Canon EOS R6 MKII Definitive Review | The Mini R3?

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Table of Contents:
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0:00​ - Intro
1:25 - Build and Handling
8:00 - Autofocus
13:10 - Video
15:36 - Image Quality Breakdown
28:00 - Conclusion and Pricing
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[ralphsaad]

I found a hidden and surprisingly unadvertised bonus in the R6 mark 2, which is that you no longer have this small square that determines the area where AF will work when using the 600mm F11 and the 800mm F11. Instead, there is now a larger rectangle with something like 80% coverage, which is very useful.

[aalosttechie]

R6 mii is great. However I hate the power switch change from R5. I keep on making the mistake

[freddieslaughter]

I would love to have a Canon R5, but my budget will not allow it, so would this camera be a good second choice? Video is not my thing, I'm more of a event and people hobbyist photographer, it that make since.

[davidg]

I don't understand why they don't have a three position switch - off/photo/video and do away with the on/off switch. Kill two birds with the one stone! (not that I'm advocating killing birds).

[XPUNKFoCuS]

Rented this for a wedding, paired with the 28-70/f2. What a dream to work with coming from a EOS R. Auto Focus was superb. Definitely want to add this to the arsenal.

[mikekerry]

Thanks Dustin, I really appreciate the logic and format of your review. My new R6 Mk2 arrives this morning and your review has confirmed my choice. I have upgraded from an RP and have been asked to do a shoot tomorrow evening at a church jubilee celebration. I have the RF24-105 F4L and the RF70-200 F4L as well as the RF50 1.8 stm. Your review has given me confidence in the kit for tomorrow evening and for many personal events in the rest of the year. Really enjoy your stuff and pleased to see you are connected to a Pentecostal Church in Canada.

[SerkanKayaMD]

I have just sold my 5D mk IV and bought R6mkII last week. And I am so satisfied with that change.

[whiterock]

Yes, I've found the noise at high ISO's seems to look more like film grain, so its quite usable with that look. Its the nasty multi-color noise that really ruins an image.

[jigjitsu]

I love how u test gears! When i watched the slanted lens they saw a noisy image around 800 lol and fallen apart around 3200 lmao. On your test 25600 is still usable 👍💪💯

[ozanaktas]

This is a great review as always. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[dris]

Thanks for this excellent review! I've been a pro Canon shooter for 18 years and just got the R6 II in the fall. It is BY FAR THE BEST camera I've ever used! (I owned the Rebel, 20D, 30D, 1D Mark IIN, 1D Mark III, 5D Mark IV and EOS R).

I did a LOT of research and there is nothing that beats it in its price range. The A7IV is behind in almost every area besides advertised resolution (though upscaled to 33 MP the R6 II seems to outresolve the A7IV). The photo is way faster and more accurate on the R6 II.The video has full frame oversampled 4K 60 where the A7IV has an annoying APSC crop. The build on the R6 II is way better (as is the LCD) and the lens selection is just as good (with EF lenses working 100% as well as native glass).

Glad to see this review. The R6 Mark II is probably the most underrated camera of the past year. For some reason the A7IV and S5 II get so much attention despite being behind the R6 II in most areas. Almost NONE of the big channels did a review on this camera (aside from the Canon invite "pReviews"). Even the big Canon ambassadors like Pete Mckinnon, Irene Rudnyk, and Vanessa Joy did NO review of this cam (Irene didn't even mention it at all).

PS
2:43 - The weight is wrong. I blame BH for this and all the Youtubers are getting this wrong. The R6 Mark III is 670g with battery compared to 680g of the R6. 588g is the weight without battery and this is almost never used (except BH got this wrong and everybody seems to get their info there).

[stubones]

The R6 ii has two, maybe three depending on your needs, major flaws (for sports). 1: The sensor readout speed; while improved over the R6 and R5, its too slow for fast paced sports to use the electronic shutter/ES. You simply cannot get around the fact a fast moving round ball will go oval. You either use mechanical shutter/MS (I use elec first curtain) or live with misshapen balls 🤣 pun intended. 2. Once battery charge drops to below +- 40% the camera's frame rate drops dramatically using the MS. Using a BG-R10 with two batteries largely negates this issue. Neither of these though, is an issue with the R3. Yes, you might see a tiny amount of Rolling shutter distortion using the R3, but you'd have to look closely to see it. For nature photography, the ES is more viable since nature very rarely has uniform shapes like straight lines or perfect circles so its far less noticeable. 3. Another issue for the ES is the fact 40 or 20fps is overkill and 5fps isn't enough. The 15fps of the R3 ES in H mode is a sweet spot. the 12fps of the MS in both cameras is more than enough, let's be honest, but the point of a Mirrorless body with ES, is to be able to use the ES, all the time if you'd like to. I'd prefer not to have to wear out the MS, but I guess I have to pick and choose the times its viable, something I wouldn't have to do with the R3.

[stopandthinkaboutit]

After taking a hiatus for a few years, its interesting to return to the fact that "spray and pray" is now an acceptable and standard practice. 40 fps, good lord.

[bitpuff]

Great review! I have the R6 right now and use it mostly only for portrait photography coupled with my older EF L prime lenses. In your opinion, do you think it is worth it to upgrade to the R6 mark II? I am mostly only concerned about the autofocus performance but it seems like the R6 hardly ever misses with eye detection and there may be a point of diminishing returns when it comes to autofocus improvements (i.e. you either hit the focus or you don't).

[highlyunprofessionalreviews]

Great review, as always. Love the camera. Coming from Sony, the only thing Canon needs to work on is dynamic range (especially in video) and quieter lenses. Sony is quite a bit better in both of these areas. Canon RF lenses are much louder than Sony GM lenses. The constant focus "ticking" noise makes them almost unusable in a quiet environment with an on-board mic. Hopefully their RF II series of lenses will be GM silent.

[morvegil]

Nice camera...waiting for the r5mkii myself

[sohamsett]

I switched from Nikon Z50 to Canon R6 Mark II.
Lenses I own
RF 24-105 f4 IS USM
RF 16mm f2.8 STM
RF 35mm f1.8 STM
RF 85mm f2 STM

[Jwitherow]

Dustin you are the most amazing reviewer I have ever known!!! I know your not in to Nikon very much would you like to do a review with my z9 and 85 1.2

[krejn]

Just ordered the R5 recently. Almost went with the r6ii as it's the newer camera but I really wanted to top screen, higher res evf and lcd, better build quality, 45mp and 4k120. Quite a bit more expensive but I reckon it'll keep its value until the r5mkii drops next year.

[gohumberto]

Re. Dynamic Range. It looks like it will benefit from running at minus 1 stop of EV. I tend to do that on my other Canon cameras. They recover shadows much better than highlights. Even -2Ev would be very possible in challenging conditions.
What is really amazing is the high ISO look. 25600 the noise looks acceptable and as 12800 it's totally acceptable (I really don't mind noise when it looks like grain, and doesn't mess the colours).
It means you can run-and-gun on Auto ISO right up to 12800 which is really handy for indoor events.