R6 vs R6ii

You are used the R7. I currently have both the R6II and the R7. I never had the R6 but did have the R5 which are similar menu wise. A few things the R5 did not have and I'm pretty sure the R6 will be the same.

Eye focus only in Whole Area. The R6II and R7 offer it in all AF modes. The R6II and R7 offer far more AF options in the Detail Set.

Something my R6II has that I wish my R7 had. You can map a button for Subject to Detect. I find it very valuable on the R6II. I don't know if the R6 can do that but I doubt it. Maybe someone can confirm that.

Just by reading posts here the R6II will have better AF.

The R6II has a lot of usability and performance improvements over the R6, including more advanced and reliable AF (not that the R6 AF is bad at all). In terms of IQ, I don’t think you’d notice a huge difference. The R6II is a very mature and polished all-around camera. It can do pretty much anything you want a camera to do.

ChrisLeong said:

Hi,
For a 90/10 mix of mainly stills, doing weddings, and fast action sports, would the R6 be adequate or the R6ii would have a very big advantage over the R6 that i cant live without.

I have my trusty R7 when i needed the reach, but the low light capability leave much to desire.

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Agree with what Zeeeeeeee and Alastair have posted. It's really an "If you can't afford an R6ii, then at least get the R6" situation. IMHO the R6ii is worth it if you can afford it.

I don't recall if you process with DxO, but that'll help big-time in low light too.

R2

R2D2 said:

ChrisLeong said:

Hi,
For a 90/10 mix of mainly stills, doing weddings, and fast action sports, would the R6 be adequate or the R6ii would have a very big advantage over the R6 that i cant live without.

I have my trusty R7 when i needed the reach, but the low light capability leave much to desire.

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Agree with what Zeeeeeeee and Alastair have posted. It's really an "If you can't afford an R6ii, then at least get the R6" situation. IMHO the R6ii is worth it if you can afford it.

I don't recall if you process with DxO, but that'll help big-time in low light too.

R2

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I uses Lightroom for post processing

If you can afford the R6ii go for it. It is a nicer body with a lot of improvements to the R6.

ChrisLeong said:

R2D2 said:

ChrisLeong said:

Hi,
For a 90/10 mix of mainly stills, doing weddings, and fast action sports, would the R6 be adequate or the R6ii would have a very big advantage over the R6 that i cant live without.

I have my trusty R7 when i needed the reach, but the low light capability leave much to desire.

Click to expand...

Agree with what Zeeeeeeee and Alastair have posted. It's really an "If you can't afford an R6ii, then at least get the R6" situation. IMHO the R6ii is worth it if you can afford it.

I don't recall if you process with DxO, but that'll help big-time in low light too.

R2

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I uses Lightroom for post processing

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I started shooting with the R6 last july (so exactly one year ago) and added the R6II this February. I got both bodies to do weddings with the combo of 35mm + 85mm. To be honest, if it wasn't the different color of the silicon protective case as well as the different focal length I have on both bodies, I will be lost to tell the R6 and the R6II apart soley based on the AF performance in the midst of a shoot. I haven't done any fast action sports, but for real world weddings and events, I find the AF of both are indistinguishable.

The one thing that drive me nuts has been the different position of the on/off switch. There's so many times that I flipped the Still/video switch of the R6II because I'm so used to the R6 on/off switch being positioned at the left side of the top panel. For that reason alone, i'm planning to upgrade my R6 to R6III when it came out.

I'm also using Lightroom (6.14 - the latest perpetual licence version) to post processing my raw files. Before I got the R6II, I was using the XT3 as the 2nd body. It was quite a pain to color match the two bodies. Ironically, it was easier to color match my friend's A7IV files with my Canon's despite the fact that I dislike Sony jpeg colors the most. According to some youtuber, SOOC jpeg of R6 is slightly warmer than R6II. For me, I never find any problems color matching the two processing the raw files.

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