Canon EOS R6 Mark II Final Review

Hope you dont plan on using it in a studio because this $2500 camera is not supported for tether on any editing software. Very frustrating.

No confusions, excellent review. This is what most of viewers want. Thanks I am going to Mark2

A pretty excellent camera all around - it feels a lot like what the R6 should've been all this time rather than some kind of generational upgrade. That being said, I'll take a mulligan as great as this any day. Even though the EVF isn't HDR so the OVF sim isn't as great as it could be, and they seem afraid of full size HDMI ports...I don't have real complaints for how I'd use this camera day to day as a photographer.

I wished the Panasonic could do 4k 60p without crop....

I’d be quite interested to see what happened if Canon (or any other maker) brought out a dedicated stills camera. Maybe an R5 or R6 II equivalent with all the video capabilities removed and at a more affordable price. I think it would sell like hot cakes.

I heard that the R6mii overheats has that problem been resolved???

Great Video

I'm buying the R6mk2 as toy camera meanwhile the R1 is released, i think it's a really weak and crippled camera but it will do the job

I think r6ii and s5ii is better from the a7iv only for the overheat of sony.

I am mainly a gig photographer who uses a Canon 1DX mark 1 and I'm very tempted to get the R6 mark 2 , would you recommend the change ?

Slow down dude, slow it down! Go fishing or something, quit coffee??

How do you compare it to Fuji XH2s?

How does this camera do autofocusing in a wedding reception where the dj lights change all the time?

I don't know if, as a hobbyist, I would jump from Canon to Sony at this point. I'm not too heavily invested in Canon at this point but the thought of selling all my gear to go with Sony is a real grind. That said, if Canon opens the RF mount to 3rd party makers I will order the R6 Mk-II to replace my R7. Until then, I will continue to enjoy my R7 with it's limitations. I would like to move to full frame, but it's not urgent for me.

Was Chris only using one SD card in the camera for those photos that got corrupted? I'd hope this could be prevented by using both card slots on the camera. That's the entire point of dual SD card slots, right? At least it is for the way I shoot. I know some people prefer to fill one card up and then start the next one, but I would much rather have a backup to prevent exactly the problem Chris experienced.

I want to like the R6 Mark II and R7, but there are a few things holding them back for me.
1) Closed RF lens mount. We need Tamron and Sigma lenses in every mount if for no other reason than my wallet. I know you can adapt EF and EF-S lenses (and I own the Sigma 18-35mm and 50-100mm lenses in EF-S), but that's an imperfect solution with compromised autofocus. The lack of Tamron lenses even makes me think about Sony over Panasonic. Competition is a great thing. I know Canon make some fantastic native glass in this mount, but there are not enough lenses (particularly in APS-C for the R7), and goddamn their inflated prices.
2) Lack of video assist tools. This is easily fixable in firmware if Canon wants to fix it. Why don't they care?
3) Iffy stabilization. The S5 II and S5 IIX just win here. Not that the R6 Mark II is bad at stabilization, and it's probably better than the a7 IV, but the S5 II and S5 IIX are just far more stable for video.

Why are you testing a camera that shoot over 30 fps on still images

Is this completely weather proof? Will it sustain -25*C ??? Should i buy r5 instead?

A great review, and by the sound of it, a very good camera too. Thz.

I recently purchased this Canon R6 Mark II Full Frame Mirrorless
Also, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens for Canon EF
And Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC Macro Lens for Canon EF
And of course, the Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R

But when I attach either of these lenses using the adapter of course, nothing happens when I press the Shutter Button. Not even a sound. The camera does not take picture.
What am I doing wrong?

I just sold my Sony can't wait to get back home to my beloved Canon

Hello photographers and camera addicts. Please forgive my ignorance. I am so new to all this. What is the difference between Canon EOS R6 ii and Canon R6 Mark ii? I am looking for a good instructional book for my R6 Mark ii and can't find one. But there is book for Canon EOS R6 ii. Are there two differed cameras? or the Word "Mark" is just a whatever.....

Thanks for providing another very useful video.
Can you inform which camera was used to film this episode ?
Greetings from Brazil

The EF lenses better with R6 MK ii than with old DLSRs. The comment about 3rd party I do not count and Canon is also opening up now to 3rd parties. My old 50mm f1.2 is perfect with R6.

Hi! Awesome review! I have a question about video: When shooting in FullHD, is there any "line skipping" from the sensor or the frame is made of full read out and then downscaling? In old DSLRs, there was some line skipping, most noticeable as "aliasing" when shooting video with straight lines, for instance.
And in 4K, what does the "oversampling" exactly do? some kind of pixel binning?
Thank you very much!

Is the image quality the same to the upcoming r8?

What camera did you shoot this video with?
What lens did you use? Is this a better camera for stills and video than the r5?

Love the shot of Chris on the beach. Beautiful framing and colour.

I do photography and videography. Any issues with overheating?

Chris and Jordan, do you guys plan to have personal channel after the DPReview is closed? love to check out your stuffs for future camera gear release.

Nice review, I was just surprised you guys were not using both SD cards for a back up purpose as you are really shooting for commercial use, even with my personal " stuffs" I always save my raw to both cards, and I had 3 memory card failed in my last 20+ years of digital photo life, not " a lot" but enough to cause me big enough headache if I didn't use dual card/back up.

Perhaps DPReview wouldn't be shutting down if there were less of these stupid slapstick reviews and focused on their roots. DPReview has been steadily going downhill since Amazon took over!

As an AWS engineer that's most likely gonna be booted from the company as well, I'm furious DPReview is being shut down.

Half of the CEO's income would've paid all our salaries for couple years.

Fuck Amazon, they can do one, the money pinching bastards. Nice review Chris and Jordan!

Hi,please help with something, I want to buy this camera as i need a more compact camera for our studio and rung and gun, gimbal footage. We have a live streaming setup with an Atem Extreme ISO and 2 Blackmagic 6k Pro cameras. My question is, can i use this camera for live streaming for a few hours? I know there was a 30min limit for recording, i may seen a video with an firmware update which solves the 30 min recording limit. The camera will be connected to the Atem Extreme ISO through HDMI and may or may not record internally depending on needs. Mostly it will only stream through HDMI and the Atem will record all streams. Thank you in advance!

great chance to market the dual card slots oh wait lol

Is this camera better than A7R V?

Hey Jordan or chris I’m thinking about getting in to photograph and videography and this will be my first camera that I will buy and one of the things I’ll also use the camera for is to do live streaming which camera do you recommend me to use

Nice review, I keep running into your vids and they're always presented well. Would you recommend an amateur upgrade to the r6 mkii from an RP? I got into photography with the RP and love it but it's FPS robs me of good action shorts very frequently.

One has to ask, since the EOS R6 Mk II has dual card slots, why did a card failure screw him? :)

What camera are you using for filming?

Will there be a RF 20mm F1.8 ✅ coming soon, Im covered and can afford to move when this happens.

I'd want a feature built into the camera where one could sign in to the Google account and have the picture uploaded directly to Google Drive as soon as taken. That way, if the card gets corrupted halfway in, the pictures would still be on the Google Drive.

Awesome video! After watching some of your content, I've finally decided to subscribe and help save your memory cards!

Chris and Jordan good job as always! With new announcements of R8, R50 is Canon the only manufacturer with a full mirrorless line up except of course something like a R1? There are rumors of a new R5 Mark II.

They keep saying these new mirrorless cameras are smaller and lighter compared to the older DLSR's but this camera shown in this review looks pretty massive to me.