The 6D MKII will not have the 5D3 autofocus system!

Why would it? I, like many people am always interested in 6D MKII rumours. As far as I am concerned, it is the most important camera for Canon to announce, but some of the rumours surrounding it are just plain silly.

Firstly I see many people saying there will be or wishing for the 5D3's autofocus system. There is no chance Canon would do this as the 6D is the entry level full frame DSLR. Putting in the 5D3's AF would mean the 5D4's would have to be as good if not better than the 7DII's to make it a viable choice, something which is also very unlikely. What most likely is a 19 point system with all cross type points. This is enough of an upgrade without damaging other product lines.

Another thing people are asking for is a 30MP+ sensor. For the same reasons as before, this wont happen. Why would Canon want to bring an entry level camera closer to the 5DS/R? What's likely is a 24MP sensor, another realistic upgrade over its predecessor.

I'd like to know peoples thoughts, but please be realistic. The one thing I am hoping for which is possible is another best in class sensor. As it stands the 6D sensor is Canon's best with the arguable exception of the 5DS/R. It's the reason I purchased the 6D over the 5D3.

Canon needs to be less concerned about competing against themselves and more with how it compares to the competition. If canon wants their entry level ff to compete with Nikon, Sony, etc. then 5 year old tech with a slight af upgrade isn't going to cut it.

6D was much better than 5DII, therefore 6DII will be much better than 5D3.

No text.

What about the touch/tiltable screen & dual-pixel AF ? Very very important features for videographers & landscape photographers (LV AF)... Personally, for example,  I don't buy a DSLR body anymore without a dual-pixel AF...

The Fat Fish wrote:

Why would it? I, like many people am always interested in 6D MKII rumours. As far as I am concerned, it is the most important camera for Canon to announce, but some of the rumours surrounding it are just plain silly.

Firstly I see many people saying there will be or wishing for the 5D3's autofocus system. There is no chance Canon would do this as the 6D is the entry level full frame DSLR. Putting in the 5D3's AF would mean the 5D4's would have to be as good if not better than the 7DII's to make it a viable choice, something which is also very unlikely. What most likely is a 19 point system with all cross type points. This is enough of an upgrade without damaging other product lines.

Another thing people are asking for is a 30MP+ sensor. For the same reasons as before, this wont happen. Why would Canon want to bring an entry level camera closer to the 5DS/R? What's likely is a 24MP sensor, another realistic upgrade over its predecessor.

I'd like to know peoples thoughts, but please be realistic. The one thing I am hoping for which is possible is another best in class sensor. As it stands the 6D sensor is Canon's best with the arguable exception of the 5DS/R. It's the reason I purchased the 6D over the 5D3.

It will have the 5D Mark iii auto focus system, if not a better one. They want your money. They cannot afford to screw this up.

It has to compete with the Nikon D750. Every time Canon releases a camera it usually exceeds the Nikon, for example the Canon 6D ISO performance compared to the Nikon D600. That's what it competed against when it came out, but Nikon puts out cameras quicker.

They can not just give it a few more megapixels and think you are going to buy it. You will have plenty of cross type points, you'll have the new AF system for video, you'll have 1080p 60p at the least, if not more.

I do believe the 6D will have a 24 MP sensor, the 5D will have a 28 megapixel sensor. Keep in mind, the flag ship cameras only have 18 on Canon and 16 on Nikon, they are just now getting to 20.

They want to keep the burst rate high. For the first time, without having to buy a 1D series, the 5D Mark IV will be able to be a sports camera, with a high burst rate, as well as an even better tracking auto focus system. Used to, if you wanted to get serious about sports, the 5D Mark iii would do it, but you really wanted the 1D, or just go crop with the 7D. That will now end.

They will exceed the Nikon D750, especially with the pressure on them. A year later, Nikon will probably exceed the focusing system of the Canon 6D Mark ii. But that's how they work.

At 24 megapixels, it's gonna have even more ISO performance, it'll probably be the same sensor as the 5D Mark IV with 4 less pixels, meaning like the 6D over the 5D Mark iii, it'll have slightly better ISO performance. It may or may not have better dynamic range, it did last time. This time I suspect they will be about the same.

The 4 megapixels aren't gonna be that noticeable, especially on computer monitors.

30 or 36 megapixels is hitting that point to where you can't do as fast of auto focus and tracking, as well as ISO performance unless they were to do what Sony did, and they aren't going to do that.

I believe it will be the ultimate photo machine, the 5D Mark IV and the 6D Mark ii. It will be what we wanted.

It probably won't be what people wanted who wanted 4k video in everything, lots of video features etc.

But for the still photographer, I don't think it's gonna disappoint.

Even if it did have 19 cross type focus points, thats enough. If you need fast tracking you get the 5D. Just like now.

The rumors are, the 6D Mark ii will be a higher tier product than the last 6D. Meaning there will be a further gap.

I don't think it will be as cheap as last time, I think the 5D may cost more than it used to as well.

Why does it matter? It's going to be the price of a 5DmkIII now when it comes out. In fact, just get a 5DmkIII.

bobn2 wrote:

The Fat Fish wrote:

Why would it? I, like many people am always interested in 6D MKII rumours. As far as I am concerned, it is the most important camera for Canon to announce, but some of the rumours surrounding it are just plain silly.

Firstly I see many people saying there will be or wishing for the 5D3's autofocus system. There is no chance Canon would do this as the 6D is the entry level full frame DSLR. Putting in the 5D3's AF would mean the 5D4's would have to be as good if not better than the 7DII's to make it a viable choice, something which is also very unlikely. What most likely is a 19 point system with all cross type points. This is enough of an upgrade without damaging other product lines.

Another thing people are asking for is a 30MP+ sensor. For the same reasons as before, this wont happen. Why would Canon want to bring an entry level camera closer to the 5DS/R? What's likely is a 24MP sensor, another realistic upgrade over its predecessor.

I'd like to know peoples thoughts, but please be realistic. The one thing I am hoping for which is possible is another best in class sensor. As it stands the 6D sensor is Canon's best with the arguable exception of the 5DS/R. It's the reason I purchased the 6D over the 5D3.

I think that it is not unlikely that the 6D MkII will replace both the 6D and the 5D MkIII, and might therefore very likely have the 5D MkIII AF system. On Canon's normal 3 year-ish release cycle, the 5D MkIV was due in march this year. Instead we got a 5Ds and R. The 6D MkII is due right now. So, I suspect what is happening is that the 5Ds line represents a move of the 5D line to a high MP line, like the Nikon D8x0 line and the 6D will move to more directly compete with the D750. If it does, that don't leave much room for the traditional 5D, so I think it will go.

I agree . . . and don't leave out the new 7DII that just came out.

Potemkin_Photo wrote:

bobn2 wrote:

George Spencer wrote:

bobn2 wrote:

The Fat Fish wrote:

Why would it? I, like many people am always interested in 6D MKII rumours. As far as I am concerned, it is the most important camera for Canon to announce, but some of the rumours surrounding it are just plain silly.

Firstly I see many people saying there will be or wishing for the 5D3's autofocus system. There is no chance Canon would do this as the 6D is the entry level full frame DSLR. Putting in the 5D3's AF would mean the 5D4's would have to be as good if not better than the 7DII's to make it a viable choice, something which is also very unlikely. What most likely is a 19 point system with all cross type points. This is enough of an upgrade without damaging other product lines.

Another thing people are asking for is a 30MP+ sensor. For the same reasons as before, this wont happen. Why would Canon want to bring an entry level camera closer to the 5DS/R? What's likely is a 24MP sensor, another realistic upgrade over its predecessor.

I'd like to know peoples thoughts, but please be realistic. The one thing I am hoping for which is possible is another best in class sensor. As it stands the 6D sensor is Canon's best with the arguable exception of the 5DS/R. It's the reason I purchased the 6D over the 5D3.

I think that it is not unlikely that the 6D MkII will replace both the 6D and the 5D MkIII, and might therefore very likely have the 5D MkIII AF system. On Canon's normal 3 year-ish release cycle, the 5D MkIV was due in march this year. Instead we got a 5Ds and R. The 6D MkII is due right now. So, I suspect what is happening is that the 5Ds line represents a move of the 5D line to a high MP line, like the Nikon D8x0 line and the 6D will move to more directly compete with the D750. If it does, that don't leave much room for the traditional 5D, so I think it will go.

I agree . . . and don't leave out the new 7DII that just came out.

That's true. That also cramps the space for an action-orientated camera in that segment.

Canon's releases in 2016 are truly going to be make or break.

If they continue in the vein of the releases for their other categories over the last week, it's going to be a mass defection. They will have been the ones to have smelted their golden egg into nothing, and only have themselves to blame for it.

Chuck Westfield will end up defending the lukewarm releases of this company is until there is no more company to speak of much less chair for him to sit in.

Well, Canon is only neglecting the FF area. It is only a small segment of it's business. Canon stockholders probably couldn't care less about their FF cameras.

Now, I do believe that is a technological "trickle up" from smaller format cameras to FF cameras. So a failure to compete in the FF format camera area may be a reflection of overall sensor inferiority -- then Canon stockholders might be concerned.

Lawn Lends wrote:

Well, Canon is only neglecting the FF area.

Neglecting the FF area? Are the 5DS and R so old? As far as I know, they're still the highest definition FF cameras available.