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Speed boost for new full-frame EOS R6 Canon’s new EOS R6 Mark II offers
One of the biggest physical changes on the camera is a dedicated stills/movies switch, which is just one of several improvements to aid video shooters. The Q menu has a different interface that’s more video-orientated, and there are a range of aspect ratio markers, both horizontal and vertical. A false colour display helps judge exposure, and it’s possible to buffer and prerecord video for three or five seconds before hitting the Rec button. There is HDR support and Canon Log 3 for maximum dynamic range. When used with supported lenses, the EOS R6 Mark II also uses focus-breathing correction like some of the latest Sony cameras. In terms of autofocus, the R6 Mark II has improved deep-learning artificial intelligence, recognising people, vehicles (which now includes aircraft and trains) and animals (which has been updated to recognise horses and zebras). The type of
record 4K/60p for up to 40 minutes using the full sensor width and up to 50 minutes in APS-C mode. There are no time restrictions when shooting at slower frame rates like 4K/30p. Canon cameras have never been leaders in very high frame rates – and again the R6 Mark II doesn’t offer 4K/120p. But it can shoot 180fps in HD, where the older camera was limited to 120fps. Full HD footage is not oversampled, so there will be some loss in quality. Canon claims recording times of over an hour in any HD frame rates are possible. The camera also supports a ProRes Raw video workflow when paired with a compatible Atomos monitor/recorder. This includes 6K Raw video using the entire sensor width or 3.7K Raw video using an APS-C crop. It can simultaneously record HD proxy files internally when outputting Raw externally.
ultra-fast 40fps stills shooting, a boost in low-light AF and video capture in up to 6K Raw. It uses the same Digic X processor technology from the EOS R5 and the original R6, but with a new 24.2-megapixel CMOS full-frame sensor, with next-generation Dual Pixel CMOS AF II. The camera will cost £2779/$2499 body only or £3999/$3599 with the RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. The body is little changed from the two- year-old R6. This camera could capture 4K/60p video but with a 1.07x crop from the full width of the sensor, while videos oversampled UHD 4K/60p using the entire width of the sensor and it’s also possible to get 4K/60p from an APS-C crop. The Mark I camera contained some overheating problems, but Canon claims you can were capped at 30 minutes per clip. Now, the new model can capture
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