Photo Plus - UK (2020-09)

The Canon Magazine 81

SENSOR 20.1Mp full-frame CMOS

35.9x23.9mm

IMAGE PROCESSOR Digic X

MAX IMAGE SIZE 5472x3684 pixels

METERING ZONES 384

STABILIZATION 5-axis, up to 8 stops

MEMORY CARD 2x UHS-II SD/SDHC/SDXC

VIEWFINDER 0.5-inch OLED EVF, 3690k

dots, 100% coverage, 0.76x magnification,

120fps refresh rate

VIDEO 4K UHD at 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p /

1080p (FullHD) at 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p,

30p, 25p, 24p

ISO RANGE 100-102,400 (expandable to

50-204,800)

AF POINTS 6072 Dual Pixel CMOS AF II

LOW LIGHT AF Sensitive to -6.5 EV

MAX BURST RATE 12fps mechanical

shutter, 20fps electronic shutter

SCREEN 3-inch fully articulating

touchscreen, 1620k dots

WEIGHT 598g body only (or 680g with card

and battery)

DIMENSIONS 138x98x88mm

PRICE £2499/$2499 body only

SPECIFICATIONS

Build and handling

The R6 closely resembles the

Canon EOS RP in both looks and

handling, though it’s notably

chunkier to hold. Like the RP it

lacks a top OLED panel, and

features a conventional Canon

mode dial, rather than the mode

button seen on the Canon EOS R

and R5.

The back of the camera features

a control wheel, replacing the

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addition that isn’t traditionally

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the weather sealing is on par with

the 6D. However, because it’s so

much slimmer, the R6 isn’t as

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DSLR counterpart. It’s far from a

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shell and a lighter body, but DSLRs

always feel like you could bash

down a door with them if you

needed to; this mirrorless body

won’t take the same knocks and

drops we imagine.

In the hand it really is like using

the EOS R or RP, as the ergonomics

are so similar. Having the control

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improves your ability to interface

With the EOS R6’s

native ISO range of

100-102,400 and

IBIS, it’s a real

low-light beater,

even when you’re

shooting action in

dark rooms indoors

Mic and earphone

sockets will make

capturing 4K video

much easier

with the camera, menus and

particularly the AF, and these

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feel more at home if you’re moving

across from the 6D or Canon EOS

7D Mark II.

Performance

Although we couldn’t take any

sample images during our

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Canon EOS R6 left us with very

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the R5, if you’ve used the existing

EOS R bodies then handling and

shooting with this camera will feel

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menus and intuitive inputs make

navigating modes and changing

settings straightforward, enabling

you to focus on actually shooting

your subject.

Like its big brother, there’s a

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noticeable improvement in

autofocus performance. The AF

on the R6 feels much more nimble,

adaptable and reliable than current

R cameras. The Deep Learning AF

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makes a huge difference, with

the eye, face and head detection

proving just as reliable as it was

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The tracking seems much better,

too, with AF points feeling much

‘stickier’ and more faithful when

the view is interrupted by obstacles

or passers by. We found the

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anything, the AF in the EOS R6 is a

CANON EOS R6

The Canon R6

has the same Deep

Learning AF tech like

the pro EOS-1D X

Mark III DSLR

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