Canon EOS R6 Review: not the hybrid king, but a great photographers' camera

Looks good. I would have loved to see a tiny bit higher MP count, e.g. 26 or so, for cropping, but the rest of the specs are awesome.

This is too expensive for the average enthusiast, there is no way i'd spend this much on a camera, as a hobby. It may have super impressive specs, but I think other manufacturers will quickly undercut this model, with similar features. No wonder the camera market is failing, when canon release something so insanely expensive, hardly anyone will be able to afford it. The manufacturers are so out of touch with reality.

Most users probably want to spend around £1000 - £1500 for an enthusiast camera and they'd like decent features for that money.

The only good to come of this is these new specifications distance these cameras further from enthusiast models, meaning 4k60 at £1000 may be possible now, and no silly crops in 4k etc

Very impressive technology in both R. However way out of my price point for a hobby. Take the R5 and 2 R lenses at $8000. Not going to happen even with R6. Hope Canon can now put some r&d into the M system at an affordable price.

Is there a good reason to keep the same form factor for the battery over and over again? Just make it larger with twice the capacity. The old batteries, that someone may still have from their 5dII, won't last much longer anyway.

The sensor is probably different to the one in the 1DXIII regarding the microlenses, because of the difference in flange distance. It's the same story as with the 5DIV and the EOS R. It's just wierd that Canon always calls this 'newly designed' sensor, when it's just a minor change to an existing product. But this also means, that the electronic shutter will mostly be limited to static subjects.

Everyone knows from previous debates that ANY camera without top-down LCD is next to unusable. Such a big flop by Canon - killing otherwise great product with ditching an 10$ LCD panel.

I see Canon is trying to grab as much of the increased unemployment money before they do a price drop 🤷

I thought that i can buy original Eos R with some discount, after this cameras came out, but IBIS and 12 fps without slideshow... Eos R is really like 2016year level camera in terms of processing powers and functions. And eos R6/R5 is representing the biggest tehnological leap for canon since 5d2 or even 1987, when fully electronic EF-mount came out. Its more like 2022 year if we speaking about that 2010's conservative canon. Really very seductive camera. The worst thing that i really need all this 4k, IBIS and other stuff in my work, despite the fact, that earlier i suggest, that eos r functionality is enough for me..

What are they smoking at Canon. No wonder their profits have been hit. £1000 max for an enthusiast camera.

The R6 just doesn't make much sense to me, with the R5 $1300 more. The R5 seems like a much better camera. It costs 50% more, but the time to the next upgrade will be way more than 50%.

But in either case, for me, it's all moot. I'd buy an R5 if it took my old Sony/Minolta lenses through some sort of sane adapter. It seems like an ideal camera for me. Sadly, I can't drop $10k to upgrade camera and lenses all at once, and my aging Sony equipment is a complete kit which beats the R5 with the kit lens. So no buy until I win the lotto. And I don't gamble.

Looks a very nice camera. This and the R5 are the cameras they should have brought out as their first mirror-less efforts. Sony gave them (and Nikon) the blueprint but for some reason it's taken them until now to follow it.

I still think despite DPR's article arguing to the contrary they could make this camera without all the 8k video capability people like me would literally never use for less money. There seems an awful lot of tech in there fr video that surely has zero impact on stills capability but won't come cheap.

Panasonic have made photo & video versions of cameras.

I am such an anti-Canon guy, but I have to say that I am super impressed (and even excited) about the R6. After selling my Sony A7 purchased during its launch, I haven't looked back at full frame mirrorless. After toying with the idea of finally getting an used A7iii or Z6, I may now have to give the R6 a real close look. I do wish the price was $500 cheaper though. That being said, kudos to Canon for seemingly going all in on full frame mirrorless. Just need some inexpensive fast primes now.

Nearly $3000 usd with a kit lens?

Insanity

I just want to say that this initial review confirms this guys had the camera when they posted their "wanted features" article. I dont know if that's a good thing or a bad thing (hype manipulation).

All of this looks great. I was expecting better battery performance but fine. Still have to carry at least two batteries. We can’t program the rate button to control white balance or drive for example? That’s a minus. Would prefer less interactions with the screen when changing shooting settings.

OK, now that we've seen all that, let's talk about financing this.....L.O.L!
Great camera for the enthusiast. Ticks all the right buttons. Those who want the higher pixel count...let's talk some more financing....

$2500 for a camera without a top display? Come on.

Looks great as a successor for my 6D.

This is a half camera in every respect. Z6 has a new fresh air to shine again!

For those complaining about price - remember the 6D2 was $2000 when it was released in 2017. It quickly dropped in price by 25-40%. Yes, it was stupid over-priced, but still.

I paid $2000 for my 5D4 late last year and that included the OEM grip and a few hundred dollars worth of free accessories.

As such, this will be $2000 or below in the not too distant future, and probably less than that by holiday next year ($1600-1800?)

Any information about IBIS rates when paired with adapted EF lens?

20 MPx sensor is similar to 1DXIII. All right, I am saving my money for new year present.

If this came out instead of the original R, I would have totally held off from purchasing a Sony a7iii and stayed fully Canon (no regrets though and I like both companies). I'm a stills guy and that stabilization is super enticing, especially compared to how the Sony IBIS works (kinda meh in my experience). It really hits everything I'd need from a camera. Sure, some more MP might be nice, but I never felt I was really hurting on my 6D and the a7iii only has 24 and that's plenty for my needs. Plus, if I ever really wanted a super high res shot, I do a pano-stitch.

I'm glad Canon is finally figuring out stuff. I hope this pushes the other manufacturers to innovate more so hopefully by the time I upgrade my camera body again (5-10 years), what's on the market is truly amazing.

I'd love to see a comparison with the Panasonic G9. Same resolution and many specs are very close. I'd assume the Canon C-AF is much better, but both also have animal detection. For a 3x difference in price, it would be interesting how big the difference is.

Especially G9 + PanaLeica 50-200 vs R6 + 100-500 would be an interesting comparison for me.

I was honestly hoping for a better competition to Sony A7iii - if anything, Sony needs a push from Canon/Panasonic to keep making better cameras.
I think this camera will fit perfectly with the new lenses, which are the real highlight - 85/2.0 is just nice. I guess people will buy Canon for the lenses + video, and Sony for autofocus. Having a billion autofocus points doesn't matter if the algorithms can't keep up with them!

Time for Sony to go back to selling life insurance and PlayStations.

Now Canon R6 will be on top of "most sold cameras" lists for years.
I am waiting for A7IV now. If A7IV is not as good as R6 then I may sell my A9 and buy R6 just for better LCD, touch screen, much better IBIS and 4K@60fps. And that "transfer to cloud automatically" function is also interesting.

Another truly fantastic camera (after the R5), well done Canon!

This is way better than I thought it would be. Looks like the ideal event/wedding/enthusiast camera.

Canon had my interest until the price, which is just insanity to me. Both the A7 III and Z6 are superb cameras still, and they cost way, way less than this. Even their entry prices were considerably less (here in Switzerland at least). This should have been priced at $2000 body only, $2500 with the 24-105 f4-7.1 and $2800 with the 24-105L.
I'll be getting the Z6 or Z5. Canon blew it.

This is a really solid camera, and I can't wait for it to push the price of the A7III down into more affordable territory!

is this the official successor of the EOS 6D? will there be no more DSLR 6D mark 3?
seems like it.
good choice canon.

Surprised at the lack of hi-res mode.

Sorry for the off-topic question, but looking at the comparison table I've noticed that Nikon, Panasonic & Sony cameras have shorter battery life when shooting with the EVF compared to the LCD. How to explain that? Wouldn't the larger screen in the LCD consume more battery power than the EVF?

I don't like the mode dial setup on the R. I'm so glad to see the old mode dial and rear wheel on the R6 like my old trusty 6D

Okay 2 done, 3 to go. Nikon and Sony, please do your move.

Why on earth did they leave the top level Display away? The old 6D, which was the poor-mans-5D had it. :(. Now we have the poor-mans-R5 and no diplay...

And why just 20mp? 24 or 26 would have been great, at least for my taste... Even my very old 6D already had 20mp. Storage is cheap, so just why?

Terrific specs, it'd just be great if Canon found body designers with a background in something other than making balloon animals.

As always, enjoying Jordan and Chris on-camera. Still think this was one of the best moves DPReview made to bring them onboard.

Have been pondering whether or not the R5 is a breakthrough camera enough to sell a switch from Nikon Z as a hybrid camera and can't quite feel like it's sold me yet, but the R5 does look like a killer (and an easy replacement for my GH5...maybe).

Speaking of moves, the camerasize.com guy is struggling to keep the website afloat, I wonder if there's an opportunity there?

$2500 body only during a global recession. What's Canon smoking?