Canon EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless Camera (Body Only) R6IIBODY Review by National Product Review
Canon EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only)
With a wide selection of recording formats ranging from 4K 60p, Full HD 180p as well as RAW movie when recording to an external storage device, have ample flexibility when editing your videos. Never miss a critical moment with up to 5 seconds pre-recording before pressing the record button and improved continuous recording times of up to 6 hours.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The evolution HIGH PERFORMANCE PHOTO AND VIDEO Join the evolution into high performance photo and video. The EOS R6 Mark II incorporates high quality 24.2 megapixel images, fast shooting speeds of up to 40 framers per second (fps), advanced subject tracking, as well as up to 4K 60p (6K oversampling) video. EQUIPPED WITH FEATURES MADE FOR MOVIES With a wide selection of recording formats ranging from 4K 60p, Full HD 180p as well as RAW movie when recording to an external storage device, have ample flexibility when editing your videos. Never miss a critical moment with up to 5 seconds pre-recording before pressing the record button and improved continuous recording times of up to 6 hours. VIDEO CONFERENCING AND LIVESTREAMING MADE EASY Run high-quality video conferences, livestreams or live movie releases via the web, by simply connecting the EOS R6 Mark II to a computer via USB. There's no need for any additional drivers to be downloaded. FREEZE THE ACTION Shoot decisive moments with high speed and no shutter noise with up to 40fps with the electronic shutter. Particularly handy for situations where you want to stay quiet and unnoticed such as photographing wildlife, theatre or sports. Equipped with a preshooting mode, never miss a moment with its activation up to 0.5 second earlier than the shutter release. The evolution STEADY SHOTS HAND-HELD OR IN LOW LIGHT The EOS R6 Mark II is equipped with 5.0-axis In Body Image Stabilization, which in conjunction with selected RF lenses, can achieve up to 8.0 stops of Image Stabilization. Shoot handheld in dim light or while using slower shutter speeds without the need of a tripod. With an maximum ISO of 102400 for stills and 25600 for movies, the EOS R6 Mark II has incredible low light shooting capabilities, with low noise and high image quality. ADVANCED SUBJECT TRACKING The EOS R6 Mark II supports tracking for a wide range of subjects, including humans, animals (dog, cat, bird, horse) and vehicles (car, motorcycle, train, aeroplane) . It automatically responds to dynamically changing scenes, and can track subjects over the entire frame. The high performance subject tracking gives you the freedom to focus on composition. ADDITIONAL FEATURES NEW GENERATION MULTI-FUNCTION SHOE Enhance communication with the new generation multi-function shoe compatible with accessories such as the Speedlite EL-5 and Directional Stereo Microphone DM-E1D. PHOTO/MOVIE SWITCHING LEVER Quickly switch between photo and movie modes with a new dedicated lever. PANORAMIC PHOTO MODE Fit more into your photo with panoramic mode. The panning direction can we set horizontally or vertically for high-rise buildings. DUAL CARD SLOTS Increase storage capacity or simultaneously record with Dual SD card slots. NEW HDR MODE [MOVING SUBJECT] Reproduce tone with a wide dynamic range even in situations with a large gap in brightness with moving subjects. SCN MODE: HDR BACKLIGHT CONTROL Capture high-quality images with wide dynamic range even when shooting backlit scenes. ANTI-FLICKER SHOOTING Effectivelly supress the flicker in photos and videos often caused by LED lights. CREATIVE FILTERS Give your videos a creative touch without the need to edit. Select from Dream, Old Movies, Memory, Dramatic Black & White and Miniature Effect filters. SPECIFICATIONS TYPE Lens mount Image processor Compatible lenses IMAGE SENSOR Screen size Effective pixels (max. approx. megapixels) RECORDING MEDIA Card slot Dual slots Card 1 Card 2 Record Auto switch card function+card/folder Recording separately selection Recording to multiple cards STILL PHOTO RECORDING Image quality Digital tele-converter Maximum burst (approx.)1 MOVIE RECORDING MP4 recording Mechanical shutter JPEG Large/Fine / Electronic 1st curtain RAW Electronic shutter JPEG Large/Fine RAW Movie recording size 4K UHD (Fine) Full HD Movie cropping 4K UHD Full HD Video compression format ALL-I IPB (Standard) / IPB (Light) High Frame Rate movies Full HD (180p) Full HD (120p) Canon Log Canon Log 3 HDR PQ HDR movies 4K Time-lapse movies Full HD Retention of settings in case of auto power off before recording HDMI RAW output for movie footage Simultaneous proxy movie recording HDMI output for movie footage Pre-recording Built-in microphone Stereo Audio noise reduction Headphones Audio monitoring Digital zoom Normal movies Maximum recording time per recording High Frame Rate 180p 120p Overheat control (in movie recording) RF mount DIGIC X RF / RF-S lenses (EF / EF-S lenses with EF-EOS R) Full-frame 24.2 SDXC / SDHC / SD (UHS-II compatible) SDXC / SDHC / SD (UHS-II compatible) Yes Yes Yes JPEG / HEIF / RAW / C-RAW / Dual Pixel RAW Yes 1,000 or more 111 1,000 or more 75 Yes Yes (6K4K) (60p) (oversampling) Yes Yes (60p) Yes (60p) Yes (for time-lapse movies) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 6 hr. 1 hr. 1 hr. 30 min. Yes SPECIFICATIONS (Continued) WHITE BALANCE Shoot to set white balance White balance adjustment during movie recording IMAGE CREATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING Picture Style Clarity Auto Lighting Optimizer Highlight tone priority Long exposure noise reduction High ISO speed noise reduction Lens aberration correction (still photos/movies) Focus breathing correction (movies) AUTOFOCUS One-Shot AF AF operation AI Focus AF (still photos) AF area (AF method) Servo AF / Movie Servo AF Spot AF 1-point AF Expand AF area: Above, below, left, right Expand AF area: Around Flexible Zone AF 1 / 2 / 3 Whole area AF mode 1004 Focusing area2&3 Full-frame mode 90 mode 80 mode 40 mode 60 1.6× (cropped) (APS-C) mode 40 No. of AF areas available for auto selection (max. zones) Still photos (centre AF point, One-Shot AF, Focusing brightness range * Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating at room temperature, ISO 100) Movies (4K, centre AF point, One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100, and 29.97 fps) Movies (Full HD, centre AF point, One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100, and 29.97 fps) Auto People Subject detection Animals Vehicles Limit subject to detect None Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Horizontal: approx. 100%, Vertical: approx. 100% Horizontal: approx. 90%, Vertical: approx. 100% Horizontal: approx. 80%, Vertical: approx. 80% Horizontal: approx. 40%, Vertical: approx. 60% Horizontal: approx. 80%, Vertical: approx. 80% Horizontal: approx. 64%, Vertical: approx. 80% 1053 EV 6.5 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens) EV 4.0 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens) EV 4.5 to 21 (using an f/1.2 lens) Yes Yes Dogs / Cats / Birds / Horses Motorsports cars / Motorcycles / Aircraft5 / Trains6 Yes Yes SPECIFICATIONS (Continued) Eye detection Right eye Left eye Left/right eye detection Whole area tracking Servo AF Available AF area modes Yes (Auto) Yes Yes Yes Yes Whole area AF mode Movie Servo AF setting Subject detection AF: Prioritize detection Subject detection AF: Restrict detection Servo AF characteristics (in still photo shooting) Orientation-linked AF point Area+pt / Pt only Touch & drag AF settings Relative sensitivity Electronic full-time MF VIEWFINDER Type Screen size Dot count (approx.) Electronic viewfinder refresh rate (max. fps) Coverage (approx. %) Magnification (approx. ×; lens at , -1 dpt) Eyepoint (approx. mm) Dioptric adjustment (approx. dpt) Brightness adjustment Colour tone adjustment Fine-tuning colour tone Display fading/black-out SCREEN Dot count (approx.) Screen size Brightness adjustment Colour tone adjustment Angle adjustment Touch-based menu magnification DISPLAY SETTINGS Display simulation Optical viewfinder simulation (view assist) Focal length display / SA variable amount Recording emphasis Aspect marker SHOOTING MODE Still photo shooting mode Movie recording mode EXPOSURE CONTROL ISO speed (still photos) Normal ISO expansion (max. ISO equivalent) Normal ISO speed (normal movies) Expansion for faster speeds (max. ISO equivalent) Still photos Metering brightness range (at room temperature, ISO 100) Movies (at room temperature, ISO 100) Preset ISO speed (in still photo shooting/movie recording) Anti-flicker shooting (in still photo shooting) HF anti-flicker shooting (in still photo shooting/movie recording) False colour (in movie recording) Zebra display (in movie recording) Yes Yes Yes Yes / Yes Yes Yes Yes Electronic (EVF) 0.5 inch 3.69 million dots 119.88 100 0.76 23 4.0 to +2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes 162 3.0 inch Yes Yes Vari-angle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes A+ / Hybrid Auto / Special scene mode / Creative filters / Fv / P / Tv / Av / M / B / C1 / C2 / C3 A+ / Special scene mode (HDR movie) / Creative filters / P / Tv / Av / M / C1 / C2 / C3 100 to 102400 L: 50, H: 204800 100 to 25600 H: 204800 EV 3 to 20 EV 1 to 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SPECIFICATIONS (Continued) SHUTTER Shutter mode Shutter speed (sec.) X-sync speed (sec.) Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Electronic shutter Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Electronic shutter Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Durability Silent shutter function Shutter at shutdown MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE SHOOTING Multiple-exposure shooting Images to layer HDR SHOOTING Dynamic range HDR mode (still photos) Moving subjects Setting simultaneously with HDR PQ FOCUS BRACKETING Focus bracketing In-camera depth compositing / Cropped depth compositing RAW BURST RAW burst mode IMAGE STABILIZATION (IS MODE) Compatible with lens optical IS Camera in-body IS Coordinated control IS effectiveness, in number of stops (still photos, in yaw/pitch directions, based on CIPA standards) Movie digital IS DRIVE Operating modes Continuous shooting speed (max. approx. shots/sec.) High-speed display TIMER SHOOTING Bulb timer Interval timer Movie self-timer FLASH External flash High-speed continuous shooting + High-speed continuous shooting Low-speed continuous shooting Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Electronic shutter Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Electronic shutter Mechanical shutter Electronic 1st curtain Electronic shutter E-TTL balance Evaluative (Face Priority) Continuous flash control Continuous shooting priority mode (CSP) Speedlite menu direct button Quick flash group control Yes Yes Yes 1/800030 1/800030 1/1600030 X-sync at 1/200 sec. X-sync at 1/250 sec. 400,000 cycles (with mechanical shutter) Yes Closed / Open Yes JPEG (Large Fine, Large Normal) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Up to 8.0 stops * RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM, f=105 mm Yes Yes 12 40 5.5 7.0 20 3.0 3.0 5.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SPECIFICATIONS (Continued) PLAYBACK View from last seen Image jump with RATE+Quick control dial Erasure of all continuous images IMAGE PROCESSING AFTER SHOOTING RAW image processing Cloud RAW image processing RAW image processing of RAW burst images Dual Pixel RAW processing HEIFJPEG conversion Batch conversion Playback creative filters Creative Assist Frame grab from 4K movies QUICK CONTROL FUNCTION Feature guide Quick Control screen Conventional setting screen Cinema EOS-style setting screen PRINTING Print order (DPOF) Photobook Set-up Direct image transfer CUSTOMISATION Quick Control customisation Button/dial customisation APPEARANCE AND CAMERA CONTROLS Still photo shooting/movie recording switch Multi-function lock Multi-function button Multi-controller Main dial Quick control dial 1 Quick control dial 2 EXTERNAL INTERFACE Digital terminal HDMI output terminal External microphone input terminal Headphone terminal Remote control terminal Multi-function shoe POWER SOURCE Battery pack Battery information USB power support AC power source Number of available shots (approx., with power saving, at 23/73) Charging Powering the camera Viewfinder Screen Power saving Overheating warning Screen dimmer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes USB Type-C Type D Yes Yes E3 Yes LP-E6NH / LP-E6N / LP-E6 Yes Yes (LP-E6 cannot be charged) Yes AC-E6N / DR-E6 450 7 760 7 Yes Yes Yes SPECIFICATIONS (Continued) COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS Bluetooth Standards USB Built-in Wi-Fi (wireless LAN) WPA3-Personal support WPA/WPA2-Enterprise support (IEEE 802.1X authentication protocol support) Remote control shooting with BR-E1 (Bluetooth connection) Support in all drive modes Start/stop movie recording during still photo shooting Reduce / magnify with Movie digital zoom Video calls/streaming (USB connection) FTP transfer (wireless LAN connection) EOS Utility (wireless LAN/USB connection) MFT (wireless LAN/USB connection) USB connection Camera Connect (USB) Wireless LAN connection Saving firmware upgrade files to a card image.canon / Canon Photo Upload Service (wireless LAN connection) DUST- AND WATER-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION Dust- and water-resistant construction DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT Dimensions (approx. width×height×depth, based on CIPA standards) Weight (approx. including battery and card 1) Ver. 5.0 SuperSpeed Plus USB (USB 3.2 Gen 2) equivalent IEEE 802.11ac / a / b / g / n equivalent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (performance equivalent to EOS R6) 138.4 x 98.4 x 88.4mm 670g 1 Using high-speed cards. Continuous shooting speed may be slower depending on factors such as measurement conditions and camera settings. 2 The focusing area varies depending on the lens attached. 3 Focusing area "modes" are only used internally and should not be included in published materials. 4 Only with a mode 90 lens attached and the camera set to Whole area AF, or with subject detection if Whole area AF is not set May not be possible to move AF points to the edge of the focusing area under some scene and subject conditions. 5 Jet planes and helicopters. 6 Bullet trains, limited express trains, conventional lines, and steam trains. 7 Based on CIPA standards. www.canon.com.au www.canon.co.nzMicrosoft PowerPoint for Microsoft 365