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<\/a>Note: I review gear from a real-world shooting perspective, determining how a piece of gear handles for me in actual use. I also am not a videographer, so my camera reviews cover the still-imaging aspects of a camera.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOS R6 is a bit chunkier than your typical mirrorless camera, but Canon has kept the size reasonable. While the camera is a bit larger than something like the Sony A7 III, the increased size is minimal enough to still maintain a compact footprint without sacrificing ergonomics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Canon has integrated large, comfortable grips on all of its RF mount bodies, and the R6 is no different. The grip is sculpted to your fingers and allows for all four of my fingers to rest comfortably on it, without the dangling pinky problem that many mirrorless cameras have. Additionally, the dials and buttons are all within easy and comfortable reach while using the camera. As a result of the bigger grip and the relatively light weight for its size, the R6 handles very well with both small lenses like the 35mm f\/1.8, as well as larger, heavier lenses. Overall, the ergonomics of the camera are excellent. This is one area where Canon has always been among the best in the industry, and this trend has continued with their RF mirrorless bodies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While the R6 shares the same general body style and size as the R5, the R6 has a more consumer-grade build, with a magnesium alloy inner frame, but a polycarbonate exterior. The plastic is finished with a rough matte texture, and the camera is well assembled with no creaks or flex, though the seams are quite visible. The R6 has weather sealing, which Canon says is to the same standard as the original EOS-R and the 6D Mark II DSLR. This doesn\u2019t tell us much: just that it\u2019s sealed to a lesser extent than the R5 and the 5D Mark IV. I would expect the R6 to be able to easily handle operation in some light drizzle or the occasional splash of water, but I would be hesitant to use it in a torrential downpour without some sort of rain cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The R6 and its brother, the R5, have significantly refined the controls that debuted on the original EOS R. That camera attempted to establish a new control paradigm, and some things worked very well while others fell flat on their face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When I reviewed the EOS R, I lambasted the horrible multifunction touch bar, stating, “I hate this control. I loathe this control. I found it to be the single worst camera control interface ever to be put on a serious camera. \u2026 Why couldn\u2019t you have just given us another dial in that location? Or a focus joystick?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, Canon has removed that horrid Multifunction Touch Bar, and added both that third dial and a focus joystick. As a result, the rear controls of the R6 are a massive upgrade over the EOS R. Buttons have been rearranged, and a dedicated magnify button added, while a rear dial sits in the place it has traditionally occupied on Canon DSLRs. The focus joystick is disabled for focus point selection by default for some reason, but a quick change in the settings, and the focus can now be quickly moved by a flick of your thumb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With three dials for the key exposure settings, the R6 is now very quick and intuitive to change settings on the fly, and with a fourth function dial on all RF lenses, even more settings are available with a quick change. I have set the lens dial to switch quickly between focus modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The front of the camera has an IR receiver for a wireless remote release as well as one programmable button that sits below the lens mount, which defaults to depth of field preview. The top of the camera is fairly traditional, with a standard mode dial, the typical Canon front dial that sits above the shutter button, the now standard M-Fn button, a movie record button and a lock button. While the R6 loses the top screen and soft mode dial of the EOS R and R5, I actually prefer the simple mode dial – it’s faster to change and easy to change by muscle memory without looking at the top of the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The M-Fn button allows you to enter a quick menu to change several items using the front and top rear dials, including ISO, drive mode, focus type, white balance and flash exposure compensation. Most of the buttons on the camera can be reprogrammed to a variety of functions, which allows flexibility and customizability when setting up the camera. Canon doesn’t allow quite as many functions to be programmed as Sony does, but there are enough options to make the camera feel great to use. Also, for hybrid shooters, the buttons and dials can be set up differently depending on whether the photographer is shooting stills or video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Key changes I have made in my setup include changing the movie record button to toggle between Single-shot AF and AI Servo AF, and to register the AF-ON button to change to a registered camera setting (in this case, to toggle immediately to Eye\/Face detection+tracking while I hold the button). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Q button activates the quick menu, which allows for changing several key settings in one spot. Unfortunately, this menu cannot be customized, but it still has a nice array of options for on-the-fly changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With regards to touch screen operation, Canon is one of the best in the business. Like several other makers, but most notably unlike Sony, everything that looks like it can be touched can be interacted with via touch. Everything from exposure settings during normal shooting, to image zoom in playback, to all menu items can be touched to initiate changes. This is intuitive and flexible, and makes operating the camera quick and easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Canon’s menu system is fairly well organized, though a few items aren’t exactly where you’d expect them to be, so there is still some learning curve. Items are clear and well thought out. Like most other camera makers today, Canon has a customizable personal menu called “My Menu” to add multiple pages of settings for quick access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And in a change that will make any serious RF mount shooter happy: yes, the EOS R6 has two card slots. Unlike the R5, which has one CF Express card and one SD card slot, the EOS R6 has twin UHS-II SD card slots. You can select to write the same thing to each card, select which card is used for videos or stills, or tell the camera to write different file formats to different cards. Typically I have set my dual card cameras to shoot RAW to one card and JPEG to the second, but with the R6 I have both set to record RAW for redundancy in case of card failure, as full size JPEGs are automatically created when sharing photos over WiFi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, the R6 represents a substantial upgrade in operational use over the EOS-R, and offers flexibility in setup for each shooter. While the customizable options aren’t quite as flexible as on my Sony cameras, there are plenty of options available to make the camera your own. The outstanding touch implementation is top-notch and makes the overall operation of the camera a joy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOS R6 features a 3.7 million dot electronic viewfinder that is the same resolution as the original EOS R. This is a little behind the best EVFs in the business nowadays, but is in-line with competitors at this price point. The viewfinder has a nice large magnification of 0.76x, and the optics are nice and clear. In a welcome upgrade over the EOS R, the R6\u2019s viewfinder can be set to a clearer 120 fps refresh rate at the expense of some battery life. This is a tradeoff I\u2019m more than willing to make. However, even with the better refresh rate, in low light the EVF drops its frame rate from the sensor noticeably, and as such it isn’t as smooth when panning as on some competitors, which is disappointing at this price point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rear screen is a 1.6 million dot 3 inch touch panel that has lovely color and contrast and is very pleasing to view. The screen is a fully articulated swivel screen. Over the past few months, I\u2019ve come around to the fully articulated screen. I dislike that they are not in-line with the lens when shooting low in the landscape orientation, but the flexibility for forward facing and articulation in the portrait orientation makes up for the disadvantages. I\u2019d like to see more makers with a take on Fujifilm\u2019s multi-axis tilt screen, but full articulation like the R6 works well also. The only real downside to the articulated screen is that it doesn\u2019t fold out a full 180 degrees from flat, but rather around 175 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOS R and RP had rather good autofocus, especially in single shot mode, with Canon\u2019s Dual-Pixel AF providing fast and accurate focus. This has been cranked to 11 on the R6 and R5 with Dual Pixel AF II. While the EOS R\u2019s continuous autofocus was merely passable, the autofocus on the R6 is among the best in the entire camera industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Focus in both single shot and continuous AF is exceptionally quick and very accurate. Eye detection and tracking on both human and animal targets is outstanding, and maintains a solid lock on they eyes regardless of where in the frame the subject moves. Accuracy during action is the best of most any camera I\u2019ve used, with the Sony A9 being the lone exception, and that is very high praise indeed. The Eye AF and tracking allow you to focus on composition and have confidence that the shot will be in perfect focus on the eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I did find the bird Eye AF can get a little confused if the bird in question has markings that create false eyes, but otherwise, the AF performance is simply remarkable. In tracking human subjects running, I found accuracy to be better than on my already very good Sony A7R IV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The R6 also has outstanding capabilities beyond the autofocus for sports and action photography. The camera can shoot at up to 12 frames per second with the mechanical shutter and up to 20 frames per second in electronic shutter mode, all with continuous AF tracking. The sensor readout is around 1\/50s on the R6, which will actually provide minimal distortion for most human shooting, but will be too slow for things like motorsports, hummingbirds or for use in tracking birds in flight due to rolling shutter artifacts. However, even ignoring the electronic shutter mode, 12 fps is very fast for action, and works with most RF and newer EF mount lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a handful of limitations, however, as the framerate is dependent on using the newer LP-E6NH battery and having a battery charge above 60%. As battery power fades, so too does the top framerate available on the camera. I will say that despite the manual stating that 60% charge is required for the top-end frame rate, in my experience, that top frame rate is maintained at notably lower charge levels, and I can still shoot at 12fps until the battery drops below 30% or even a little lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The camera writes to UHS-II SD cards and does so very quickly. The R6 also has a huge buffer such that you can shoot up to 240 uncompressed RAW files or 1,000 JPEGs in a single burst (according to Canon). The 240 frame RAW buffer is only achievable with the very fastest SD cards. With my mid-range UHS-II cards (150MB\/s), I can achieve 81 shots in a single burst with uncompressed RAW at 12fps. Changing to cRAW netted me 347 shots at 12fps before I tired of holding down the shutter button (and wished to save my mechanical shutter). At this stage the buffer still showed 70 shots remaining, so I have no doubt that in cRAW, the buffer is effectively unlimited at 12 fps. Switching to 20 fps electronic drops the cRAW buffer to 157 shots before the camera slowed down. JPEG yields unlimited shooting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall responsiveness of the R6 is also outstanding. The wake up period from power off to shot is quite short, navigating menus and changing settings is very quick and fluid, and even if you’ve just rattled off 150 photos in a burst, there are no settings limitations or slowdowns. You can immediately review images that have already been shot (even while the remainder of a burst is being written to the card), change any setting or go into the menus. This is how a camera in 2020 should operate, and it only highlights deficiencies in this area by other manufacturers (stares intently at Sony)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the headline features of the R6 is Canon\u2019s first in-body image stabilization (IBIS) system. Canon has long said that lens-based stabilization is the superior technology, and since they invented it, that\u2019s understandable. However, over the years, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Nikon and Sony have all implemented IBIS systems. With their prime competition in the full-frame mirrorless space offering IBIS, Canon has made their first foray into this area with the R6 and R5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019d be forgiven for assuming that Canon might miss the mark on their first effort in an in-body image stabilization, but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. With Canon\u2019s first effort, they have created the best in-body stabilization for a full-frame sensor that I’ve ever used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Canon’s IBIS system is a 5-axis sensor shift system that can work by itself or in sync with optically stabilized lenses. Canon claims the system is rated for between 5 and 8 stops of stabilization, depending on the lens, but I\u2019ve seen lofty claims before. Sony claims between 5 and 5.5 stops of stabilization on their current crop of cameras, but I can only count on them to deliver around 2-2.5 stops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In my testing of the IBIS on the R6, I found Canon’s claims to be extremely credible. Using my RF 24-105mm f\/4L, which Canon claims up to 8 stops of stabilization, I didn’t quite reach the rated stabilization, but I did regularly achieve sharp shots at 6 to 7 stops slower than I would otherwise be able to hand held. At 24mm, I could consistently get sharp shots between 1 and 2 seconds with good technique, and if I was braced against something, I could achieve sharp shots at up to 4 seconds! At 105mm, sharp shots between a half second and 1 second were possible. I’m getting an additional 2 to 3 stops of stabilization on top of the already excellent lens IS on the RF lenses. The shot below was taken at 35mm and 2 seconds, handheld at ISO 800. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Attaching lenses that do not have image stabilization, including manual focus lenses that are adapted, yielded stabilization between four and five stops in my experience. Overall, this is game-changing IBIS, achieving stabilization levels that rival Olympus\u2019s outstanding IBIS system, but with a sensor four times larger. When you consider this is Canon\u2019s first IBIS system ever, it\u2019s even more remarkable. It is incredibly freeing knowing that even as light levels drop, you will be able to get the shot even at long shutter speeds. As you can tell, I am seriously impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One potential negative, however, is that some third-party lenses don’t play perfectly well with the IBIS system out of the gate, and the camera will disable it when using those lenses. My Tamron 17-35mm f\/2.8-4 OSD is one of those lenses, though Tamron has released a statement that they are aware of the issue and promise a firmware update soon to enable IBIS with the R5 and R6. Presumably, this will become less of an issue as manufacturers update the lens firmware to eliminate this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most every serious interchangeable camera for the last several years has featured some level of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, but the ease of use and quality of this feature can vary considerably. With the R6, as well as other recent Canon cameras, the initial setup process takes a few steps, but Canon has a nice guide built into their Camera Connect app to get you through the process. Once you’ve linked a phone to the camera, it’s one of the most seamless and easy to use wireless experiences in the industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once paired via bluetooth, opening the app will start your phone looking for the camera and will connect to it within a few seconds. Like Sony’s A7R IV, the R6 will connect to your phone even when the camera is turned off, and you can browse and transfer images. However, unlike the A7R IV, that connection is established quickly and seamlessly and image transfer is fast. When selecting images, you can choose which card slot to read the files off of, select your images and transfer them. You can transfer processed JPEGs or get full size JPEGs from RAW files in the transfer process, even if you didn’t shoot RAW+JPEG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you happen to own an iPad, you can also wirelessly transfer RAW files directly from the camera for editing in Canon’s DPP Express iPad app. I wish I could wirelessly transfer it into Lightroom mobile, but even the DPP Express option is great to have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If the camera is switched on, you can quickly switch to remote shooting. If you’re already connected, the live view comes up in less than a second and is ready to shoot, with control over every major shooting setting, and even the ability to switch between stills and video. The preview image is also very clear and responsive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The typical geotagging options are also available in the remote app, to allow for GPS tagging of your images, which works as expected. You can also set up auto transfer of images to your device while shooting, which happens quite quickly and can be used for review of images immediately after a photo session. Canon has a Bluetooth remote control capability in their app as well, which can take the place of a remote release, including for bulb exposures. Finally, you can set your camera’s clock to exactly match that of your smart phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one of the better remote connectivity setups I’ve used. Bravo, Canon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Canon EOS R6 has several features to aid the photographer in special shooting tasks. Some of these are fairly common in modern cameras while others are a bit more rare. I’m going to quickly touch on four of these in this section: Exposure bracketing, Focus Bracketing, Intervalometer and Bulb Timer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nearly every camera has some sort of auto exposure bracketing (AEB), and the R6 is no different. The AEB settings allow you to set a specific interval and have the camera take a set number of frames to bracket around that interval. The process on the R6 works about as you’d expect, with the ability to set the AEB interval to anything between 1\/3 stop and 3 stops, and with a sequence of 2, 3, 5 or 7 shots. There are a few other options as well. However, in a bizarre menu quirk, the options for bracketing are split between multiple tabs of the menu, with the interval and the ability to turn on AEB in page 2 of the Camera tab, and all the other options on a separate page in the Custom Function tab. I have no idea why these aren’t all in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Focus bracketing in camera is a relatively recent addition to interchangeable lens cameras, allowing the shooter to set initial focus and then have a series of images taken at different focus distances, usually so all the images can be stacked during post-processing to increase depth of field. The first camera I used that had built-in focus bracketing was the Olympus E-M10 Mark II. Canon first added focus bracketing in the R system to their entry-level EOS RP, and now it’s been brought to the R6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting up focus bracketing begins with enabling the feature in the menu. You can then set how many shots you’d like the camera to take (from 2 to 999), and the increment of focus between each shot. You can also enable Exposure Smoothing, which accounts for differences in brightness due to effective aperture at different focus distances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The one issue is that increment of focus is rather vague. The settings are 1-10 from ‘narrow’ to ‘wide’, which doesn’t really tell you much. However, some trial and error may help you get the feel of the settings. Once you have the menu items set up, you want to focus to the closest point you want in focus and press the shutter button. The camera will then take rapid shots in electronic shutter mode only, shifting focus each time until the sequence is complete. Needless to say, this function works best when tripod mounted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The results work very well, and can make achieving a high quality focus stack of macro or landscape images very fast and precise. The shot above was taken using focus bracketing at 24mm and f\/5, stacking 13 shots at the narrowest interval. For this shot, bracketing at a wider aperture was necessary to keep the shutter speed at a reasonable level to prevent blurring of the leaves from small motions in the water. The image above was stacked in Zerene Stacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOS R6 features an intervalometer as well, which isn’t surprising given that most every modern camera has one built in. The R6’s intervalometer works how you’d expect. You can set the number of shots and the interval. The R6 can take shots in intervals between one second and 99 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds, with the number of shots from 2 to 99. Beyond 99 shots, it switches to ‘unlimited’ mode, which will take shots until either the battery runs out or you switch the camera off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally we come to one of my favorite little features: the Bulb Timer. In the normal shooting modes, the EOS R6 can take images at any shutter speed between 30 seconds and 1\/8000s. Like most cameras, for exposures longer than 30 seconds, you need to enter Bulb mode. Bulb mode normally requires a remote release to start and stop the exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, using a remote for bulb mode can be kind of annoying, especially if your exposures are very long, as you need to either start a timer yourself (in the case of Sony), or look at the handily provided timer displayed on the camera (like the EOS R6 does). It’s not a big deal, but I’d rather be walking around the area looking for potential future compositions than watching the timer. Enter Bulb Timer. Canon’s bulb timer allows you to simply input the length of exposure you want (up to one second shy of 100 hours), click the shutter and that’s it. The camera will expose for that length of time and then stop the exposure. It’s a very nice feature – I just wish you could add bulb timer settings to the Q menu to make changing the exposure time easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is sort of a catch-all section for various thoughts about the camera that don’t really fit into any specific section, but warrant a mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While most of the big players in the industry source their camera sensors from Sony, Canon has always made their own sensors for their EOS cameras. In the early days of DSLRs, they had some of the best sensors on the market, but over time, their lead shrank until Sony passed them up a while back, most notably in sensor dynamic range. In the past several years, Canon has been catching back up, however, and the sensor used in the EOS R6 is essentially the same one used in their flagship EOS 1DX Mark III. This sensor is brand new and made big strides in improving dynamic range and achieving good low-light performance. Let’s see how those efforts have paid off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As dynamic range has been Canon’s Achilles Heel for a while now, it’s nice to see that with the R6 (and the 1DX III before it), they have improved dynamic range significantly. There is a great deal of flexibility in the RAW files and the shadows can be pushed quite a lot before they begin to show any real noise or loss of detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is some evidence that Canon is doing some low-level shadow noise reduction on the RAW files, which is a bit disappointing, but honestly: I just care about the final result, and in this case, the files from the R6 seem just as malleable to me as what I am used to with my Sony bodies. There might be small differences that can be measured by instruments in extreme situations, but for real-world shooting, the dynamic range is excellent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Color has always been one of Canon’s strong suits, and it continues with the R6. Files are rich and vibrant, and overall tonality is excellent. I have always found Canon to potentially saturate greens a bit more than other cameras, but this can be easily handled in post if desired. The thing that Canon consistently nails is skin tones, which look very natural to my eye with minimal color correction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One item that has caused a bit of consternation with some EOS R and even RP shooters who may look to upgrade to the R6 is that it comes with a 20 megapixel sensor, which is a bit on the low side for 2020. I was among that group, having an RP in my stable, and having gotten used to shooting 24-61 megapixel bodies over the last several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, with regards to detail, I think the ‘low’ 20 megapixel count is a complete non-issue. I see little to no difference in actual detail resolved between the R6 and something like the Sony A7 III or the EOS RP. While on paper these cameras resolve slightly more, in practice the difference is negligible. 20 Megapixels is plenty to give you exceptional detail for 18 to 24″ prints and will still yield very good looking prints at 30″. Considering most photographers rarely print larger than that, and many don’t print at all (and in my opinion are missing out), the slightly lower megapixel count shouldn’t even register as an issue, considering the overall quality of this sensor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Among those excellent qualities is very good noise control on higher ISO images. The R6 is competitive with its competitors in this segment, and I think the look of the noise makes things look even better than a number on a noise chart may show. I find shooting to ISO 3200 yields images with low noise and excellent detail. ISO 6400 and 12,800 images show some noise, but also retain very good detail. I wouldn’t hesitate to use those settings for most any situation where I need to use them. Even ISO 25,600 and 51,200 can yield very nice images for medium sized prints and for web use, with minimal color shift, and a natural look, especially if noise reduction is used judiciously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Only when we get to ISO 102,400 do images begin really falling apart, and even there, it’s better than most. Color fidelity is still maintained at 102,400, it’s just very noisy. Even the highest ISO of 204,800 is better than I’ve used on previous cameras, with only a very slight magenta color shift. Noise is extremely high and detail takes an enormous hit at these two highest ISOs, so they aren’t going to really be usable for presentation printing, but with proper noise reduction they can potentially be salvaged for emergency web use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The image below was captured at ISO 20,000 to keep the shutter speed up in dim light, and while noise is visible, I find it quite unobjectionable. Also notice that color and contrast are still very good at this high ISO. A quick run through Topaz Denoise would essentially eliminate the visible noise as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As I noted at the beginning of the review, I am most decidedly not a videographer. I take the odd clip here or there, and have done some minor testing of the video on the R6, but I won’t go into much detail here, as I feel there are much more experience reviewers to read when it comes to evaluating video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The R6 is capable of shooting up to 4K 60, along with several other shooting modes, and with the in-body image stabilization can create very high quality, smooth video. I shot some clips in cLog and tried my hand at grading the clips to moderate success, but the final quality was quite excellent to my eye. I’m sure many of you have read of the overheating issues the R5 has, and the R6 has some to a lesser extent in the highest quality modes. I can’t really comment on that, as I haven’t shot enough video to even get a heat warning. I’d recommend taking a look a look at the in-depth review for video by Gerald Undone here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EOS R6 has been a bit overlooked with all the hype for the R5, but I think that the R6 strikes a wonderful balance between cost, features and image quality to make it worth its $2,499 price point. While the 20 megapixel resolution is a little less than less expensive rivals like the Sony A7 III and Nikon Z6, the EOS R6\u2019s sensor is quite excellent, showing very good dynamic range, excellent detail and low noise, while featuring that excellent Canon color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Most importantly, Canon didn\u2019t skimp on the feature set for the R6 in comparison with its flagship RF mount body, the R5. The R6 has the same outstanding autofocus system, the same outstanding IBIS system, excellent controls, outstanding ergonomics, and is chock full of shooting features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, the R6 is an excellent camera. The original EOS R left me feeling a bit let down. It was a good camera, but I didn\u2019t feel it offered anything over the competition while costing a fair bit more. The R6 has a similar price premium over the competition, but it does justify that cost, with an autofocus system that is second only to the A9 among mirrorless cameras, in my opinion. The refined subject tracking, outstanding face and eye detection on both people and animals, and the fast action burst rates and deep buffer make the R6 not just a camera that can do action occasionally, but one that can excel at capturing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Add in the game-changing IBIS, which I found to be 2 to 3 stops better than the IBIS in my Sony A7R IV, outstanding performance and responsiveness and what we get is a camera that I can truly trust to get the shot in any condition. It\u2019s an eminently enjoyable camera to use. Don\u2019t overlook the R6. It\u2019s an absolute winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Click on an image to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before getting into my Canon EOS R6 review, let’s take a quick look at Canon’s mirrorless history. Canon\u2019s mirrorless camera development started slowly, with the EF-M system beginning in 2012, but targeting casual shooters. That system has been moderately successful, but Canon has put minimal effort into expanding the system, and 8 years after the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,30,416,9,417,8],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-camera","tag-canon","tag-eos","tag-mirrorless","tag-r6","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_front.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28RGq-2CW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10102"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10337,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions\/10337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Body and Ergonomics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_front.jpg\")
<\/a>Operation and Controls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_rear-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/a>![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_top.jpg\")
<\/a>![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/m-fn-1024x682.jpg\")
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![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/my_menu-1024x682.jpg\")
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_cardslots.jpg\")
<\/a>Continue: Viewfinder and Rear Screen<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Viewfinder and Rear Screen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_evf-1024x683.jpg\")
Autofocus and Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Continue: Key Features<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In-Body Image Stabilization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Wi-Fi \/ Connectivity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Special Shooting Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Auto Exposure Bracketing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AEB-1024x682.jpg\")
<\/a>Focus Bracketing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/focus_bracketing-1024x682.jpg\")
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<\/a>Intervalometer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intervalometer-1024x682.jpg\")
Bulb Timer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bulb_timer-1024x682.jpg\")
Other Items of Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_shutter.jpg\")
<\/a>Continue: Image Quality<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image Quality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Canon](\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/r6_sensor.jpg\")
<\/a>Dynamic Range and Color<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Detail and Noise<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Continue: Conclusion and Image Samples<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pros<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Cons<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Image Samples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>If you enjoyed this review, check out my other reviews in the Review Index<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"