Canon EOS R6 Mark II – Here are some more specifications

That sounds quite interesting. What kind of shooting was that, that would benefit from such an extreme shutter speed? =)

Extremely bright day near the beach taking event photos for a client where it would benefit me to shoot large-aperture primes wide open. I suppose I could buy and fiddle with ND filters on-site, but you know . . . it would be more fun to buy a new camera, wouldn't you agree??? lol
 
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Extremely bright day near the beach taking event photos for a client where it would benefit me to shoot large-aperture primes wide open. I suppose I could buy and fiddle with ND filters on-site, but you know . . . it would be more fun to buy a new camera, wouldn't you agree??? lol
That's one of the features I like with the R3. I have a 3-stop ND that I mainly used with the EF 85/1.4L IS (and with the EF 85/1.2L II before that) for outdoor portraits. Using the lens on the R3 means I could use the vND adapter instead, but even better to not need an ND at all, because the shutter speed bump from 1/8000 s with my 1D X to 1/64000 s with the R3 provides the needed 3 stops.
 
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No, all this because you made claims that were not consistent with the available facts and data.


But your rambling on about lenses is totally germane? Sure, sure.


Supply is another part of the equation. First you bring it up, now you ignore it. Well done.
Like I said, If Canon wants to be aggressive against the competition, and not behind them on the features list, the CR3 rumor might be true that it could have a variation of the R3 Sensor in order to one up Sony.
If Canon wants to be aggressive in the marketplace, more lenses will need to come out next year, the competition has high level primes ready to supply to the demand.
Just because I hurt your feelings doesn't mean that we are not all waiting for Canon to finish establishing a complete mirrorless ecosystem.
So forgive me if the truth hurts and I call it as it is and say that as of right now, Sony has more appeal than Canon does.
 
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For me personally the current Canon ecosystem is more complete than it’s ever been. RF is expensive yes, but not much more so than the manual Zeiss glass I shot with anyway….and the performance is certainly there.

I realize that may not be true for everyone but I think Canon has done a LOT over the past couple of years in the mirrorless arena, and they have done it very well in my opinion.
 
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Like I said, If Canon wants to be aggressive against the competition, and not behind them on the features list, the CR3 rumor might be true that it could have a variation of the R3 Sensor in order to one up Sony.
If Canon wants to be aggressive in the marketplace, more lenses will need to come out next year, the competition has high level primes ready to supply to the demand.
Just because I hurt your feelings doesn't mean that we are not all waiting for Canon to finish establishing a complete mirrorless ecosystem.
So forgive me if the truth hurts and I call it as it is and say that as of right now, Sony has more appeal than Canon does.
They don't need to be ahead on "features lists" to dominate the market, years of sales figures show that much. They'll definitely release more lenses anyhow.
 
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always thinking of the non existant security features on cameras and canon could lead the way, since NO cameras (correct me if I'm wrong) have anything to prevent a stolen camera being used. A simple screen lock with 6 digits would be a start.
Yes, but people would complain that it takes too long from power on button to taking a shot. Another option could be to require a security code when inserting a new card.
Selling second hand would be more problematic as well... they could sell you the body and then after delivery require you to pay something more for the code. Not quite blackmail but nasty all the same.
 
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You can believe whatever you want. There's no objective way to measure what is 'the best' in those terms. Sony doesn't have an f/2 standard zoom, and I love my 28-70/2. Sony doesn't have a 70-200/2.8 that fits vertically in my camera bag slot, the Sony lens would take up two lens spaces instead of one. Sony doesn't even make TS-E / PC lenses or a fisheye zoom (I have no use for the latter, but have two of the former, along with the MP-E 65 for which there's also no Sony equivalent). Everyone's best is unique to them.
Canon's unique EF range can still be used on Sony E mount with an adapter but I wonder how many Sony users still adapt EF lenses.... If they are long term Sony users then I am sure that they have one in their bag somewhere.
AF isn't an issue for TS-E and MP-E lenses. For the fisheye zoom (which I do use occasionally) setting the manual focus to infinity fits almost all use cases.
 
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I can't see a thief checking for security features before stealing a camera.
Such security features would need to be in most cameras to deter theft.
yes and no... you would have the satisfaction that no one could use it but there would be no recourse if they sold it to another user as second hand. The dudded buyer would have to go to Canon to reset it.
 
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Thats because the R3 WAS supposed to be the "Flagship" By the time they got to production other companies, ie SONY has supposed changes coming to their new lineup that forced Canon to have to change gears on what the "flagship" was so this is now being walked back.
Yes, a wonderful GUESS that forum geniuses like to say to show how smart they are. Or you could look at Canon's past history of releasing their Series 1 camera approx. every 4 years (1DX in 2012, 1DX II in 2016, 1DX III in 2020) and think that the R3 was exactly what they say it is (not flagship) and that they have always planned the R1 to be the flagship and released in either late 2023 or early 2024.

It's OK to speculate, but you answer as if it is fact and it is not.
 
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Like I said, If Canon wants to be aggressive against the competition, and not behind them on the features list, the CR3 rumor might be true that it could have a variation of the R3 Sensor in order to one up Sony.
To be clear, the 24 MP sensor is a CR3 rumor. The use of a stacked sensor (e.g. that in the R3) was a CR1 rumor that CRguy now deems 'probable' (which is not the same as the near-certainty of a CR3 rating).

You sounds like the DRoners of a decade ago, harping on about how Canon was not competitive on low ISO dynamic range and since Sony and Nikon had sensors that were so much better, Canon was d00med. Meanwhile, in the real world, Canon went right on gaining market share.

If Canon wants to be aggressive in the marketplace, more lenses will need to come out next year, the competition has high level primes ready to supply to the demand.
Canon has already announced a planned rate of 8 new lenses per year for the next 4 years. That would give Canon the approximate number of mirrorless lenses as E-mount lenses Sony has made (and that's the total count, including several lenses that have been replaced by MkII versions).

Just because I hurt your feelings doesn't mean that we are not all waiting for Canon to finish establishing a complete mirrorless ecosystem.
Hurt my feelings? Lol, be serious. I don't care if you're waiting for Canon to build out their system or not, nor does Canon. Sony has had much more time to build out their FF MILC system, since they pioneered the format as mainstream in 2012. It's not a coincidence that Sony moved to FF MILC in the same year that Canon entered the APS-C MILC market, in which Sony was a major force at the time. About 5 years after its launch, the M system became the global best-selling MILC system. Last year, about 17% of all ILCs sold globally were Canon M-series bodies/kits.

So forgive me if the truth hurts and I call it as it is and say that as of right now, Sony has more appeal than Canon does.
That's your opinion, to which you are entitled. It's fine that Sony has more appeal to you. I do wonder what you're doing on a Canon gear forum if that's the case. You should be out using your new Sony gear.

As I already stated, Canon's recent mirrorless growth has matched Sony's. That means the fact is to the buying public, Canon's mirrorless system has just as much appeal as Sony's. If you consider cameras overall, Canon actually gained more market share than Sony did last year, meaning overall more buyers are choosing Canon than Sony. You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts.
 
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Trust me. You’ll never miss it. I just posted a reply on another person thinking the same thing. I’d even like 2 of the dials if there was room instead of the LCD. Especially now that the RF lenses have the programmable ring.

Just because you don't miss something doesn't mean no one else will miss the same thing. Many folks won't, but some will.

The top LCD is very useful in situations where you're shooting in very dim environments and need to be as discrete as possible and the rear LCD screen is way too bright. Something like shooting a concert from the side of the stage or down low in front of the audience. In addition to wearing all black you really don't want to light up the rear LCD screen and become a distraction. If you're shooting with more than one body it's a lot easier to check each one using the dim top LCD screen than pulling each body up to your eye to use the viewfinder. Not to mention that in a crowded bar with a band on a much brighter stage, when you look in the VF to change a setting some drunk dude always thinks you're taking a picture of his girlfriends ass in the total darkness.
 
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I am only stating that if the R6 II comes out before R1, I would not expect a stacked sensor in it because it would take away a key selling point for Canon's flagship.

Stacked sensors will eventually trickle down to R5, R6, and beyond, just don't see it happening this quickly in the R6 II.

Again, why do you think the R6 Mark II will be out before the R1? I find that highly doubtful for the reasons I've already stated.
 
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With no dual CFexpress slots?

Highly unlikely.

that makes no sense. It just seems as if Canon needed a sports camera for the R Series. It's too close to the older 1DX3 to be a next gen flagship and doesnt have Dual CF Express.


The EOS R3 has one CFexpress slot and one UHS-II SDXC slot.

This is in line with seven of the eleven EOS 1-Series digital bodies released so far.

Fewer of Canon's 1D series have had two slots with the fastest technology at the time than those models that have one "cutting edge" slot and one lesser slot compatible with the same cards as previous/lower models.

The 1D and 1Ds had a single CF slot.

The 1D Mark II, 1D Mark IIn, 1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 1Ds Mark II, and 1Ds Mark III all had one CF and one SD slot.

Only the 1D X had dual CF card slots.

The 1D X Mark II had one CFast 2.0 slot and one CF slot.

Only the 1D X Mark III has dual CFexpress slots.

So only two out of eleven digital EOS 1-Series have had twin highest speed slots.
 
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Sounds reasonable :)

So a little bit early R5 II release would be possible as well... looking forward to this.
Main features I would hope for (since they fixed the overheat) would be more DR in video (which the R5 is quite a bit behind compard to the competition). Also Full Size HDMI and 1080p with 240 frames (shouldnt be a problem at all with the current datarates the R5 offers). :)

I never have understood why video shooters keep begging for more Dynamic Range. Professional film/video shooters are supposed to know how to control light so they don't need unrealistic DR performance from their cameras. Yes, this includes shooting outdoors in bright sunlight. Large scrims and graduated ND filters have been a staple of studio productions for almost 100 years.
 
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What is the logical reason for "at least 90%"? I can understand "100%" being the hallmark of amazing and being an absolute value, but anything below that is purely subjective and depends on what the subjects are. For example, for a lazy heron drifting across the sky, I would get close to 100% keepers with just about every DSLR I have used, but for some subjects just a few keepers would be amazing, like a hunting dragonfly or swallow in flight.
Yep. Big animals travelling predictably the af is close to perfect. Small birds, insects etc. No AF can actually track them i properly in most situations. A few frames in a row here and there is the best we can hope for. But I would guess I get triple the number of keepers with my r6 as I did with the 7d2. Actually probably 4 times as many tbh
 
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