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My Ridiculously Long R6 Review

Started Apr 13, 2021 | User reviews thread
G Dickson
OP G Dickson Senior Member • Posts: 1,762
Re: My Ridiculously Long R6 Review
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Many thanks,  some comments below:

photofreak126 wrote:

What a wonderful, thoughtful, and very long review

It shows exactly where you come from, what your needs are and how the R6 addresses those!

I'm currently waiting for a good used R6 or R5 body to come up for me to buy.

I use my 5D mkIII for now and it delivers all the quality I need in terms of photo. What I am really looking forward to is the IBIS and AF upgrade , as I always loose some shots which are then only "acceptable" and not "perfectly in focus" due to a slight AF misalignment.

The personal stuff I extracted from the review was:

- Your 85mm 1.8 got a new life: I really do hope that my hitrate goes up in the same way. I love the lens performance but moreoften than not I miss the focus ^^.

Your hit rate I am sure will go up like mine.  The 85mm was a lens I hardly ever used and I started keeping it only for 'special occassions".  I have used it more in the last month than the last two years simply because I know trust it so much more.  My Sigma 20mm f1.4 - same applies.  I was using that lens more, simply because it is so magnificent, but the same hit rate story applied.  I can know totally trust focus.

The r6 kind of makes me regret selling my 120-300 f2.8 Sigma a few years back that I sold mainly because of the hit and miss focus!

- the 1080 quality is very good and usable. My upgrade from the 5DmkI to the 5DmkIII was solely to have a good video option for my projects. But effectively it never delivered to my liking.... never sharp, and the picture made it hard or impossible to sharpen later. Then I got a Panasonic GH4 for that. Which is a real workhorse and delivers great workable video files. Only MF but it works really well with the focus peaking feature.

Anyway, its glad to hear that 1080 is usable and I may not have to rely on 4K footage too much.

Same here.  The g9 gave great output but the 6Dii was a bit of a joke in comparison.  Especially with detailed shots in nature.  Sure a well lit studio type setting with good lighting was different, but that is not what I film!

- i knew about the battery, but it also will a bother to me especially if I'm out in the wilderness for a few days... maybe a powerbank with USB-C would make the most sense instead of more batteries...

A PD powerbank AND a few extra cheap batteries is what I will do.  It's not a big issue, but we have to acknowledge it and prepare...

One question since you have the G9 and the R6:

I use my Panasonic GH4 in MF mode with focus peaking (coloured lines) all the time. I use a lot of vintage lenses so I would use that feature on my upcoming R6/R5 too.

Is the peaking on the Canon R6 as good (easy viewing, reliable) as on the G9?

Yes, I would say that it is.  The only caveat is that you cannot use peaking and zebras at the same time, which is a bit of a shame.

Edit: oh and great sample pictures! It looks like a dream work and photo environment

Thanks!  Yes it is.

 G Dickson's gear list:G Dickson's gear list
Canon 6D Mark II Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 85mm F1.8 USM Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM +4 more
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