A Bit More About the EOS 6D Mark II [CR2]

[tron]

During summer I take some moonrise photos at low iso and some landscape astrophotos at (very) high iso. I do not need video just top IQ.

So if the new 6DII will have a sensor comparable to 1DxII's sensor in high iso noise and DR I will get it instead of a 2nd 5D4 (Assuming I will keep my 5D4 which is currenctly at the seller for replacement).

So I would have a use for that camera. Any haters or not leave me indifferent.

 

[Loswr]

The 5D Mark IV is already two years behind the competition ...... Its a turd and the 6D Mark II unfortunately will be its little turd brother.

Sure the 5D Mark IV is better than its predecessors, BUT its lacking a lot compared to the competition.

Please explain why Canon sell so many more cameras than the competition, and why the 5DIV is a bestseller on Amazon and B&H. Actually, don't bother…your explanation would be as asinine as all of your posts.

Canon Pathetic little trolls like me needs to be taken behind the wood shed and beaten like a red headed step child

Fixed that for ya.

Your not a photographer because with 20,000 post on this forum you surely are nothing more than a Shill for Canon ....... So stick that in your Crack pipe!

Where is the link to your portfolio? Yeah, that's what I thought. :

Say something that is negative yet true,

All you've stated are your opinions, with no evidence to back them up. I can state an opinion, too: you're a pathetic little troll...and your own posts are all the evidence anyone needs to back that up.

 

[Ozarker]

The 5D Mark IV is already two years behind the competition ...... Its a turd and the 6D Mark II unfortunately will be its little turd brother.

Sure the 5D Mark IV is better than its predecessors, BUT its lacking a lot compared to the competition.

Please explain why Canon sell so many more cameras than the competition, and why the 5DIV is a bestseller on Amazon and B&H. Actually, don't bother…your explanation would be as asinine as all of your posts.

Canon Pathetic little trolls like me needs to be taken behind the wood shed and beaten like a red headed step child

Fixed that for ya.

Nice fix ;D The interesting thing is that he didn't say if he has the camera. I could say something bad about the camera since I have many canon lenses and bodies (so I am heavily invested- plus I like the handling) and I also bought a 5D4 which exhibits the problem. But instead of saying something that bad I returned the camera for a replacement. Now if the replacement copy will exhibit the problem too I will be disappointed in Canon, I will try to get my money back and keep the bodies I have.

EDIT: In addition ricky is off topic! This thread is about 6DII ...

You can pick out the Shills easily on this site ..... Say something that is negative yet true, they all quickly come crawling out from underneath their rocks.

I heard you are the turd polisher in chief. Just because you ain't no good at it doesn't mean...

 

[The Flasher]

Waiting for this update. A dual cards, flip screen, full frame canon, small and light, hopefully much better af than v1, makes for a great b cam, mount cam, architectural cam, drone cam, etc. I've rented the Nikon d750 on a few jobs, for the exact reasons mention above,always wishing canon counters it with a decent update.

Cheers

 

[tron]

Waiting for this update. A dual cards, flip screen, full frame canon, small and light, hopefully much better af than v1, makes for a great b cam, mount cam, architectural cam, drone cam, etc. I've rented the Nikon d750 on a few jobs, for the exact reasons mention above,always wishing canon counters it with a decent update.

Cheers

And by that time hopefully Canon will have sorted out any possible 5D4 sensor problems and it will have improve even more. It will be the ideal low light stills camera.

 

[9VIII]

The 5D Mark IV is already two years behind the competition ...... Its a turd and the 6D Mark II unfortunately will be its little turd brother.

Sure the 5D Mark IV is better than its predecessors, BUT its lacking a lot compared to the competition.

Please explain why Canon sell so many more cameras than the competition, and why the 5DIV is a bestseller on Amazon and B&H. Actually, don't bother…your explanation would be as asinine as all of your posts.

Canon Pathetic little trolls like me needs to be taken behind the wood shed and beaten like a red headed step child

Fixed that for ya.

Nice fix ;D The interesting thing is that he didn't say if he has the camera. I could say something bad about the camera since I have many canon lenses and bodies (so I am heavily invested- plus I like the handling) and I also bought a 5D4 which exhibits the problem. But instead of saying something that bad I returned the camera for a replacement. Now if the replacement copy will exhibit the problem too I will be disappointed in Canon, I will try to get my money back and keep the bodies I have.

EDIT: In addition ricky is off topic! This thread is about 6DII ...

You can pick out the Shills easily on this site ..... Say something that is negative yet true, they all quickly come crawling out from underneath their rocks.

You should go read the comments in some Nikon forums after they announced the "re-assigning" of 1500 people.

Canon is quite competitive on the current market and they still have the best photographic ecosystem by a wide margin.

 

[ricky_005]

Waiting for this update. A dual cards, flip screen, full frame canon, small and light, hopefully much better af than v1, makes for a great b cam, mount cam, architectural cam, drone cam, etc. I've rented the Nikon d750 on a few jobs, for the exact reasons mention above,always wishing canon counters it with a decent update.

Cheers

And by that time hopefully Canon will have sorted out any possible 5D4 sensor problems and it will have improve even more. It will be the ideal low light stills camera.

So are you saying Canon 5D4 being sold are prototypes?

I would have to agree with you .... their are lots of improvements they should have done to the sensor, but instead they choose to give Canon users the middle finger!

 

[Loswr]

 

[hbr]

neuroanatomist - Where can I buy some! I need a whole case. LOL

Well done!

 

[kdsand]

You fed it now its going to keep coming back! lol

 

[kdsand]

Oh, it will be interesting to see if canon uses wifi card in this with duel card slots or builds it in. I know some of you think its useless but i would like it, assuming it works well for tether free shooting & low key browsing my shots while camera is in the bag. feel like smacking canon around abit for leaving off my 7D2 to this day & no my card hasnt arrived yet lol

 

[unfocused]

Oh, it will be interesting to see if canon uses wifi card in this with duel card slots or builds it in. I know some of you think its useless but i would like it, assuming it works well for tether free shooting & low key browsing my shots while camera is in the bag. feel like smacking canon around abit for leaving off my 7D2 to this day & no my card hasnt arrived yet lol

I'm quite certain that Canon will be including wi-fi/NFC in all future DSLRs. You are right, they should have done so with the 7D II, but as I've written many times, all the manufacturers have been painfully slow on the uptake when it comes to connectivity. They are finally responding, but are about five years too late and have paid dearly with the collapse of the consumer point and shoot market.

I also expect all future DSLRs to include fully functional touch screens, another feature that should have been standard long ago.

 

[tron]

Oh, it will be interesting to see if canon uses wifi card in this with duel card slots or builds it in. I know some of you think its useless but i would like it, assuming it works well for tether free shooting & low key browsing my shots while camera is in the bag. feel like smacking canon around abit for leaving off my 7D2 to this day & no my card hasnt arrived yet lol

I'm quite certain that Canon will be including wi-fi/NFC in all future DSLRs. You are right, they should have done so with the 7D II, but as I've written many times, all the manufacturers have been painfully slow on the uptake when it comes to connectivity. They are finally responding, but are about five years too late and have paid dearly with the collapse of the consumer point and shoot marhket.

I also expect all future DSLRs to include fully functional touch screens, another feature that should have been standard long ago.

Wifi and GPS are power hungry! I realize they are useful but shooting twice the shots per battery is more useful for me....

 

[hmatthes]

Wifi and GPS are power hungry! I realize they are useful but shooting twice the shots per battery is more useful for me....

I usually only turn on the wifi when I'm back at the hotel or if i need to upload a few images (small JPEGs) to send.
My GPS is off unless I am on the move. I often just take a location shot upon arrival with my iPhone.
They all get merged by capture time and I can share GPS data easily with LR.

Battery issues? My 6D has been very good to me when I keep the radios silent. And extra batteries are cheap, quick to change, and easy to carry. Just like film used to be...

 

[rrcphoto]

Wifi and GPS are power hungry! I realize they are useful but shooting twice the shots per battery is more useful for me....

I usually only turn on the wifi when I'm back at the hotel or if i need to upload a few images (small JPEGs) to send.
My GPS is off unless I am on the move. I often just take a location shot upon arrival with my iPhone.
They all get merged by capture time and I can share GPS data easily with LR.

Battery issues? My 6D has been very good to me when I keep the radios silent. And extra batteries are cheap, quick to change, and easy to carry. Just like film used to be...

BLE will help I wonder if canon will keep the integrated GPS versus just use BLE.

 

[Andries]

What about a full-frame rebel?

Am I the only one who wants to combine Canon's lovely lenses with a high quality FF sensor in a fairly basic body, without heaps of bells and whistles?

I actually like the idea of bardamu, where we get a new line, say the 8D, which is built like the xxD line (smaller and lighter aluminium body) to make it more affordable. Just an affordable, basic, yet well performing full frame photography camera. No video at all, no 7fps, no GPS, no WiFi, no NFC, ...

What I’d like to see in the 6D Mk II or a potential new FF EOS line :
- 24MP or more
- Solid AF system (see 7D Mk II)
- Great Dynamic Range performance
- Dual SD card slots
- 4 fps with decent RAW-buffer (say 30)

Ideal scenario for me is if they split up the line to 6D Mk II and the fictional 8D. Both cost the same, but the 6D retains all current features of the 6D (although improved) and the 8D becomes a true photography camera with better specs, but no bells and whistles. Then everyone could make a choice for what they need and what they don't need, cause now photographers all get those video features shoved down their throats.

 

[tron]

What I’d like to see in the 6D Mk II or a potential new FF EOS line :
- 24MP or more
- Solid AF system (see 7D Mk II)
- Great Dynamic Range performance
- Dual SD card slots
- 4 fps with decent RAW-buffer (say 30)

Well different person different needs so here is mine:
- 24MP or more YES! (24 is enough though if we want super high iso performance)
- Solid AF system (see 7D Mk II) YES! BUT you wish too much!
- Great Dynamic Range performance YES YES YES!
- Dual SD card slots OK or just a Good old CF that is actually faster and maybe more reliable
- 4 fps with decent RAW-buffer (say 30) Previous had 4.5 So 5.5 is a more realistic number. Agree for buffer
but this will not be an action camera.

 

[hbr]

I own both a 6D and a 7D Mark II and I use each one for different types of photography. I use the 6D for landscape , low light and portrait photography. I use the 7D Mark II for action, wildlife and birds in flight. The 6D is showing its age, so I will list the things that would cause me to purchase the 6D Mark II:

1) More AF points that are spread out more towards the edges of the sensor. Since the camera won't be a speed demon, it doesn't need as many focus points as the 80D or the 7D Mark II, but I think it needs to have more than 19 AF points.
2) All cross type AF points with a large number of them being able to focus at f/8. (hopefully with more lenses than the 80D does).
3) 24 to 28 Megapixels would be fine with me, (24 mpx seems to be Canon's favorite right now), as long as the noise levels, especially at higher iso, are improved.
4) DPAF and A/D converter on chip like the 80D.
5) 5 fps.
6) Touch screen.
7) Not sure how I feel about a fully articulating screen, but the flip screen that is rumored could be interesting.
8) Anti-flicker.
9) I don't shoot video, so that is not too important to me although since most of the competition offers 4k video, I can understand that if Canon does not offer it and we have to live without it for the next 4 - 5 years, many people are going to be really disappointed.
10) More dynamic range.

Canon has a lot of patents out there and they seem to drop the newest ones into whatever camera is being upgraded at the time the patent is ready for release, so we may still be in for some pleasant surprises.

 

[dak723]

The 6D is showing its age, so I will list the things that would cause me to purchase the 6D Mark II:

1) More AF points that are spread out more towards the edges of the sensor. Since the camera won't be a speed demon, it doesn't need as many focus points as the 80D or the 7D Mark II, but I think it needs to have more than 19 AF points.

Just curious to those that want or use more focus points. Since this camera is mainly used by most for non-action photography. what is the advantage to more focus points? I use and need only the center point for all my photography since I don't do any moving subjects. I see that folks want more and more focus points. but I don't see the advantage. In fact, whenever I get a new camera, I turn off all the other focus points to make sure that I am not inadvertently focusing on something other than my subject.

 

[Loswr]

The 6D is showing its age, so I will list the things that would cause me to purchase the 6D Mark II:

1) More AF points that are spread out more towards the edges of the sensor. Since the camera won't be a speed demon, it doesn't need as many focus points as the 80D or the 7D Mark II, but I think it needs to have more than 19 AF points.

Just curious to those that want or use more focus points. Since this camera is mainly used by most for non-action photography. what is the advantage to more focus points? I use and need only the center point for all my photography since I don't do any moving subjects. I see that folks want more and more focus points. but I don't see the advantage. In fact, whenever I get a new camera, I turn off all the other focus points to make sure that I am not inadvertently focusing on something other than my subject.

The key point is having them closer to the edge of the frame. Most of us don't want our subjects dead center in the image all the time. If you are shooting with a slow lens, or a fast lens stopped down, focus-recompose is fine. But if you're shooting with a fast prime wide open, you should understand why focus-recompose sucks.