![]() ![]() Of course sometimes you’ll want a short shutter speed rather than a long one, and here the Canon R6’s burst shooting comes into its own. Not all Canon lenses will get the full 8 stops, but even those without lens-based stabilization will get some benefit from the IS and if you’re lucky enough to own one of the five RF lenses that do give you the maximum effect, you’re in for a treat. The below shot is cropped in to show just how good it is - the dog is mid-bound but is perfectly captured and in focus. It’s even advanced enough to track an animal’s eye while it’s moving truly this is witchcraft. The R6 couldn’t quite capture every frame of his leaping and bounding, but it came damn close, giving me a far greater percentage of keepers than I could have hoped for. Not only can the R6 focus on and track people and eyes, but it also works with animals (specifically dogs, cats and birds) and vehicles.įortunately, I have a suitable test subject in the form of a very energetic 15-month old chocolate Labrador that regularly moves too swiftly and unpredictably for most cameras. Quick as it is to lock on to subjects, though, its tracking capabilities are probably even more impressive. I would say it’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it fast, except that it’s probably faster than that, too. But don’t worry too much about the numbers, because all you really need to know is that it works superbly.įirst things first: it’s fast. Canon EOS R6 review: PerformanceĪutofocus is handled by an incredibly adept dual-pixel CMOS AF II system which offers a scarcely believable 1,053 AF zones and 6,072 AF points. Then again, autofocus is so special here that you may not use it much anyway. The joystick should be useful, but I found it slightly too shallow for my liking, and my thumb had a tendency to slip off it in use. The inclusion of a dedicated button for rating images seems unnecessary, but the fact there’s a ‘Q’ quick menu option is welcome. Most of the buttons are more straightforward, although several serve more than one purpose depending on what else you’re doing at the time. Personally, I prefer Fujifilm’s standard practice of a dedicated ISO dial and aperture controls on the lens, but that might just be familiarity. I regularly found myself using the wrong one and jumping to another section when I just wanted to move down a list - though I imagine I’d get used to it in time. That’s particularly apparent when you’re changing settings in the R6’s menus, with one control dial scrolling through categories, one moving through pages within each section and the third scrolling through the various options on each page. In theory, the three control dials give you control over your main shooting options, but because they aren’t labelled and can be customized to your heart’s content, you’ll need to spend some time with the R6 before it all becomes second nature. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll always know what you’re doing, though. Add to that the fact that all RF lenses have an extra control dial on the lens itself, and you have plenty of ways to control the camera. And of course you get touch controls too. There are certainly plenty of options: 16 buttons plus three control dials, a mode selector, on/off switch and AF joystick. When it comes to controls, the Canon R6 feels very DSLR-like. But don’t worry too much about that - it’s big, bright, easy to shoot through and covers 100% of the view. It’s a large 0.5-inch OLED EVF with a high resolution of 3,690k dots and a fast 120 fps refresh rate, although its 0.76 magnification is a tiny bit behind its key rivals the Sony A7 IV and Nikon Z7 II. It’s quite a large camera - more than 15% bigger and slightly heavier than the Sony A7 IV, for instance - but it’s very well built, offering full dust and moisture resistance so you can shoot in poor conditions without worrying about damage. The body is mostly crafted from magnesium alloy but Canon added tactile rubber bits where your hands rest, and the grip is big and provides plenty of purchase. But while that decision makes a lot of sense, it also makes for a fairly nondescript camera.īut looks aside, the R6’s design has a lot going for it. ![]() That’s clearly a deliberate decision, too Canon’s own marketing for the camera talks about how anyone who’s used an EOS camera before will find it “reassuringly familiar,” and it is. There’s no retro charm as on Fujifilm’s or Olympus’ cameras and no real attempt to move away from the look of older Canon DSLRs. Some of the best mirrorless cameras have real flair about them, but the Canon R6 is not one of them. ![]()
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