Canon R6
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jared polin
froknowsphoto.com and it's been one year
since the canon eos r6 was announced so
how does it hold up this is my review of
the canon eos r6 one year later now
before i jump into the r6 i do want to
let you know that i did release an r5
one year later review as well something
i'd like you to keep in mind is that
canon not only released the r6 and the
r5 at the same time but that it was less
than two years after their first real
mirrorless camera the eos r and we all
know by now that the r was a solid first
go but it wasn't perfect in fact it was
far from perfect in many ways but it did
allow canon to dip its toes in to the
mirrorless waters i always said and felt
that at the time canon was the sleeper
of the bunch and with the r5 and the r6
canon proved my feelings correct let's
do a quick recap of the specs of the r6
the r6 houses a 20 megapixel full frame
sensor now this isn't just any sensor
this to the best of my knowledge is the
same or similar sensor inside the much
more expensive flagship canon 1dx mark
iii the r6 is capable of shooting 12
frames per second with the mechanical
shutter and 20 frames per second with
the electronic it includes a digi x
processor which is the same one found in
the r5 and 1dx mark iii there's built-in
sensor stabilization dual pixel
autofocus for stills and video 4k video
recording two sd card slots three inch
flip out rotatable touch screen and more
a good way to look at the r6 is that
it's basically a 1dx mark iii in a
smaller lighter and less expensive
mirrorless body so how does it hold up
after a year of use this camera flat out
crushes i could really end the review
right now but what fun would that be now
as a stills camera it's fantastic sure
it's only 20 megapixels which in this
day and age doesn't seem like a lot but
keep in mind the r6 basically has the
guts of a
6500
camera there's always going to be
trade-offs but the image quality is
great across the board whether you shoot
at low iso or push the iso into the 10
000 range you're gonna get great results
keep in mind if you're a cropper you
won't be able to toss out as many pixels
as you could with the 45 megapixel r5
but you still can make it happen if
needed and if you need or want more
megapixels and you can drop an extra
1400 bucks you can have an r5 when it
comes to autofocus the r6 does not
disappoint the iaf and lock-on tracking
in my opinion basically matches the af
that you'd find in sony's and if you're
wondering how it stacks up to the more
expensive canon r5 the af in both
cameras are exactly the same i was blown
away with how well the af track
quarterbacks on the move running through
different drills it's sticky it's
accurate at a distance and it frees you
up to focus on composition and exposure
and not moving focusing points a case in
point at the renaissance fair it locked
onto the hawk's eye and tracked it
perfectly whether it was flying
horizontally to me or directly at me it
hit just about every single time as you
can tell i am beyond sold on the
autofocus and after a year and a few
firmware updates it's only gotten better
on the video front the r6 is capable of
shooting 4k uhd up to 60 frames per
second as well as 1080p up to 120 frames
per second it includes amazing dual
pixel af that even lets you utilize iaf
the 4k is oversampled from 5.1 k which
gives you super sharp footage the r5 on
the other hand allows you to shoot up to
8k video as well as 4k up to 120 now its
4k hq is oversampled from 8k we are
actually recording with a few of the r5s
as well as the r6 right now hello r6 how
are you you're the r6 that's right the
r6 is right there now i need to mention
that the r6 only offers ipb compression
versus all i or raw that the r5 gives
you now this means you will have a
smaller more compressed file but most
people they'll never know the difference
the r6 really is a true hybrid camera
great with stills and great with video
so are there drawbacks to the camera
sure there's always going to be some
drawbacks with every camera now one as i
mentioned earlier is that the sensor is
only 20 megapixels and for some people
that's a deal breaker now for me it's
not a deal breaker at all the r6
delivers fantastic image quality and the
ability to shoot at super high isos and
come away with clean shots let me jump
in here real quick because i want to
show you fro pack 3 in action on two
photos taken with the canon r6 starting
with this one let's go to zoolander one
click this is what zoolander gives you
followed by winnebago that looks super
cool on this photo i think it works for
this guy then we've got prestige
worldwide which is like a catch-all for
everything and finally let's go to
capone look how good capone looks on
this image but next i want to take you
to this shot with the r6 and it's not
exactly exposed very well but let's see
what happens when we go to fro pack one
and hit skittles this is what happens
when we hit skittles boom it goes pop
but i think it's a little overexposed i
can just pull back just a little bit now
if you're looking to speed up your raw
workflow or give yourself a great
starting point because don't forget it's
not over with the click of the button
sometimes you need to do tweaks we
created 15 all new custom lightroom
presets that you can check out right now
at froknowsphoto.com fro pack 3. while
you're over there you can play with the
sliders to see the befores and the
afters and if you decide to pick them up
right now they are on sale or if you
want to get skittles from pro pack one
you can pick up the triple play bundle
with pro pack one two and three and save
even more now let's get back to the
video the evf of the r6 is a 3.69
million dot oled display versus the r5's
5.76 million dot one now this isn't a
deal breaker either as the evf is still
crystal clear because they probably had
to shave some money off somewhere
another downside would be the cost of rf
glass canon has brought out some amazing
rf pro lenses but it comes at a price
which may be prohibitive for some new
shooters they are working on less
expensive options but even their pro f4
lenses are fairly expensive the good
news is if you have quality ef glass
already it will adapt very well with the
ef to rf adapter if you can actually get
one because they're kind of sold out
everywhere at the time of recording this
now another downside when it comes to
lenses is that they're currently no
third-party rf lenses from sigma or
tamron whereas with sony there's a ton
of solid options both expensive and
inexpensive from tamron and sigma price
is also another downside now bear with
me as i explain this because i think
it's worth every penny but i think it
should be at least 200 to 250 dollars
less because the closer you can get to
that 2k sweet spot the more i think
canon will sell but at the end of the
day if you're making money with your
gear the few extra bucks will be made up
quickly it's those people who as of
right now who don't do this for money
that might be scared away at the higher
price even though it's worth every
single penny like i said now there are
rumors of less expensive updated full
frame r bodies but we'll have to wait
and see what cannon releases at the end
of the day after being out for a full
year the r6 still holds up and will
continue to hold up for years to come
now if you're someone who has a lot of
canon ef glass and you've been waiting
to go mirrorless the r6 is a great
option if you're just jumping into
photography and can't see spending r5
money the r6 is a great place to start
just remember lenses are one of the most
important aspects of photography and
they can be more expensive than the body
itself if you're into nature wildlife
sports photography and even portraits
the r6 will get more than the job done
if you want to do more than photography
and get into video the r6 will be a
great choice personally i find myself
grabbing the r5 over the r6 as i love
having more megapixels at this point but
does that mean you shouldn't go with the
r6 the answer is no not at all i just so
happen to have access to both now here's
how i look at it if you're someone who
makes money as a wedding photographer a
portrait shooter a landscape
photographer or even sports for that
matter you can afford to spend the extra
money to take that step up to the r5 but
if you're new and you don't have any
glass at all i rather see you go with
the r6 and take the extra money that
you're saving and put it into lenses
remember lenses live on far longer than
bodies invest in good glass no matter
what canon absolutely knocked it out of
the park with the r6 it holds up today
and it's going to hold up tomorrow
jared polin froknowsphoto.com
see ya