st courtain. So regardless of speed, if es is used it's always 12bit.
@@rovleculina8237 that’s what I thought. Thanks for clarifying
@@rovleculina8237 yes, you are right.
Audible very low even in full volume than other you tube channels
strange
I sold my original R6 for slightly under what I paid for it.
But found out my mark ii is a Grey model so only 12 months warranty.
Do you reckon that's a deal breaker? My old 700D lasted me a decade before I sold it. I didn't use it much though haha
It’s not a problem unless you need it repaired by Canon, they may not service it in your country
Manufactures have to invent something else. The EVF lag of mirrorless cameras makes it inappropriate for speed photography. I have tested it; OVF is far superior in this genre.
It should be modified. Remove memory card and place it in a Nikon. 😎
R3 is the better camera.
For the price, it better be!
It is overall, no doubt. I have one, too. But the R6 II comes awfully close in certain areas.
I've gone from an R6 to an R6M2. A couple of minor improvements in the R6M2 which are pretty important to me are the electronic shutter sound option and the visible meters DURING shooting in video modes. I wish it had audio memo function ala the R5 and R3 but oh well. If I really need to have an audio memo I just turn on the video and record. But that's just me.
Awesome video and honest comparisons with your other Canon gear. Owning the r6 1, I find that I am constantly having to stop myself stop from tossing the old for the new.
As always, keep up the good work and keep'em flying...👽
I am a lifelong birdwatcher and this is the best, most encouraging camera review I have seen yet. Subtle, but prefer Canon image to Nikon's.
Thank you!
Great review buddy. Hopefully some of those features and body design will find their way into a future R7II and the R5II...
Thanks Jan! The day Canon announces 3rd party RF lenses I will order the R6 Mk II. Until then, I'll continue to enjoy my R7 and the handful or RF lenses I could afford.
Thank you for your video! I'll keep saving up for the R5 Mark II 😁
I'm so glad we no longer have the expense of constantly having to buy film and pay for processing! Nowadays, all we have to do is buy a new camera every couple of years!!
Haha true. I've started shooting film again just for a bit of fun. People complain about the prices of film but the price of gear is so much cheaper and currently happily using a 50 year old camera.
hehe! :D
😂
My main camera is a Canon 6D. It produces beautiful images and you can pick them up for under $300.
The argument for shooting old film cameras applies to old digital cameras. Digital cameras were plenty good enough 10 years ago but people have been tricked into believing that once great cameras suddenly became bad cameras.
The amazing Canon 5D mk2 is still an amazing camera but it's dropped in price by $2500.
My main camera is a Canon 6D. It produces beautiful images and you can pick them up for under $300.
The argument for shooting old film cameras applies to old digital cameras. Digital cameras were plenty good enough 10 years ago but people have been tricked into believing that once great cameras suddenly became bad cameras.
The amazing Canon 5D mk2 is still an amazing camera but it's dropped in price by $2500.
I've had the R6.since intro and thought the R6ii would be a big upgrade. Not so. Af is the same. R6ii has slightly better video specs and no re ordong time limit. If those aren't important then stay with the R6. I returned the ii.
The AF accuracy of the R6 has been improved with firmware 1.7.0. so I wonder if that's why you don't see any difference in AF performance anymore.
That is a good point at 7:27, the pre-burst must now finally come to the R3 with the next firmware upgrade. Canon, do you hear me? Did you get it? It’s mandatory!
As someone who has been happily in DSLR-land for years now, I am somewhat surprised to find myself giving serious consideration to picking up an R6 Mk II. My 7D Mk II is brilliant with a 24-105, and my 1DX Mk II loves my 100-400. I still have my original 300D, 20 years old now, and also a 20D for more casual shooting. But given the affordable (ish) price point of the R62, and the fact that I could still use all of my Canon EF/EF-S lenses with the EF-RF adapter, I don't know; this really could be a consideration. Christmas is coming, after all…
I’d think you’d be surprised…in a positive way
If you don’t do video, and you already have an R6, there’s no sense going to an R6II. I do stills only, and I like to print my images. I can’t see a difference in an A1 size gallery print taken with an R5, let alone an R6II. The AF of the R6 is fantastic. The only improvement the II brings is recognizing airplanes and zebras, neither of which are subjects I’ll be shooting. The low light performance and dynamic range are pretty identical. As for the ergos, since I don’t shoot video, making the left dial a dedicated stills-video switch is not an improvement for me but an annoyance. I’m used to the on-off switch being on the left from my decade of using the 5DIII. The dial where it is now is the one I have assigned to shutter speed on my R6. The on-off there would just be in the way. Others like the new position so you could turn on the camera and shoot one-handed. Maybe if I go rock climbing and am hanging from a ledge with my left hand this would be beneficial. But as a traditional photographer, who cares? Faster burst speed for action and sports isn’t critical to me either. If it were, I wouldn’t be looking at an R6II, I’d save up and get an R3. As it is, there’s nothing so compelling about the MkII that would make me trade in my R6 after only a year and a half. Then again, I’m not a gear head who stand on line at the Apple Store to be first to get every single iPhone the minute it goes on sale. The sensor of the R6 is the one that was in the 1DXMkIII and so is the processor. The images are almost identical. That’s good enough for me for the foreseeable future. I’ll look again when the R6MkIII comes out. Or, better yet, I’ll stay happy with the R6 through all its iterations and then look at an R1, for which I’ll spend less than those who who were compelled to buy the R6, R6II, R6III and R6IV.
Good experience report. It should be added that Canon is very slow to learn and slow to stop crippling the various models. For me, when the R6 and R5 were introduced, the R6 was absolutely uninteresting because: The RP and the R6 have no aperture priority and shutter priority in video mode, the EOS R and the R5 have this choice. The R6 II now too.
Curious to know why you prefer the ergonomics of the R6MKII even over the R5?
Very useful. Thanks for sharing the key-knowledge and how-to of this camera.
Glad it was helpful!
It’s a sharp about the 24 megapixels….
thanks for that autofocus tip setting the *button to stop tracking. so versatile.
What the hell? 13:43 bottom right bird and branch gone.
Looking forward to get this one very soon. How's the shutter shock? On r7 is very bad at under 1/400 or so..
nothing like the R7
A really nice review. It sounds like a great camera. I wish everything you said applied to the R7 but, maybe in the Mark 2 version of that camera.
So do I. I will have another R7 video coming soon, too
Exactly. If the R7 had the controls, displays, and readout speed of the R5, it could be my only birding camera. I would gladly pay a significantly higher price for it. For me, the R7 is . . . almost there. But not quite.
Great review! The lower megapixels is actually appealing to me as a wedding photographer, where I'm shooting 1000+ images and storage becomes an issue. My online print service won't even let me upload 50 mp images anyway because the files are so big.
Everything else as you say seems like a "no brainer!"
Yes, if the mpix are no disadvantage you then it's really a no brainer
Go for it. For wedding R6II is awesome. I am using R3 and R6 mk II and it is such a great combo☺️
storagw is an issue? lol? SSDs are exrremely cheap and after deleting Bad Photos it takes not much space. on my R5 I Shoot 45mp files, 20 MB craw compressed. easy! and for cuatomers I Export 6000px Photos with about 1,5 MB / jpg file. you are doing something wrong in your Workflow
It feels like my R5 is in need of a firmware boost
I’ll grab one, too. Thanks 😆
Mine could use one as well
I hope some cool photo features trickle down to R5 via firmware. I can't see why R5 couldn't take 30fps with its 15,5ms sensor, and do pre-burst shooting with its CFExpress cards.
Yeah, Canon are playing with us! I think they can easily release a firmware update with those features updated!!
I have an R5 and and R6 and mostly shoot events in difficult light. I'm tempted to upgrade to two R6 mkII bodies.
I think the R6 II for that would definitely be helpful
Great, informative video as usual Jan. In view of your recent video offering advice about camera failures, I have the R5, but I am thinking of ordering an R8 as a backup camera, being cheaper than the R6MK2 and yet apparently having good AF. Any thoughts on that, please?
Haven’t used it yet, so not sure. What’s nice about the R6 II is that the buttons are basically the same compared to R5. R8 has different handling
Ive haf the R7 and honestly wasn't that impressed but om looking at rebuilding agter selling my gear and given its £2000 price pont the R6II is tempting!.
Lenses are what concerns me, my main subject is Wading birds so I shoot in very low light and i cant see the 200-800 at f9 cutting it.
what sort of wading birds?
1:56 - YES. It's like the designers who made the battery grip for the R bodies have never actually seen an EOS R5/6 etc. They look like something from a bad third party manufacturer. Also, now with the new thumbstick style on the R6 II, the one on the grip looks "off" as it is concave vs convex on the body. For a $400 cdn accessory, it's really a bad design. I remember when these were $120 for the DSLR bodies and fit way better.
Jan, what did you think of the build quality of the R6II?
It felt very nice to me. But obviously I would not really want to soak it in heavy rain etc
If you were to buy a camera today for documentary/ vlog content, what camera would you choose, fx3, fuji
H26, canon 6 mark ii, or any other suggestions? I also occasionally take pictures of great content.
Thanks Jan for this incredibly helpful and detailed review. One question. Do you find the AF to be more confident and accurate (ie. perhaps better AF algorithm) when compared to R3? I don’t really care too much about the speed of AF since my R3 is plenty fast enough. I’m asking more about accuracy and confidence in eye detection stickiness when compared to the R3. Would you say the R6II is better, same, or worse or too difficult to tell? Thanks again for much for the great review and amazing photography
It knows more subjects than the R3 and can sometimes find them from further away. I guess that a function of it being more up to date than the R3, which hasn’t really received an AF update afaik.
I think the R3 is overall still the better camera but the R6 II is newer which gives it more updated software at times it seems
totally agree !
24 mpix are enough for my current needs so upgrading from the r6 to the mk2 was really a no brainer.
i invested in good glass rather than the "aging" r5 ... just because I wanted/needed the snappier camera available.
depending on how my photographic journey evolves ... I might eventually get my hands on a next gen high end body (r5mk2 or ....R1)
one can dream :)
great to have you back Jan !
thanks for the great and inspiring content 🙏
Thanks for sharing
the r6ii is absolutely and definitively sh1te in low light focusing. Did a dancing event and could not hit the mark most of the time, which is embarrassing for a paid gig. Had to revert to the 5diii I had luckily brought along and THAT worked better. And yes, I tried different AF modes etc and was on case 2.
@@pal54321 Why wouldn't you use manual focus and use zone method ? People did it for over 70 years using film cameras with no issues.
@@tdunster2011 at fast moving objects? Nope.
I did the same as you Igor. I also did LOTS of testing and upscaling the R6 files to 45 MP in Adobe Camera Raw when needed looks almost the same as the R5 files. If you use the "Enhance Super Resolution" feature in Adobe Camera Raw/LR, the results are actually better from the R6 II over the R5. This is a win/win because I get smaller files for daily use (though 24 MP is large enough for any size print... I've had 8 MP files on ads/billboards that look stunning) and when needed (like cropping) I can just use the Enhance feature and output in ACR/LR to my desired MP.
Thanks for the vid Jan, i to am not getting the MII, but for different reasons, being an amateur with a budget, I ordered the R8 which has all the good stuff I want and the stuff they left out I don’t really need I don’t do video so don’t miss that, battery size no big deal since I owned a RP and have a bunch of extra batteries, in body IBIS would have liked but with the lenses these days I think I’ll have enough. Thanks again 👀👀
This is my current debate. Hopefully, i'll settle on the right decision soon.
@@christophergeorge2264 good luck.
Coming from m43 I decided to try the canon kool-aid and bought an R7 and started my RF lens collection. The R7 has been awesome and I would like to try a full frame body but I like to shoot flowers and portraits and make posters out of them so I feel like I don't want to step down on the megapixels. I will probably hold out for a R5 mark ii even if its a year or so off.
One thing I see with R6 is the grid noise pattern at high ISO. 5D Mark iv has bands at high ISO, but not as pronounced. So low light photos quality is not as good as 5D iv.
That's the multi-channel readout interleave pattern and it's perfectly normal to see it under extreme contrast adjustment. Basically, the sensor readout is performed simultaneously on 6 channels (6 rows of pixels at a time, for speed reasons), and those channels might have slightly different amplifier gains. But if you see it without any contrast adjustment, then you may need to contact Canon service.
@@10vid5 Thanks for the explanation. I only see this with high ISO and in deep dark areas.
It doesn't matter to me because by the time I can afford one the Mk IV will be out and the Mk II will be a lot cheaper!
Thank you so much Jan for the very helpful and informative review of Canon R6 Mark II, can't wait to watch your video reviewing R6 Mark III in near future! God bless, good luck and keep creating!
Potential Dealbreaker Warning !!!!
R6 MKII - Card Recording not supported with clean HDMI out :(
Canon has done it again.
removed a basic feature that existed for 15 years since in the 5D MKIII that (with MagicLantern) that seems to be still the only Canon camera that can Livestream and Record internally (as backup) a long video session like the full day conference that im streaming at the moment without stopping every 29:59.
i havnt checked the R7 R10 R50 R3 R8 yet, but i have the feeling that this is the case on most if not all new - continuously recording canon hybrid cameras.
i am completely bewildered by this move and very dissapointed to say the least. I am giving up on the hope for a proper all rounder from canon at this point. just don't trust them anymore.
im also quite surprised that nowhere is this mentioned in all the many reviews praising this camera. maybe no one streams multicam with Canon cameras, but if you are - be aware.
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Gotta love Canon, after spending 5k on R6 and R6M2 one still cannot get a simple SAVE SETTINGS option in the menu i had on the old CHEAPER DSLRs. I wil never forgive Canon for cheating its customers from basic features like BEEP and SAVE and will think 10 times over before i give them a penny!
Why they don’t have save settings on every camera is very odd for sure
Hey Jan, I hope you get arround to read this comment. Im currently in the market for a birding camera and after trying the Sony full frame and APSC bodies and this canon body, I much prefer the canon. Is the autofocus matching with that on the A6700? Is the electronic shutter an issue?
What lenses could you recommend for this camera at this moment? Do you think canon will open full format sensor to 3rd party manufacturers as well?
Greetings from germany 👍
The AF is better imo than the A6700
100-500,200-800 would be solid choices
My hero replied! Okay then all that is left for me to do is live in the Australian outback am I right? Haha@@jan_wegener