Canon R6 Mark II | The SETTINGS You NEED To KNOW!

This is a great setup video! Thanks so much for all the details... it really helped me get started with my NEW R6 markII.

such an amazing setting well done keep it up! one question we don't have to save the settings after it's done?

Thanks for sharing this information. The video was indeed informative, and your speed through the settings was impressive. However, I can't help but feel a bit misled. Upon initially discovering your channel with the enticing thumbnail and title promising essential "settings" I supposedly "need" to know, I eagerly followed along with my new camera in hand. Yet, as you navigated through the menus and adjusted various settings, it became apparent that many of them weren't relevant to my style of photography—primarily focused on run-and-gun, travel, street, and documentary shots. Unlike those who capture birds and wildlife, which I only occasionally do on specific trips, my subjects include people, places, landscapes, food, and similar elements.

It would be helpful if the video was upfront about its target audience, perhaps suggesting, "If you're into shooting birds, here are the essential settings you need to know." I ended up revisiting the video and undoing more than half of the recommended settings that didn't align with my needs. Despite this, thank you for your efforts and the valuable information provided—I did learn a lot. It's just essential to acknowledge that these settings might not be universally applicable—to everyone. Thanks again!

Thanks Jan for this setup vid. Got me going with my new R6II. I've gone with a triple back button Focus. Seems like a great way of taking advantage of the AF options it has. So flexible I love it.

Hi Jan
Just brought this camera yesterday and it's a revelation after my 1DX ii.
Thanks so much for the set up guide Jan.
I followed your settings but changed a few things:
I've set up the custom buttons to vary the fps with C1 set for 20 fps and Electronic shutter, C2 again e shutter but 40 fps and C3 mechanical shutter 12 fps.
I've also programmed the AF point selection AF point selection button as a 3rd back button set to All area tracking.
Looking forward to your review of the RF 200-800 which I'm considering buying.
Cheers
Noel

oh my gosh turning off whole area tracking servo AF saved me from going insane!!! Why do they ship cameras with the most jacked up settings? Thanks again you're a lifesaver!!!

I simply appreciate all the effort. I am going to try your focus set up and hope it doesnt take too long to adapt to the 2 back buttons.

Hey Jan, my new r6ii has finally arrived and im excited to use. However, i notice a horrible rattle noise as if something inside was loose. I have then researched this, and apparently, it's normal for the IBIS to make this noise on r6ii amd other mirrorles when the camerea is turned off. My worry is that i planned to go on hikes, adventures, sufaris etc where the camera will be bouncing around in a bag. Will this not damage parts of the camera (pixels, ibis, etc)?
Would love your knowledge on this. Thanks

Quick question for you.. In photo mode, I want to be able to just press the record button and record video. I was told this will default to the video settings that are saved in move mode, in C3. So, I flip the camera to movie mode, set the exposure the way I want for video and save in c3. Great. Then, back to photo-mode and off I go taking photos. When I press the record button, it starts shooting video, but its not at all the settings I saved. Its in some type of auto mode? Its weird. How can I fix this?

Great video mate! 👍

Great video. How is your background so blurry?

My R6MkII will arrive tomorrow. I shoot jpeg and I see all of your settings are for shooting Raw....will those settings work for me? Or do you have a reference for shooting jpeg?

Great video Jan! I do have one question about the eye detection feature if you could please help!.... I just upgraded from the R6 to the R6 Mk2 and I can't seem set up the auto focus settings the way I had it on my R6. On my previous R6 I had my back AF-On button activate the eye detection tracking focusing on and off, allowing me to switch from spot focusing to eye detection focusing when needed. This was great when I was photographing a person walking towards me and I would need the focus to stay sharp on the subjects face! But now, I see that Canon has eliminated that eye tracking focus feature in the Auto-focus menu on the R6MK2. If i wanted to the set this up on my R6II, what customize focus setting should i set my AF-On button to? Is it (Start/Stop Whole area AF tracking) or (AF on detected subject) or (Eye detection AF) or (Eye detection)??? So many new options when all I want is to track the eye when i want it to! Please help!

Really great video! Thanks for sharing

You put a lot of work into this... Thank you. I'm still working with a 5D3 that was purchased at rollout, but I am looking ahead. Your video is most helpful.

Hi, do you really have 180 fps option? In my csmera it gives 150 fps max... what i am foing wrong?(((

I am in the market to upgrade my D7 Mark II and this video has provided me with a wealth of information. I believe the R6 II is a good fit for me as primarly a bird/wildlife photographer. Thank you for the information.

I think you should consider putting a wildlife notation in the title so people know before they view

No problem, enjoy, it’s a great camera 😊

Simply awesome ! Thanks Jan :)

I find Jan I play back your guide videos in 1/2 speed and I can follow the button changing instructions :-) and still understand what you're saying too. Thanx

hi, Regarding focus bracketing, can it be saved to a separate folder? Or even better to have each sequence saved separately or with different names .. otherwise it is just hundreds of files, and you have no idea where one ends and the second starts .. does anybody know this, pls?

Hi!
I don't recommend using cRAW, take a couple of shots with dark exposure in RAW and cRAW, and then add the exposure in Ligntroom to normal. After that, zoom in on these two pictures and see what happens there. cRAW saves pictures with some strange step of skipping between pixels.
And if you have such a situation where you accidentally take an important shot with underexposure, then this picture will already be unsuitable for work.
And it happened that you want to tighten the shadows and there is a mess of pixels.
So, RAW only ;)

Thank you for this video, it's useful!

You are right about disabling noise reduction in camera, with modern de-noising software that really isn't necessary and might actually hurt the overall image quality :)

I begin by congratulate you for all your fantastic videos...except for this one ☺ I am really sorry but I think you are going way too fast in this video. My first language is french and I know it does'nt help but I'm certainly not the sole stranger to watch your videos and following you in your photo adventures. Back to this video, I needed to put it on pause every ten seconds or so and often rewind few seconds back to watch the sequence again to fully understand what you said or apply the modifications on my camera. It took me more than an hour and at some point I often taught of quitting and find another easier to follow video, but I finally get to the end.
Please take this as a constructive comment 😊

Thank you so much Jan for the detailed video 🙏🤗

Thank you. Just bought the R6Mkii this week. You really helped me understand a lot of the features.

I'm newbie in wildlife photography, and also with the R6 MII so this video feels like the Holy Grial for me!! Thanks so much ❤

thank you for the video. My mac is 10 years old and will not open C-raw files. i have to shoot in JPEG. Also; when i try to change the drive mode to high speed continuous + it doesn't give me that option...it is grayed out. any suggestions?

This was useful.

Fantastic video, helped me a lot! Just one thing... I did configured my R6mkii af like you tell and works perfect but on my R6 mark1 i can't find the option "Start/stop whole area AF tracking". Do you know if this option is on the R6mk1 under a diferent name or it`s just no there? I've checked all the menus but could'n find it.
Thanks!

There is a choice for "SPOT DETECTION" for custom button selection instead of the "Eye AF" How does that work?

Hi Jan, I wanted to share my experience with the R6 Mark II camera that I recently purchased. Overall, I'm quite satisfied, but I've encountered a particular issue related to the LCD screen (Viewfinder seems to have no issue). When using the LCD to compose my shots, I've noticed a significant lag in the shutter response. For instance, when my son starts to smile and I press the shutter button, I expect the camera to capture the moment he smiles. Unfortunately, there seems to be a delay, and it ends up capturing the moment after he smiles, which could be less than half a second later. Similarly, when I try to capture the precise moment when someone's eyes open, the camera tends to capture moments when their eyes are closed. As a result, we've ended up with many photos like this when using the LCD screen. Interestingly, we didn't experience any similar issues with our Canon RP camera. This has led me to wonder if there might be a problem with my R6 Mark II, as I'm concerned about the possibility of receiving a defective unit. I was wondering if you have any insights into what might be causing this issue. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

What a helpful and informative video! Thank you!

Great video. A lot in good info, very fast paced , but essential. Helped me a lot. Thank you!!! ❤

Great video, very helpful, May I suggest using the SET button to review photos. It's very handy and if you accidentally tap it, no changes are made.

looks like shooting quick birds has made you fast, too. I had to stop and repeat the video several times.😃 So it was very good to have the chapters. Thank you for your efforts. This will definitely help me to get a better understanding of the camera.

is it possible to enable autofocus face tracking while in photo mode? just like it works for video

Hi Jan, thanks so much for this video! Unfortunately, the method described in here isn’t always working for me. As one or two others mentioned, when I hit the star button for Spot AF only, the camera nevertheless will frequently attempt to track a subject, which often leads to me losing the bird I am attempting to photograph (especially if it’s in dense cover and isn’t immediately apparent to the eye detection AF, necessitating the use of Spot AF). Do you know why this might be happening and is there an additional fix to get it to stop (or perhaps I missed something)? Thanks!

Best camera ever

Just got mine today and am lost when using it compared to my rp.
Gotta really figure out the autofocus.

i noticed that my jpg files are slightly cropped in camera and the RAW isn't cropped. Is there a setting I missed?

hey, thanks for the useful video. I must be missing a setting somewhere because even after remapping af-on and * buttons I'm getting big blue squares around objects if the camera recognises something (not eye and not face, also veering off from spot focus point with a blue square too). What gives? thank you

R6 MKII's AF features and functionality seems a lot more intuitive compared to the R6. Itching to get one by selling my R6 😬

Always appreciate what you give to others in education! You have a gift for teaching! Thank you Jan!

super

Good info but a bit too fast to follow.

I set it up like this and it works good, I do notice though the when using the EF600/4II with the 1,4ext it is annoyingly slow to focus

Wonderful video!! Sorry Jan, where can i download the setup guides in pdf? Thank you very much.