Canon R6 Mark II Review: A Mostly Excellent Camera
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- Review of the Canon R6 Mark II camera. Discussing build & features, overheating, dynamic range, low light, color, etc.
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Review of the Canon R6 Mark II camera. Discussing build & features, overheating, dynamic range, low light, color, etc.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Persistent Annoyances
1:06 - Build & Ergonomics
1:27 - New Menu Items
2:10 - Overheating & Battery Life
3:26 - Recording Modes
4:06 - Rolling Shutter
4:33 - Limitations
5:20 - Dynamic Range
7:11 - ISO Range & Noise
8:12 - Color
8:29 - Audio
9:17 - Autofocus
10:04 - Stabilization
10:18 - Final Thoughts
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Since a few people have asked: The back and forth tests after the autofocus section are not to be evaluated for image quality. That's only a monitoring/info display recording, not a 4K clean feed. It's the only way to show what the eye tracking is doing. And the colors are just a Rec.709 monitoring LUT, not a final grade. I only included it to evaluate autofocus performance, not compare image quality to my main angle. Hope that helps! 🤓👍
Great indepth review. Appreciated. Hopefully the fix touch focus in firmware.
@@BoReynolds Not really a specific question to ask since even between brands, 1080 performance can vary from one model to the next. In other words it depends on the specific models you're looking at.
At 12:00. "You know what else is great?" ... you're great. My favorite camera reviewer on TH-cam. You're sober, get to the point, incredibly thorough, .... oh, and you're quite the looker too. ❤
@@BoReynolds for shooting what exactly? Overall you can't go wrong with either but I'd say Sony has way more good lenses available so keep that in mind, unless you only need 1 or 2 lenses.
This helps, but to be honest, your result on the R6 video is similar to what I get on my R5 shooting 8k raw. Colors look bad, skin transitions are harsh, and lot of noise in the dark areas. I just assumed that I am doing something completely wrong. Can you show us how to go from what your R6 just gave us over to something more similar to your Sony A cam? Is it even possible?
I get the odd feeling Gerald has enough dynamic range to know EXACTLY what we do in the shadows.
ONLY FANS would get it... 👀
💀 “comment of the year”
oh shii.. i knew that his look meant something.. im guilty
they need to put back ALL-I
😂😂😂
The fact that he owns/uses Sony but isnt biased towards that system and can give honest reviews is what I really appreciate. Also own Sony but I do like to keep up with what other manufacturers are doing
The amount of work this man put into making this video...easily hours of editing and filming. Thanks for the content.
Days and days I would say for these 🙏
no other review in the whole internet is even comparable. this guy is the goat at doing his thing.
Gerald Undone's review is more on the technical side. I do like to see reviewer's do more on the image quality and real world use aspect too.
@@harryvuemedia5106 those reviews still cover the same topics though, just with way less thoroughness and more guesswork, like "from using the cameras I THINK camera A has slightly more dynamic range"...way less useful than Gerald who actually does tests.
@@harryvuemedia5106 wait for Jared
FACTS
CVP is also great! They don't post as often as Gerald, but when they do they are VERY thorough in the reviews
Almost everyday since the production models are out for this R6 ii, I am searching for a video review and finally when Gerald's done it, I know I'm in for a treat
Gerald thank you for your professionalism and expertise testing this camera out! You’re really one of the best and everyone who is into cameras knows they can rely on your findings! Best of luck with the baby too! Crazy to balance work and home with a new one haha
As always, thanks for the clear and thoughtful reviews. Cheers!
1:40 Correct. This is new for the R6 mkii
6:59-7:45 I always overexpose by minimum 1 stop on Clog3, otherwise your shadows look terrible
9:42 I'm curious if you tried the "switching tracked subjects" setting to "0" ?
that look after "regardless of what you do in the shadows" is priceless lmao 07:08
"It's great, they're both great, everything's great" - I have the same response when anyone asks about any camera nowadays. Great review man.
Damn the a-roll is looking hella fine! So satisfying to compare between different videos the changes you've made and how you've made everything even better!
the canon part is only hdmi to Ninja V with informtion on it, it is only 1080 and not clean feed.
Great video. RE dynamic range: it's become clear that Canon hasn't moved beyond using a 12 bit A/D conversion in video mode. Canon Log 3 can encode roughly 14 stops if you have it to encode. There's actually nothing wrong with 12 bits as long as you know what that entails, but does sacrifice a fair amount of exposure flexibility when shooting in uncontrolled lighting situations. Other than the other standard Canon annoyances, as both an R6 and R6II owner, I can happily confirm that the mark II variant is a very good camera for both stills and video for existing Canon shooters. I wouldn't be switching platforms over it, but if you're already a Canon shooter looking to get into RF mount from EF, this camera is a great entry.
I'm on the fence because I don't know if I should get third party ef lenses
Great review. Loved the vortex outro.
Thank you for the amazing audio quality 💜
These endings never fail to put a smile on my face. :)
Looking for an uncropped 6k60p camera I almost went for this camera... ...until I saw this review. Thanks for saving me from a mistake!
I bought mine before watching this video!
I've been waiting patiently for the video!
Thanks for making the video, enjoyed it and you hit upon a lot of the points I look at when making decision about what camera to buy. Great!
Thank you for the review!! ❤❤
I like this lighting, the reduced fill light is flattering IMO
Loving your work :-)
Nice review, and EXCELLENT choice of music at the end... :)
I got one too, no time limit for video shooting, not overheating, great camera overall.
hi, i want to buy one, i have Eos R, but this story about DR is getting on my nerves. Is that a big problem, how good the picture is on R6II or that is a deal breaker?
one of the best review i saw on the Canon R6 Mark II
always good times when watching your videos ❤
I have nothing but continued appreciation for this channel. Been hoping for this video for a while, thanks Gerald!
Hey! Again thanks a lot for that video! I have a few questions that I hope you are your subscribers can answer. I mainly shoot for VFX and therefore Greenscreen. Of course I want the least amount of grain and least amount of any compression at all. Common sense was to go down with the ISO as low as possible. Am I wrong here and cranking it up to a base ISO would give me a better result? And did you find by any means, that this adopts to all brands? I mainly use blackmagics for that as well as some Arri Productions (but that obviously isn't an issue here at all...) Thanks a lot!!
Thank you Gerald to re-confirming that how fantastic my recently bought Panasonic S5 is. Cheers!
I have gh5 and want the s5 so bad
S5 is a beast, I've bought it for 1200$, the image quality, dynamic range and ibis is a top notch!
Long awaited !
Fantastic as always. The rear screen and EVF on the Canon looks a hell of a lot nicer to me.
This is the video I should've watched before buying my r6ii a couple weeks ago. It wouldn't have made me not buy it but it would have prepared me about some of the things I dislike about that I found out while using. Always appreciate your thoroughness, Gerald
Note that the heat tolerance setting from the R3 was brought to the R5 in a later firmware update (along with a lot of other improvements on the heat tolerance front). The R5 similarly does 12-bit 5K crop RAW or 10-bit 8K FF. The reason as I recall is that the Ninja V+ can't handle enough bandwidth on HDMI to get 12-bit ProRes RAW over 5K. That's what I had heard, anyway.
Also, on third-party stuff, I use a lot of Sigma EF lenses on my R5 and they're great. There's good reason to believe, I think, that we'll see Sigma make RF lenses in due course. The Metabones EF-RF speed booster is also great for the crop cameras and crop modes, in third party accessories on RF (though that's not a lens in the *usual* sense, it *is* technically a lens).
This comment is a little muddled up.
The R5 does 12bit RAW in 8K internally, but externally when using the Ninja V+, the 8K is 10bit prores RAW.
The R5 cannot do 5K RAW internally, it’s only externally but it is 12bit, unlike the external 8K, and up to 60p.
I must not lie, you footage always looks great BUT when you put the r6ii cottage up I extra super duper liked it! Fellow Sony former canon shooter here due to lens choice although I did get an r6ii on release because I miss canons haha . Granted the tool is only part of it , but there’s something about the canon shooting e per and actually really good rear screens .
Just bought it. Now i feel i have your blessing on the purchase, and as you are my most respected phototecyoutuber, i´m done. Currently i have a beautifull old canon 80d. Regards from Argentina!!!
Thanks for this Gerald mad me pleased I brought the R6 MKII to go with my R3 - do you know what the native ISO is on the R6 & R3 plus where can i get the LUT you mentioned for CLOG 3 - cheers Hieth
FANTASTIC video. Suscribed 👏 👏
Solid video. I am looking to buy a full frame camera and a welder soon, I find it very entertaining how stunningly good the production value is on the camera review videos and how filmed on an old cell phone leaned against a toolbox a lot of the welder videos are. You video was excellent and informative, I plan to pick up a A7 IV here in the next couple days. Very tempted by the Canon R6 ii but the native lens selection and extra resolution gave Sony the edge for me. Also first video of yours I have seen and I am subscribing now, tight dialog, informative and well edited.
You are my fav reviewer
Thank you for sharing it.✌️
The temperature gauge is simultaneously super helpful and something that would give me extreme anxiety 😦
I was waiting for this video.
Love your smolder at 7:08
Great video as usual! As a new Canadian TH-camr, I’m always looking to more experienced TH-camrs, especially Canadian ones, for tips, tricks, and new techniques to raise my game. I’ll have to try that Canon move vigourously shaking my camera left and right at 60 fps. Never thought of that one before! 😊
Great Review Thums up
Amazing review - should I go with this for daily and travel vlogging or canon m6 mark ii?
Great Job!
I appreciate both the seriousness and professionalism of this review along with the mild cynicism towards the whole idea of of parsing out the differences between cameras in 2022. In the end it’s entertainment for me. I mostly don’t care about cameras anymore.
thats so cool...but if i need the 120 fps which the sony a7r5 for example not have at al!!!! i have to check out reviews..like from gerald..to not get fuc...d in the end
Thank you for the great review, I was looking for information into cropped 4k picture quality, is it over sampled as well from the full crop area or some other inferior trickery?
Liked the canon color when you switched to film yourself. Awesome review too!
Another great review Gerald. Now that the atomos came out with the update for r6 mark II 6k raw option,can you please make a video on it?
11:40-11:55 I have watched that portion of the video more times than I would like to admit 🤣🤣🤣
Loved the video!!! We are looking for a new run and gun camera for video work with great AF and IQ ... Would you recommend the a7IV, FX30 or the R6 II?
Great video! I think the only thing missing which is worth mentioning is the 'detect-only' AF mode (similar to the 'face-only' AF option from their Cinema line-up). It is one of my favourite features from the C70 especially when shooting interviews, and so far this is the only mirrorless camera that has this option (not even the FX3 has this).
What are benefits of detect only Af? What cameras have face only af and detect only af?
They all great! There is no bad camera anymore
Amazing video! (As always with you)
I wanted to ask you something, as I’m a canon shooter. Do the full ISO stops being better on Canon, is also truth for stills? Thanks! I have a Canon R5
The what you do in the shadows callout was super cyooot.
Your final thoughts were on point 😅
Nice breakdown. Mine is scheduled to arrive tomorrow...moving up from the R and too invested in Canon lenses to change at this point.
Hi Gerald, thanks for reviewing this camera. I notice in the dynamic range test, the Xyla patches appears to be reddish in comparison with test of other cameras. Besides, the imatest noise plot also shows that the red channel has much higher magnitude compared with other channcels. This is also not the case for other cameras where R G B Y have similar magnitude. I wonder why does it show up like this? Is this an experimental error? Does it affect dynamic range test results? Thanks.
Absolutely love your reviews! Do you use a teleprompter, notes, or just... your brain?
According to ChatGPT this is a summary of this video:
1.The Canon R6 Mark II has some annoyances, including histogram and level turning off when recording, a custom white balance tool from 2002, and a micro HDMI port.
2.The camera has a dedicated photo/video toggle and a touch screen.
3.The camera has added focus breathing correction and anti-flicker shooting options.
4.The camera no longer has the high temperature setting seen in the R3.
5.The camera can record for two hours without overheating when shooting in 4K24 or 4K30.
6.When shooting in 4K60, the camera overheated after 42 minutes.
7.Gerald likes the build and ergonomics of the camera, which are standard for Canon.
8.The camera has a new temperature display that shows the camera's current temperature.
9.The camera turns off when the card door is opened, making hot swapping impossible.
10.Gerald finds the menus and touch screen easy to use.
(I, a human, cannot attest to the validity of this summary. I'm literally just bored at work & I can't watch this video with volume so I asked chatgpt to give me a summary....so this might be completely wrong lol)
fortunately Gerald posts videos with closed captions
Can you share the link of the bot? I tried same in openai bot and it can't do this
@@somewhatboxes yeah I used the transcript generated by youtube lol
Don't forget that Sony 7 iv is more than ONE YEAR OLD, so it won't have more updates, instead Canon R6 Mii will have more than a couple of firmware during the year.
Very detailed look at the camera for video, nice!
I'm not the only one who noticed the hilarious look on Gerald's face at 7.09 when he alludes at questionable behaviour on our part that might take place in shadows, right? 😂😂🙏🙏
just came here to say i like the hoodie man! cool camera too
It's been ages and I still can't get over the fact how good you look in short hair! weird, it is usually the other way around! Anyway, great vid
Canon need to give us Clog 2. Then we can understand the full potential of the sensor.
I like the music at the end.
Holy noise when he switched! when I had an a6400 running 1080p slog3 8bit it had less noise than the m6ii X.x
Gerald, you nailed it once again. Gerald, False Color is NOT working when View Assist turned on, is that normal on every canon cinema cameras or it just a bug in camera that canon need to fix ? Thanks
Thanks
I love Gerard and even though I’m a Sony shooter, it’s still good to keep abreast of what’s happening with other brands - the ending though hahaha 😅😂😅
Great video! Could you make a step by step video set up for the Fuji X-H2? It’s menu is driving me insane! It’s huge 🤦🏻♂️
First! :D Love your work Geralt!
You can set white balance by setting it in picture mode (take a picture) and then turning video mode and the custom white balance is there.
yeah this is what gerald referred to, this method is ancient and bad. even 90s ENG cameras can white balance with a press of a button but none of canons photo bodies can
@@yesthisisdonut Gerald referred that you have to take picture and then search it from menu. You don't have to go search picture from menu. You take it in picture mode and then go video mode.
I have this camera. It is really good. 40 FPS in elec shutter. Really helps
Another point worth noting: usually full-frame cameras feature not just more background blur, but also have an advantage in image quality, but since the dynamic range in the R6 ii is artificially limited, the R7 can have exactly the same dynamic range, while costing $1,000 less.
Low light performance is the other consideration, big deal for run and gun shooters especially since Clog3 wants you to overexpose to avoid noise
@@PraiseYeezus it's one stop of ISO performance so, not a whole lot. (1 stop if it's the same sensor type and resolution)
@@duck.cr3 I can't speak to the exact accuracy of this when it comes to the R6 and R7, but in general your statement is right...for photos. In video it's much more complicated than that; for example the A7iv maintains great low light ISO performance than the R7 by more than a stop.
@@duck.cr3a stop makes a lot of difference when shooting log. Since you always want to over expose.
@@duck.cr3 1 stop is the difference between an f/4 zoom and an f/2.8 zoom, which also tend to have roughly $1000 in the difference. I think a single stop makes less difference now than it did back when cameras didn't like to shoot above ISO 800, but it's still a value proposition that plenty of people are willing to shell out for.
Hello Geralds! As I adore your work I dare to ask you for help. I own a C70 and work for TV mostly. I got the R6ii and love it for the battery-life, autofocus an ease of use - but I still wonder if I should get the R5C for it's 120p and better codec. And I struggle with the noise of the R6ii. Should I get the R5C or even wait for the R5ii which might unify both worlds? Anyway thank for you help
Lol that ending. The Gerald SIngularity due to " rolling shutter"
One thing I do like about the Canon's is the body ergonomics - the curves feel more natural in the hand. I've used a Sony A7II and A7III from an employer, and it feels more like taking pictures/video with a brick in the hand. Also Sony's meter display threw me off a bit, because I was so used to that horizontal graph showing the "needle" moving left and right to show if my exposure is correct. To me, that's a more tactile way to show *how* "off" or "on" the exposure is rather than just some numbers changing, and I'm glad Canon kept the real meter look. Now if either mfr. could include shutter angle and waveform/vectorscope like Panasonic/LUMIX...but I'm leaning away from them b/c of the lack of lens selection and b/c their phase detect autofocus is still in its infancy, and their burst rate is nothing to write home about.
Hi 🙂
Love your vids!
Question... can the R6 M2 send 4k / 60 to the Ninja?
OR can the Ninja record 4k / 60 from the R6 M2's 6k output?
(The raw 6k export is larger than we want)
Thx!
Gerald, can you please test dynamic range of R6 in Standard + HTP (highlight tone priority) enhanced mode?
I find myself getting more and more tempted to add the R62 to my bag... Christmas is coming!
Facts 💯
Wow the difference in camera @ 10:03 is drastic. Is there a different grade? Is that straight out of camera? or something else?
11:46 was the best advice a filmmaker could get HJAHAHAAHAH
So I have a eos r and I already use the atomos ninja with it for the 10 bit 4k and I use the speed booster from metabones so I get a really solid image and focal length but I wanna up grade due to the age now been a while but I use a lot of older sigma lenses like the 18-35mm 50mm art
35mm art even the 30mm art and some canon lenses also but older ef ones does this camera focus right with those lenses
What did he mean by over exposing interiors @7:37? Do I need to bump up my external lightning? or is it an in-camera setting?
Great video! Could you undo variable ND filters for 2022/2023? Thanks!!!!!
I think you said that in APS C mode you can shoot 4k 12 bit to an atomos. I’m assuming in Clog 3. Did you get a chance to try it and see if the dynamic range score changed at all? Awesome video love to see the canon reviews!
When you shoot on prores raw with the atomos you can choose c-log2, so yes you can get more DR…not 16 stops like the c70 but I think near to slog3 on a7IV. But for now prores raw it’s not already available, atomos said that it will available in January
I own the R5, but looking at this as potential backup/second camera. What do you recommended?
Gerald is the Messi of youtube.
Gerald, congrats on all your videos.. help a lot always... please.. i have R5C, R6, and R6 MKII, and recording a video using all three cameras with Ninja V in 4K 29.97. Only R6 gets some problem with overheating and also, my ninja V gets texted with a yellow signal and tells me had a drop (and after some drop, stopped to record). I updated the version of firmware in my ninja and will do a test .. at the studio i tried to change the media (SSD) and change the cable but had the same problem... do you had something like this using R6 (std) and some tips to avoid that? thank you so much again for your help wit
I like your hoodie
Question you mention aps-c 10bit is this only for video? can you change the crop on this camera from full frame to crop 1.6 to shoot photos, lets say you got a 100mm lens and you want to get a aps-c field of view can you do this on this camera and also on the r6?
That rolling shutter test at the end should be the new norm lmao..
Does the aps-c/crop mode have less dynamic range than full frame 4k like the original r6?
For a second I thought you said:
“I’m Gerald Undone and it’s MooreBen time…” 😂
i don’t care much for Canon, but watching this because I miss Gerald’s geeky reviews.
This therapeutic for me
Knowing that youtube desaturates videos, your canon shots at the end must have had neon electric color saturation! I mean just look that those screw drivers in the back. lol Kidding aside great work man!