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 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.
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.
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!)
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!
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...👽
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......
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…
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!
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.
I totally agree. I ran out and bought an R6 ii, as soon as it came out, because I needed a 2nd body to my R5. I fell in love with 40 fps. The AF was a little better than my R5, and when I put my 800 F11 on it blew me away .. BUT I shoot a lot of small skittish birds and I end up cropping a lot of images. I also like shooting a little wide to final compose in post. The R 5 spoiled me. So I traded the R6 for a 2nd R5 and hope one of the updates will give us an AF upgrade. I miss the 40 fps!
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
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'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.
I'm getting into full frame with this camera. Coming from a Canon 80D, the ergo is similar, maybe slightly better. And then after that R6II is just A LOT better in like every way. Granted, it's not fair comparing it to a 7 year old APS-C sensor camera. Im most impressed with the low light performance, AF, video capabilities, and 40 fps H+ mode.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks for your great review of R6 ll. I have already planned for upgrading my R6 to R6 ll, but I was waiting for your video about R6ll in real fields and suggestion.
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.
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
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.
@@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...
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.
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 👀👀
You can record video from the stills mode by pressing the record button. I think it just uses your current shutter and iso setting with whatever frame rate you have set in the menu.
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.
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.
I'm in awe of your knowledge of all the details of these cameras. Love the way you present it, since it's not just theoretical facts, but almost everything's personally tested by you in the field. Thus very authentic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jan, really looking forward to your video on setting up the R6 MII, I'm having a problem getting single point to not jump all over the screen using BBF. I turned off whole area AF, you mention at 10:38 in this video you mention spot AF "without tracking" I have all the tracking turned off but the point still jumps around, would love to hear your specifics for setting up the dbl BBF on this camera. I even called Canon but they could not answer my question.
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
Very good review Jan - perfect timing as I will at last upgrade my old 40D to the R6 II in a couple of weeks - it is great to be comforted it is a very good choice.I know the is now your usual range but would you have an opinion about which of 2 lenses you would pick (targeting the best image quality) between the RF 28-70 f/2 L USM (I'm concern there is no IS) and the RF 24-70 f/2.8 L IS USM ? Thank you !
Unless you need F2 for something specific, the 24-7- will be smaller and better to use in the field. The 28-70 is very heavy, big and needs a specific use case to be justified imo.
The image quality through the lens you are using in this video is incredible. What lenses are you using ? For Canon for birding photography which would you say is the best option for a camera? I am currently using Fuji but have owned and used Canon years ago (40D). I had back then a 300mm F4 L but I expect things have moved forward these days. Thinking of potentially switching either to Sony or Canon but I think Canon has more lenses for wildlife.
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!
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 🤨
I think that the 1.8.0 firmware update for the original R6 I proved the auto focus significantly. I wonder how it compares to the mark Ii. Viewing the auto focus in this clip, it seemed similar to what I get With Mark I.
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)
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
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 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!
I adore my mark ii R6 😍 battery life is insane too!
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.
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.
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
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!
I just purchased the R6MK2 and i am so pumped for the future shoots😊😊😊
Talk about my smile walking out the store🙏🏼
congrats!
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...👽
Thank you for your video! I'll keep saving up for the R5 Mark II 😁
Great as usual Jan.
Thank you! Cheers!
13:36 yo the raw file looks so good and much better than the edited one imo
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......
What a terrific, comprehensive review. Nice job my friend 👍
Thank you kindly!
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
Very useful. Thanks for sharing the key-knowledge and how-to of this camera.
Glad it was helpful!
Merci Jan pour le teste.
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!
thanks for that autofocus tip setting the *button to stop tracking. so versatile.
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
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
next level video fam and I am subscribing to your channel
Great :)
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.
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
I totally agree. I ran out and bought an R6 ii, as soon as it came out, because I needed a 2nd body to my R5. I fell in love with 40 fps. The AF was a little better than my R5, and when I put my 800 F11 on it blew me away .. BUT I shoot a lot of small skittish birds and I end up cropping a lot of images. I also like shooting a little wide to final compose in post. The R 5 spoiled me. So I traded the R6 for a 2nd R5 and hope one of the updates will give us an AF upgrade. I miss the 40 fps!
Yes, the 40 fps and improved AF were so nice to work with! I will miss it too
You can try r7 with 800 f11 - 33mpix and decent croping ability of 1260mm fov on sunny say! I have this combo like 1 month and this is awesome .
I have R7 and RF 800mm F/11. In good light this combo is hard to beat.
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
Well done, thanks! Looking forward for your tutorial about using the camera!
Coming soon
Wow cannon put open CV on the r6! That's the tracking you see on the camera
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?
Awesome video Jan! 🎉
Thank you!! 😁
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.
I'm getting into full frame with this camera. Coming from a Canon 80D, the ergo is similar, maybe slightly better.
And then after that R6II is just A LOT better in like every way. Granted, it's not fair comparing it to a 7 year old APS-C sensor camera. Im most impressed with the low light performance, AF, video capabilities, and 40 fps H+ mode.
Yes coming from a dslr this is a whole new world
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.
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?
Brilliant video mate, such a great value camera. Cheers, Duade
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
Its about what goes on behind the camera.
Thanks for your great review of R6 ll. I have already planned for upgrading my R6 to R6 ll, but I was waiting for your video about R6ll in real fields and suggestion.
Glad you enjoyed it
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
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! 😃
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.
Quick question, if you had to choose between the R6 II & R5, which would it be ?
Thank you, I'm waiting for the settings and best tricks vidéo !
Thank you so much for sharing. That was well explained 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You are so welcome
Great review buddy. Hopefully some of those features and body design will find their way into a future R7II and the R5II...
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always Jan🤗👍👌
You are so welcome!
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...
Sticking withmy K3-III. Still getting great wildlife shots and I can't see any reason to switch to mirrorless.
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
Great review and interesting findings, Jan!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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.
Jan, you’re a great reviewer! Subscribed
Thank you! Lots more to come
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!
Another superb review. Many thanks!😊
Glad you enjoyed it
You can record video from the stills mode by pressing the record button. I think it just uses your current shutter and iso setting with whatever frame rate you have set in the menu.
Yes, but that means it’s kind of useless unfortunately, because it usually uses a way too high shutter speed then
@@jan_wegener it will record whatever video settings you save in custom function three in the video menu (if it is similar to the R5), no?
@@unknownKnownunknowns no, only the R5 and R3 do that
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.
Hi! I am eagerly waiting for your total setup of r6 mark2. Thanks for the excellent videos
Coming soon!
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
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
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?? 😩😩😩
I'm in awe of your knowledge of all the details of these cameras. Love the way you present it, since it's not just theoretical facts, but almost everything's personally tested by you in the field. Thus very authentic.
Thanks for another terrific video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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
I think it's worth the upgrade in that it is the same price as what the R6 was originally.
Great video,thanks for share.
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
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.
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.
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!
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?
Great advice thanks
Thanks!
It was an expensive move to Canon mirriorless Jan. So many bodies, way beyond my budget.
yes I want to find out your set up. Where is that video on your channel?
Great job. Thanks
It's from maybe a couple months ago
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.
Jan, really looking forward to your video on setting up the R6 MII, I'm having a problem getting single point to not jump all over the screen using BBF. I turned off whole area AF, you mention at 10:38 in this video you mention spot AF "without tracking" I have all the tracking turned off but the point still jumps around, would love to hear your specifics for setting up the dbl BBF on this camera. I even called Canon but they could not answer my question.
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
Very good review Jan - perfect timing as I will at last upgrade my old 40D to the R6 II in a couple of weeks - it is great to be comforted it is a very good choice.I know the is now your usual range but would you have an opinion about which of 2 lenses you would pick (targeting the best image quality) between the RF 28-70 f/2 L USM (I'm concern there is no IS) and the RF 24-70 f/2.8 L IS USM ? Thank you !
Unless you need F2 for something specific, the 24-7- will be smaller and better to use in the field.
The 28-70 is very heavy, big and needs a specific use case to be justified imo.
The image quality through the lens you are using in this video is incredible. What lenses are you using ? For Canon for birding photography which would you say is the best option for a camera? I am currently using Fuji but have owned and used Canon years ago (40D). I had back then a 300mm F4 L but I expect things have moved forward these days. Thinking of potentially switching either to Sony or Canon but I think Canon has more lenses for wildlife.
Canon 100-500 RF and 4/600 RF
Awesome video .... should i exchange my canon 80 d ????
I can't tell you what to do, but the R6 II a much superior camera
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
Thanks.....
You're welcome!
GR8 J W, may get due to U & lower cost than a R3
Please understand what TSM and NANO USM.
Be intresting what canon r5 ii will bring when ever they drop that
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
Very cool. thannks. would like to see your setuup
Coming soon!
What a great camera!! Canon never disappoints!!
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
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!
I think its nice but wish there were more lens
I think that the 1.8.0 firmware update for the original R6 I proved the auto focus significantly. I wonder how it compares to the mark Ii. Viewing the auto focus in this clip, it seemed similar to what I get With Mark I.
The R6 II just knows more subjects and typically from a bit larger distance.
I have a canon EF 100-400 lens, will it fit the R6 mark 2?
With that adapter yes
8:52 cheers hahahaha
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
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)
It feels like my R5 is in need of a firmware boost
I’ll grab one, too. Thanks 😆
Mine could use one as well
R6mk2 or r5 to work with sigma 150600 C??