Canon 6D Review after 1 Million images taken 

Excellent review! It is great to see a camera reviewed by a photographer that values reliability and predictable results more than spec sheets.

This guy is the james bond of photographers, wow loaded with 2 cameras, never seen that, super cool🔥🌟👏

To me, the old 6D is the best camera for the money Canon ever made. The files are so nice, the handling very simplistic and the AF on the center point very precise. Not the fastest camera of course. AF in low light could be better. But still now after 7 years, you can't go wrong with this model. (unless you do action and sport photography only)

As a 6D user myself, thank you for inspiring me.

Excellent review! Too many youtubers only talk about what you miss out if you don't get the lastest models but to have an experienced professional talk about workflow and durability of the gear I find unique. Vielen Dank!

I have so much admiration for your charisma and your ability to connect with strangers. It's a delight watching your videos.

Just as I was watching review videos of other cameras I could possibly upgrade from my 6D to, I run into this one. It's not the first nor the last time I'd want to switch, but in the end I always end up staying. Thanks for reminding me what the most important thing in photography is, the person 3 inches behind the camera taking amazing photos.

I have three 6ds as my primary workhorse but I have replaced them to keep them fresh: the shutter assembly has gone on a few of them and as the price dropped it made sense to pick up "refurbished" 6D bodies to keep fresh. The main benefit over the other big canon bodies: lightweight.

This review gave me so much joy. Not the least because I own this camera since 2014 and carry the same feelings about it. But there was something special about Dirkson's affection for his instruments that serve his craft well - and that made me endearlingly stay glued to this presentation. And of course, his photography is top notch and I particularly found the rainly shooting sequence with strangers fascinating.

Amazing, that’s why people like me loves Canon. I own a 6d mark ii and I love it, despite the hate of the RU-vid “reviewers”. This is real world, the camera is just a tool, and in the right hands you can do whatever you want.... Love your videos... thanks

Very very impressive. Love the street images, and your style. I have the 6D2, and love it. Makes me want to maybe try out the 6D1. LOL

Exactly ! I'm still using my 5D2 and 5d3 for professional work and i'm still very happy with it after all these years!

Great video. Canon rarely have class-leading specifications, but what they do have is robust and usable specifications for the real World. I have the 6D and an M50. I love that combination as it covers me for still images and HD video.

Oh my God!! Beyond excellent 👍 This is among the finest real-world reviews of any camera on the internet! The stats, the sample images, the presentation, it has all come together so well in this!

Nice video. The 6D is amazing. I also had two... but I recently sold one. Now using 5D4 and EOS R, but my 6D shows very well even compared to those cameras. When I got the 6D, it was about the best you could get for low light! Your images look great! Good work!

wow this is such an underated channel, you're really good in the street too, its so great to see people not being afraid of a street photographer, great work in keeping the artform acceptable. i do worry in the future I won't be able to interact with street subjects due to their fear of cctv in general. guys like you help reinforce to the public that street photographers aren't to be feared at all and that we can offer some stunning memories if they can let go of fear. Thank you :)

I guess you should get yourself two new ones after that million shots :) Stunning review and pictures. I bought myself a new 6D after watching this :) Subscribed as well, big thanks!

I am planning to buy 6D and when I see this video, I am super excited to get one! Thanks!

LOVE this video!! You truly shows an amazing journey with Canon Camera! To me, 5D3 and 6D is really reliable camera body even in 2022.

Great video , such passion for your 6D , i have had mine 3 years and love it. many thanks.

Thanks for making this video, now I know how still powerful the 6D is. Planning to buy one soon as my first full frame camera! Great work and subscribed to your channel!

Inspired by your 6D review! A lot of canon photographers I’ve seen here in youtube uses 5D mk iii or iv or 6D mk ii. You’re one of the few who appreciates 6D so much even though it’s cheap and old. 😄👍

Erst jetzt entdeckt, spontan zugeschaut, spontan Abo hier gelassen. Einfach weil sympathische Person und einer der zuverlässigsten Kameras gewürdigt wird. :) Die 6D als Occasion stellt auch mich seit 2017 zufrieden.

Proud owner of Canon 6D mark 1. Loved this video and thank you very much for the review

What an awesome review. I also really enjoy watching your videos and also your smile is just adorable! I appreciate for the decent quality of videos.

Beast of a Camera! I had 2 before moving to the 5D4 and 5D3. The only gripe I had was the auto focus system and those few focus points.

Very informative and entertaining video, reinforces why I bought the camera. I've watched it twice now, once before I bought the 6D and a revisit just now. I use an R6 for anything moving quickly, everything else the 6D. Really enjoy the ease of use and am always very happy with the results great camera, I would also recommend it.

Very nice shots. Thanks for the info.

Excellent information on your experience with the canon 6d. I just bought a 5d mark ii. I liked your explanation it was very helpful to me. Thanks.

great video about the longevity of the camera and practical use, voice is easy to listen to and very relaxing background music.

I still use 6d in 2019 😁

Wonderful video, very informative and just what I needed. Thank you, Paul

I rarely comment on youtube but after watching your video I have to say thank you for your review. I owned the 6d for about 3 years now but almost forgot them if not for the Rome trip this summer, then I took it out from storage and started to learn to shoot again by watching tutorial on RU-vid and run across your review. I have the $ to spend so I'm thinking about buying new Canon but now I change my mind and believe that I can rely on the 6D just as it helps your career. I also learned many new tricks from your review too. Thank you so much again and wishing you the best. Can't wait to see more of your video. By the way I will stop by Munich in June too after Rome :)

Great video man. Many people always be like you need the 5d iv or whatever cause that's what pros use but knowing that you use the 6d as your work pro camera sounds cool I got a 6d ii for amature shots and I love it.

A fantastic and very helpful review for a newbie like me. And the images are wonderful. Thank you

I have been looking for a camera that fits my needs and watched tons of videos. Love your style! A 6D it will be ...

Thank you, this has helped me with my decision. I'm going to my local camera store this morning, to buy a used 6d. I've had my eye on it for a few days now. It'll be my first full frame camera, can't wait 👍🙂

Thanks a lot! I'm not using the 6D so much like you but have some dust on the sensor. I'm wondering. I bought my 6D 3 years ago as a used camera for about 800€. Now I shoot about 300.000 images and it's very durable. Everything is working fine and AF also working in very dark conditions, when you have some lines to focus on. Only faces, without glasses, have some problems in dark conditions. Also the camera is working very well with 3rd party lenses. Like you I'm using often used gear. The community and marketplaces are full of good and cheap stuff. Also renting is fun for playing around. Now you can buy this camera cheap, amazing.

Just goes to show that we don't need the world of gear to get successful photographs consistently. Just a system that delivers what we need.

I am with you for Canon 6D. I still have it after all these years.

your images are so beautiful. All with one style. Such a high quality work..

Keep doing what you love!! You use them very well...Peace to all.

I've owned the 6D Mark 1 since 2014... (long story but after a surviving a medical crisis, I moved from a Nikon D5000 to Canon and L-glass, never looked back). The solid build, durability, and low light performance, and of course full frame IQ (it was my 1st) blew me away compared to what I had. I do ZERO people photography and primarily landscape, astrophotography, and something the 6D wasn't intended for ... fast moving aircraft at airshows. Yes, the AF system on the original is "basic" 11pt AF and one cross-type point by today's standards seems like old tech. Yet, the results I've achieved with this camera have far exceeded what I ever imagined. The clean images w/ great color (I shoot only RAW) never disappoint. I've locked on in AI Servo on the center point and "stopped" a 500mph fighter jet w/ all manner of details. When the 6D2 came out... I rented for a weekend and shot at low ISO in daylight (ISO100) and shadow recovery couldn't match the original 6D. At higher ISO especially if you're someone who shoots indoors in low light, I hear the 6D2 is quite good but that's not my space. I'm outdoors in bright light shooting planes or under stars (doing star trail imaging). I had hoped for more but waited until Black Friday and got an insane deal on the faster higher MP 5D Mark 4. Love the 5DM4, 7FPS is great, touch screen and IQ is great as well... but the 6D still goes with me every show I attend and BOTH deliver. That you can still get a NEW 6D for 999 USD online in the US, IMO, makes it the best FF for the money that can be found. The original 6D will be a Canon legend one day. Great video. (an example of what the 6D does in my subject space 500px.com/photo/244876829/us-navy-blue-angels-boeing-f-a-18-hornets-solo-pair-takeoff-by-mark-streit )

I have my 6D since 2015 and I think that over 85.000 shots! I hope it's like yours and live a long life!

Very thoughtful and sincere review, I am studying photography as well and my sister who is a professional in Cali advised me the 6D as my "beginner" camera, she said to start learning with the "best value" full frame as she still has her 6D along with her Mark 3!

Great review of the 6d now I want one, and beautiful pictures by the way very nice!

nine hundred thousand shots?! dude, you're awesome!

I have a feeling you would take great photos no matter what you use.

Very nice! My first full frame was a 6D that I bought in 2018. I'm happy to learn that it has served you well all this time.

Marvelous. How wonderful to see masterful work with basic tools.

Thank You for your insight! We need to see more reviews like this! It's not about having the latest and greatest gear! it is about You!🙏

Just got a Canon 6D as my first full frame a couple months ago for 600 USD with less than 2k shutter clicks. Absolute love the camera, makes my old crop sensor feel like a toy

Excellent points. Some of the same reasons I stick with mine!

I use 6d as well and I am in big agreement. I might pick up another

I agree. It's a great allrounder camera and probably makes more sense to buy this second-hand and spend the money on quality lenses and accessories.

I’m convinced. I’ve been tossing up 6D or 70D (70D for all the advances the 6Dii has at the same/cheaper price than the 6Di) Just discovered your channel, love it. You’ve got a beautiful style. And those shots in the rain were magic.

phenominal video and creative work. i own both the 6D and 6D2 . i love them both

You are such an honest and passionate human being ❤

I have 5 Camera bodies at the moment, 3 Canons and 2 Sony. On the sony side, I currently have my workhorse Sony a6500 and Sony a7iii, specifically for video. On the Canon side, I got the Canon EOS R, my lovely Canon 6D and my old man 550D (which my dad bought for my college project), I've always thought of selling all my canons especially my 550d and 6D, but will always end up hesitating and hugging it at the night, as I have been using the 6D since I started wedding photography in 2015. This camera taught me so many things and survived so many events. It's such a robust camera, and a best friend.

Beautiful photos! Was a great review. I would love to see your workflow in post - only a few seconds editing each photo sounds? Wow...I want to get there too!

Very nice and useful video review. I always watch your videos, because you use 6D. And I'm also using same camera since last 3 years. And everything you said is true. I really get inspired with your videos. Thank you!😀

Great photos, I have the 6DM2 and I like it, Thanks!!!

You have great videos. Thank you for this review. Your photography is beautiful.

Lovely images. And it's great how you're able to connect with strangers for quick photo shoots. At first I thought those were model shots until I realized you hadn't actually met them prior. That tales knowing your gear, surroundings and what to do. Did you say you then offer to sell the images to them? Not sure I follow why you'd do that, if so. The 6D is on my short list of cameras for getting back into digital photography, and I greatly appreciate how you illustrated plainly who and why it's best for what you do.

This makes me appreciate my 6D even more, it's a workhorse!

A very useful - and enjoyable - review :-) Thank you!

Good camera, I have one and use it for landscape and travel photography. I did have a few dead pixels that I remap to remove it from center of images.

So true, I have a couple of mk3s up there, in the millions too ! Still clicking :)

Great video for aspiring wedding photographers ! Battery life and silent shutter are two of the most important features for wedding photographers. Of course good lenses help. When I first purchased my used 6D, I wasn't too crazy about it because of the clack clack of the shutter. I shot a wedding with this camera and I could tell that the people were getting annoyed. I figured I would use my Pentax K5 II, or Nikon D7100 which have better sounding shutters during the ceremony, but both these cameras have cropped sensors. It was only after playing around with the "Q" dial that I realized the 6D has a silent shooting mode ! Now I keep it on silent unless I'm shooting fast action. I love and appreciate the 6D even more because of this feature. Now I also know to stay away from the 6D II.

Just bought one last week low shutter count in great condition and its great to see a review like this gives me a bit of confidence in my new purchase, thank you and all the best from Ireland

Outstanding review. This is the difference between a hobbyist and a professional. Reliability, predictability, return on investment, productivity and depreciation all play an important part when it is your livelihood at stake.

I love those black and white photos you shot on street. Definitely following you on Instagram! You should post more of those BW shots on Instagram!

Love your style! Very nice images.

Very nice video and nice images too. Your street photography was excellent too.

Great video! I personally own a 5d Mk IV. Very informative.

Wow... what a nice Video... i user my Fuji x-e1 also since 2012... i am not such a Profi, but i made 100.000 shots and i know the menu very well...so i will use it till it goes... thank u so much for this Video!

My 6D with my Tamron 24-70 F2.8 VC is still my favourite go to set-up.

That's what I'd call a professional… creating amazing shots using the same camera for years. Unlike us hobbyist jumping cameras every few yrs (haven't had a camera that I use more than 5 yrs… )

Had my 6D since 2015 and take approx 10.000 pix pr year. Fantastic camera. I do Streets, every Day life, my kids sports (field hockey) and Stock Photo for an agency

I was watching a review from Mattias and he was saying how much the canon 6d mark ii image looks alot similar to the canon 5d classic image ( which I love ). Anyway I’ve been looking for something similar to that look of the 5d mark 1. Would you say the 6d comes closest to matching that look ?

Thank you for a great video. I am wondering if you ever used back-button focus and if so, found it advantageous for use shooting weddings?

I’m new here, but just subscribed. Love your presentation. I use Canon lenses on my Sony a7rii. Just now bought a used Canon 6d with 13,000 shutter count. looking forward to using it,

Great review! Thanks!

6D GANG! love this!

I just bought one used, my first full frame. It is coming through mail, this is the best review.

Such a zen camera. That video inspired me to sell my 60D I had for 10 years and upgrade to a 6D. Haven't looked back since. I just got an additional EOS M as a back-up. My primes are: 28mm 1.8, 40mm 2.8 and the Tamron 90mm 2.8

Sold! I wanted to move to a 5D II from a 77D but I think I want the 6D for the flippy screen (gettin' old can't lean down so easy). Btw, I do not know why this video has less than a thousand views, it has a plethora of information and amazing photos. Thank you kind sir.

Very comprehensive Dirkson! You just broke other's point of view on the 6D. The compose recompose been into it also and I find it ok with me. A budget full frame can do away much. By the way, I genre is mostly landscape. I am intrigue you mentioned seconds when editing. I am leaning into getting a used quality body having a EF24-105 f4 for a start or with the EF17-40 f4. Thank you for sharing! No one in youtube testified having a million shutter count and still counting!

The subscribe trigger for me was “Can you look at your nose?” “My nose?!” And the picture looked awesome. Thank you for this video.

This is a kind of actual review

amazing photos and review

Hello Sir, I just bought a 6D in 2021, thank you for encouraging me!

perfect review. i think i dont need to search for 6D review anymore

it is not the camera that take photos but 6D is a really nice tool to get that

Thanks for video, I have 5diii for 5 years and 6d for 2 years. Love 6d, it's have all that i need as a amateur photographer, but for my professional work single card slot made 6d only a second camera. Did you have a problem with yours SD cards since 2013?

I had a 60D that I sold in full operation after 450,000 shots. Canon is very reliable.

I shoot the 6d for landscapes and people . and really happy with the images like you I don't need anything fast. Like my 7d mark 2 for bird shoots 1.3 million images and make a living off these 2 camera awesome 6 years later

Sweet review. I got a 6D from Ebay for about $400US w/only 7K actuations. I should use it more but I find myself using my 77D and 1D MKIII more often. I got it to have as an "In between" cam. Seeing your shots, I'll definitely try to use it more. I do love the weight though and the simplicity of the menu system and the rear of the cam, compared to the both 5D MKII and MKIII's I sold. Those things were heavy!! Even heavier that my 1D! Thanks again for the inspiration. Funny to see that you have one of the lenses I also have (Tamron 24-70)... I don't use that much either.. Debating weather to replace it with the Sigma 24-105 Art... decisions decisions... Thanks again for the inspiring review... Peace

thank you for the effort and sharing. if i may ask: what are your go-to lenses for the Canon 6D and why?

Nice shots bro! I am still using mine ! Bought it on 2014.. keep it up!