Eos R6 images.

[Aussie shooter]

I am still waiting for mine(damn christmas can be frustrating ), but I would like to see a collection of images(just to confirm in my mind I have made the right call ). So go!!!!

 

[dlee13]

Has yours arrived yet? I guess I'll start it off

Christmas Black Forrest Cake by Daniel Lee

Christmas Cracker by Daniel Lee

Dining Table Decorations by Daniel Lee

Christmas Ham by Daniel Lee

 

[Aussie shooter]

Has yours arrived yet? I guess I'll start it off

Christmas Black Forrest Cake by Daniel Lee

Christmas Cracker by Daniel Lee

Dining Table Decorations by Daniel Lee

Christmas Ham by Daniel Lee

Nice. Glad yours arrived and yes. Santa came and went and left his booty

 

[Aussie shooter]

Well. I finally got the R6 and had a very short window to have a play. Not a lot in our wildlife refuge but got a few shots to test the performance. First shot is a Bennets wallaby at long distance. Settings were ISO4000, f 6.3, 1/400sec at 600mm. Cropped to 3753x2111 for a grand total of 7.92mp.
Second shot is a female wren. Settings were ISO 1600, f6.3, 1/2500 at 600mm. Cropped to 2707x1805 for a total of 4.88mp.
Third shot is the same Wren. Settings were ISO 5000, f6.3, 1/2500 at 600mm. Cropped to 4706x2717 for a total of 11.07mp.
Overall despite the high ISO and deep cropping I am VERY happy with the sensor performance. Absolutely outstanding

 

[dlee13]

Nice. Glad yours arrived and yes. Santa came and went and left his booty

Thanks and I don’t know how you managed to wait so long for yours! I only had to wait a week including selling all my gear off and I was going crazy haha

Well. I finally got the R6 and had a very short window to have a play. Not a lot in our wildlife refuge but got a few shots to test the performance. First shot is a Bennets wallaby at long distance. Settings were ISO4000, f 6.3, 1/400sec at 600mm. Cropped to 3753x2111 for a grand total of 7.92mp.
Second shot is a female wren. Settings were ISO 1600, f6.3, 1/2500 at 600mm. Cropped to 2707x1805 for a total of 4.88mp.
Third shot is the same Wren. Settings were ISO 5000, f6.3, 1/2500 at 600mm. Cropped to 4706x2717 for a total of 11.07mp.
Overall despite the high ISO and deep cropping I am VERY happy with the sensor performance. Absolutely outstanding View attachment 194793 View attachment 194794 View attachment 194796

Great shots and good to see the R6 can handle that bigger crops and still look amazing!

 

[Aussie shooter]

Some more shots from my R6 testing. Nothing serious, I am just still testing various settings and AF setups etc. Plenty of cropping in some of the shots and still retaining acceptable detail(especially for social media use). AF is amazing but not an infallible magic bullet. It still struggles with the really small, fast moving and erratic birds(however even with the struggle it still does far far better than anything I have used before. Shots that were once all but impossible are now more than achievable)

 

[Aussie shooter]

Nothing special about this shot except for the fact it would have been almost impossible with my 7D2. It always had trouble keeping up with a bird flying fast toward the camera and almost certainly would have lost focus when the bird went behind the railings of my balcony. In this case it managed to stay locked on and sharp.

 

[Berowne]

R6 6 EF 35/1.4L II

 

[dlee13]

Out in the Unknown by Daniel Lee

Anzac Bridge by Daniel Lee

Remote Bokeh by Daniel Lee

The PS5 Controller by Daniel Lee

Countdown to 2021 by Daniel Lee

 

[Aussie shooter]

Couple more from work. Catching the action really nicely on the first and some lovely rendering of the OOF background on the second

 

[Joules]

Couple more from work. Catching the action really nicely on the first and some lovely rendering of the OOF background on the second
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Gorgeous!

So if eye AF doesn't work, what did you use on this? You'd think an animal cloaked in a focus chart would be a piece of cake for AF

 

[Aussie shooter]

Gorgeous!

So if eye AF doesn't work, what did you use on this? You'd think an animal cloaked in a focus chart would be a piece of cake for AF

20fps. Even if the focus isn't perfect, at least one or two of the shots are good enough.

 

[Berowne]

R6 & Ef100-400 II, ooC and EF200/2.8

 

[EsvinSof]

 

[privatebydesign]

Gorgeous!

So if eye AF doesn't work, what did you use on this? You'd think an animal cloaked in a focus chart would be a piece of cake for AF

Whilst I appreciate this is a humorous comment, and I like it, I do think it illustrates a relevant point. People are relying on eye AF to the point that they are ignoring or forgetting how to control their AF to do what they want.

As you say focusing on a mobile AF chart should be simplicity itself, and it is, however relying on a single method to achieve that when nature has spent millions of years developing camouflage to mess with it seems strange. AF is like AE, the camera maker can't hope to know what I am trying to do and the more I push myself and my images the more often the camera can't keep up and I have to take control. Yet more and more often we see comments like 'the eye AF failed', of course it did, it will get better and better but it is just another tool in the toolbox, don't rely on it to the exclusion of everything else...