Announced: | 29 Jun 2017 |
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Sensor Resolution: | 26Mp |
Sensor Type: | Full frame CMOS |
ISO: | 100-40000 |
Weight: | 765g |
Physical Dimensions: | 144 x 111 x 75 mm |
Viewfinder: | Optical (pentaprism) |
Screen Type: | 3" Fully articulated |
Video Resolutions: | 1920 x 1080 |
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Undoubtedly professional, but not impossible if you come from a DX format. At its launch, Canon EOS 6D Mark II didn’t replace its older sister 6D, made for those who wanted to move from DX to full-frame and still in production. An oddity partly explained when I had the chance to try the new Mark II for one day and after reading its technical features.
To be clear, Canon EOS 6D Mark II is not up to 5D Mark IV standards, also due to its price, but it’s far superior to the competitors’ entry level full frame cameras (e.g. Nikon D610).
Here is the size of one of the most compact full frame cameras on the market:
144 x 110.5 x 74.8 mm (765 grams)
Canon EOS 6D Mark II weighs only 30gr more than APS-C Canon 80D, but it’s more compact, thanks to the completely jointed LCD display. It gives you good feelings to the touch because of its aluminium chassis covered by polycarbonate resin. Tropicalization can be felt and seen, as well.
The view from above highlights a good grip for large-handed users, typically “pro” left control ring, and on the opposite side direct drives and settings. The internal flash in the middle is absent, another typical detail of high-end cameras.
The frontal view of Canon EOS 6D Mark II shows its solidity, the delicate parts are well protected.
The back shows very functional placement of the buttons, jointed LCD display and large optical viewfinder. There’s no joystick for AF control, typical of professional cameras.
Among Canon EOS 6D Mark II features, I’d also like to highlight the welcome presence of incorporated GPS, depth-of-field preview and timelapse mode with interval timer shooting. A negative aspect, though, is the presence of only one card slot. Unforgivable feature for a professional camera…
With its adjustable display – compact, light and tropicalized – Canon EOS 6D Mark II is ideal for travel and street photos. If you also add its all-round technical performance, well, we are faced with a complete full frame camera.
With 6.5 fps burst mode and very precise AF, Canon EOS 6D Mark II is also alright for action photos, despite the buffering limit.
Besides its usual shooting mode (aperture, shutter, completely manual), 6D Mark II also offers:
For the professional: two completely customizable modes (C1 and C2)
For the amateur: Portrait (also at night), Group photos, Landscape, Sport, Children, Panning, Macro, Food, Candlelight, Manual night shots, HDR backlight control
Canon EOS 6D Mark II has also various effects: Automatic, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine detail, Neutral, True picture, Monochrome, Defined by user (3 settings).
Among the competitors, the nearest camera to Mark II is definitely Nikon D750, which has more points in the viewfinder (51 instead of 45), but a LCD display with contrast detection and thus less performing. Sony a7 II is a mirrorless camera priced around 500 euros less than the current 1,700 euros of Canon EOS 6D Mark II (for the camera body only). Sony a7 II is technically inferior but, since it’s mirrorless, is much easier to handle.
Staying in Canon, the contest with the previous 6D is flattering, especially in the neck-and-neck on the AF: 11 viewfinder, only one cross-shaped point instead of 45 (and all cross-shaped) of Canon EOS 6D Mark II. 6D is also inferior in burst mode (4.5 fps instead of 6.5 fps) and it doesn’t have an adjustable display (the screen is fixed with contrast detection in live view mode, thus inferior). Reasonably, 6D costs much less…
Also compared with 5D Mark IV, Canon EOS 6D Mark II comes out head-on. Ok, the number of megapixels in the sensor (26 instead of 30) and of fixed points in the viewfinder (45 cross-shaped instead of 61, of which 41 are cross-shaped, not a big deal) are inferior. But in the end, Mark II has a LCD adjustable display and it costs one thousand euros less… is such an amount of money justifiable for the “deficit” we’ve just seen and the 4K videos that 5D Mark IV offers?
Here are the prices of Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Canon EOS 6D Mark II “Body”: around 1700
Kit with EF 24-105 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens: around 2,300
Currently, the EF 24-105 mm f/4 L IS II USM lens is on sale on Amazon separately, for around 900 but with an ultrasonic focus motor.
With high level performance in all kinds of situation, excellent value for money and great portability… maybe it’s better for me to list the cases for which this camera is not the best choice.
If you’re keen on action photos, it doesn’t fit your needs: spending much less, you could buy a Nikon D7500, really excellent for this kind of photography, with more than double buffering performance and faster burst mode. Besides, not being a full frame camera… at crop, it will give you more telephoto lens! If you want something faster, then spare your money for Nikon D500: it’s not far more expensive than Mark II but it’s unbelievably fast.
If you shoot videos, I suggest you to spend a little more and buy 5D Mark IV, always a Canon camera.
Apart from these peculiarities, Canon EOS 6D Mark II is the first perfect full frame camera: you’ll immediately see the technical improvement compared to previous models. And all you’ve got to do is engage your art to complete such quality…
Review | compare Canon EOS 6D Mark II con | overall score | Portrait | Landscape | Sport | Street | Everyday | |
CanonEOS 6D Mark II | 68 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 71 | $1,709.99 | |
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NikonD780 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 77 | buy on | |
CanonEOS 90D | 65 | 54 | 52 | 66 | 70 | 75 | buy on | |
PentaxK-3 Mark III | 64 | 53 | 51 | 66 | 68 | 71 | buy on | |
CanonEOS Rebel T8i | 59 | 51 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 69 | buy on | |
PentaxKF | 58 | 51 | 50 | 55 | 63 | 67 | buy on |
The Canon EOS 6D Mark II is a DSLR camera launched on 06/29/2017.
Technically speaking, the Canon EOS 6D Mark II ranks in the best 5% of its category (and in the best 96 of all cameras in our database) scoring 68 overall. The Canon EOS 6D Mark II weights 765 gr and spans 144 x 111 x 75 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.
Going into details, whatever the technical specification of interest, the Canon EOS 6D Mark II behaves better than average in its category:
However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:
Last but not least, the price. You can find the Canon EOS 6D Mark II sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 1709.99 CAD and 2999.0 CAD, well above the average for this camera type.
Overall, Canon EOS 6D Mark II is a great value for money. If this is the kind of camera you are looking for, you should definitely consider buying it.
Sensor Type
CMOS
Sensor Size
Full frame
Sensor Dimensions
35.9 x 24.0 mm
Sensor Area
861.6 mm2
Sensor Resolution
26 Mp
Max Image Resolution
6240 x 4160
Max Native ISO
40000
Min Native ISO
100
RAW Support
Manual Focus
Lens Mount
Canon EF
Number of Lenses
244
Focal Length Multiplier
1
Screen Type
Fully articulated
Screen Size
3.0"
Screen Resolution
1040Kdot
Live View
Touch Screen
Viewfinder
Optical (pentaprism)
Viewfinder Resolution
None
Viewfinder Coverage
98
Viewfinder Magnification
0.71
Min Shutter Speed
30s
Max Shutter Speed
1/4000s
Continuous Shooting
7fps
Shutter Priority
Aperture Priority
Manual Exposure Mode
Exposure Compensation
Custom White Balance
Image Stabilization
Built-in Flash
Flash Range
None
Max Flash Sync
-
Flash Modes
no built-in flash
External Flash
AE Bracketing
WB Bracketing
DxO Overall Score
85
DxO Color Depth
24.4
DxO Dynamic Range
11.9
DxO Low Light ISO
2862
Multi-Segment
Average
Spot
Partial
AF-Area
Center Weighted
AF Touch
AF Continuous
AF Single
AF Tracking
AF Selective
AF Center
AF MultiArea
AF Live View
AF Face Detection
AF Contrast Detection
AF Phase Detection
Number of Focus Points
45
Number of Cross Focus Points
45
Video Resolutions
1920 x 1080 @ 60p / 60 Mbps MP4 H.264 AAC
Max Video Resolution
1920x1080
Video Formats
MPEG-4 H.264
Microphone Port
Headphone Port
Wireless Connectivity
Built-in
HDMI
USB
USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
Environmental Sealing
Water Proof
Dust Proof
Shock Proof
Crush Proof
Freeze Proof
Weight
765g
Physical Dimensions
144 x 111 x 75 mm
Battery Life
1200
Battery Type
Battery Pack
Battery Model
LP-E6N
Self Timer
Yes (2 or 10 secs)
Timelapse Recording
GPS
Storage Type
SD SDHC SDXC (UHS-I compatible)
Storage Slots
1
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