The Canon EOS 6D Mark II offers decent video quality at up to Full HD (1080/60p) resolution. It doesn't offer any form of 4K capture like its higher-end siblings, but with full Dual Pixel Autofocus and effective digital image stabilization that works in tandem with in-lens stabilization, the footage is generally smooth and in focus.
In addition to a somewhat inauthentic mojito recipe, the above video demonstrates how the EOS 6D Mark II copes with high-contrast scenes, lots of potential distractions for autofocus, as well as gives a general impression of the overall quality you'll get from Canon's newest HD-capable DSLR.
The video was filmed entirely hand-held with Canon's 'Movie Digital IS' enabled (but not the 'enhanced' option), using the 1080/60p MP4 setting. White balance was kept to auto, and Auto ISO was used to allow for automatic changes in brightness while the shutter speed and aperture were controlled manually. There are also speech samples from both an external shotgun microphone and the internal microphones on the 6D II, and Canon's Dynamic Lighting Optimizer was set to 'High.'
What do you think about the 6D II's video quality? Let us know in the comments.
The video quality can be decently good and sharp, I'm getting it for short films. I'm looking for a sub-$2K FF camera with good video AF. The only sub $2K cameras there are are the D750, 6D mark II, and A7II. The D750 was out of the running quickly because of contrast detect AF. 6D has better ISO performance, better autofocus, and a better lens selection than the A7II so it won out.
In several years I'll look to upgrade to a 4K-capable body, like the 5D mark 5 when it's out, a 1DX2 (when the 1DX3 comes out), an A7R3 (when the A7R4 comes out), or something like that.
Pretty sad my old Dell Dimension E510 can't even play the Youtube 1080P version smoothly. Oh well, maybe upgrade time. From what I do see that version is a lot clearer than the clip above.
That would've looked great in 2010! Seriously, the footage is very underwhelming. The vaunted Canon colors are overly orange and/or inconsistent between shots, the footage looks soft, and the DPAF keeps dropping the ball, unable to stick to a subject. Nice mojitos, though :D
Surely it's not beyond your enormous skills to watch it on YouTube? Hint: click the little icon which, inexplicably, says YouTube, and there you can experience it in 1080p60. S.
Well for all FF bodies, be it stiils or video you could ask yourself if the APSC wouldn't do. And why not entry level APSC.
Same for any highend lens. Reality is that most people wont notice the difference in the final output as long as apperture and focal length stay the same.
Actually blockbuster at theather well filmed with more basic gear just fine and generated quite some revenue.
I do not care much about video but to me 60 frames per second beats 4K at lower frame rates. Resolution in time is not less important than resolution in space.
If I could record 4k, I'd downsample it to 1080p anyway. Saves on space, encoding/compression time, easier to play (low end computers) and will still retain much sharpness since it's a over a 3x downsample.
Majority of tv show, football match every week in Australia are all still using 1080P and they haven't plan to go for 4K yet, still many years away for tv show to start 4K. Plus 4K use up too much data is a major downside to me though.
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