Canon EOS R6 PHOTOGRAPHY review (res, noise, DR, AF, MF, fps, GPS) 

My in-depth review of the Canon EOS R6 for PHOTOGRAPHY - not VIDEO! Check prices or order at B&H: bhpho.to/2W1rsBb // WEX: bit.ly/321Ijrw Buy Gordon a coffee: www.paypal.me/cameralabs Gordon's In Camera book: amzn.to/2n61PfI / Amazon uk: amzn.to/2mBqRVZ Cameralabs merchandise: redbubble.com/people/cameralabs/shop

I clicked so fast when I saw "photography review" with the R6. This is exactly what I've been wishing for.

These “photo only” reviews are fantastic. Really useful and informative. Thanks, Gordon!

It's so refreshing to see a content creator that remembers to include "PHOTOGRAPHERS", as part of this camera reviews.

“No one ever complained about the image quality of the canon 1Dx” wise words. Enjoyed this review, appreciate your time.

Wish more people would forget about video and just do the stills, well done gordan👍

Every day for weeks I’ve searched for “EOS R6 Review” waiting for a video like this and I’ve finally found it. Thank you so much for your effort in this review!

I watched this video when a bit “over-refreshed” and ordered one. I have watched it again sober and I’m not cancelling. Great review Gordon. Cheers! R owner.

I havent even started the video but I'm so happy for someone to finally review these for photography. Video seems to be all anyone talks about!

Another awesome 'photo only' review whilst youtube is plagued people who just want to rant endlessly about video limitations of a camera that is designed with stills as a priority!

It was a pleasure using the R6 - thanks for letting me help out. It was also good to see the resolution comparison against the EOS R, I am convinced that the resolution drop is not an issue and the the amazing focusing system and pure speed of it is a massive upgrade from my EOS R.

Always the best reviews on RU-vid. I see and appreciate the work that you have been putting into each one of these videos and love the separation of focus on photo to video, as most reviews have been weighed heavily on video. Thank you for all of your hard work and time to help us make a purchasing decision.

Thanks Gordon, a much wanted review of photo only! You’re listening to your crowd and that’s great to participate in your channel. Also great reviews allowing us to compare easily. Thanks!

Was eagerly waiting for this mini 1Dx review.

This is exactly the review I was waiting for! Much appreciated. I couldn’t care less about the video features

Thank you! Really appreciate the new format you're doing with these as there's just so much to cover on new cameras these days.

A terrific review indeed ! One of the most in-depth, unbiased review for those amateurs who, i am certain, have much wider choices available now then ever. It's so true now, of the cameras ever since the video capability has come to the fore, that the pristine photography element is easily overshadowed by the video wizardry. Leave that to the professionals & weddings photographers & yet there's a humongous group of people who just want to click pure, memorable photographs. Thanks a million Gordon ! Very well done !

best review of the R6 i have seen so far!

Fantastic review. Thank you for staying out of the “heated” video controversy.

Fantastic review,... very helpful. Thank you so much Gordon for everything that you contribute to the photography community. It wouldn’t be the same without you. You are appreciated!

I always appreciate your reviews, thorough but accessible. When my budget allows this is on my list as a hobby photographer who photographs a lot of dog sports and is looking to get in to mirrorless from a 7D with a good number of EF-L lens lineup. The focus system, IBIS, FPS burst and dynamic range are all spot on for my needs. The split review you did worked great for me, since I’m not a huge hybrid photo/video user. The sharpness and ISO comparisons to multiple cameras were great to see. Cheers and thank you for the great content!

I do enjoy your detailed and focused reviews Gordon.

Wow, I really appreciate the detail in your review! Even down to the battery level impacting the fps - this is the first I’d ever heard of such a thing. I love dpreview but their R6 review felt rushed. I like that you’re splitting photo and video into two separate reviews. Thanks!

Much appreciated Gordon! Its been so hard finding decent reviews on the photography side of things, so thank you for going to the effort.

Excellent review, good to see the continued emphasis on Still photography without to many distracting video specs.

there it is. I have been waiting for this. I consider seriously purchasing this as my first mirorrless - and your review will help me 100%. Lets see whats it about.

Thank you Grodon for providing these „photo only functions“ revew for both models. Very helpful as I am absolutely not interested in shooting video with such a camera. Same goes for my Fujis by the way.

Thank you for this review Gorden! Have been waiting for this for decades!

This is exactly what many of us have been looking for! Thank you very much for this Gordon, please know that your work is incredibly valued and will help many to make informed purchasing decisions. I’ll see about getting you that coffee once I’ve got my order in for an R6. 🙂

I asked for this last week in the comments section, thanks for listening 😎

As a current 5D Mark IV owner, I'm very impressed by how much the R6 outperformed the 30 MP R at high ISO and low light. It will certainly push my 7D Mark II into retirement.

I really appreciate these reviews, especially for the R5 and R6, because they highlight the strengths of the cameras without over-weighting the video performance in the overall judgement. I'm about a 90% stills shooter and have been a Canon shooter for a very long time, and these reviews have really helped me to understand that an R5 or R6 would be a phenomenal upgrade to my current setup and basically perfect for my primary use case. So many of the other reviews approach them from a 50/50 stills/photo - or even a straight video-first - perspective, and haven't really given me a good feeling about their stills capability. Thanks for these reviews. They have been very, very helpful.

This is one of the best reviews I've seen and it's definitely helped me decide between the R6 and R5. As always great job and enjoy the coffee.

Like many others, I was initially very skeptical of the R6 because of the 20MP sensor. I currently own an RP and simply couldn't fathom the resolution downgrade but your video has completely changed my mind. The image comparisons between all of Canon's R body cameras was an invaluable decision making tool. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication; it does not go unappreciated.

really appreciate your very detailed review, and I would really love to see you test how the camera performs (like the IBIS and burst shots) when using adapted 3rd party lenses like Sigma or Tamron.

Thank you. As an EOS R owner looking to upgrade, this is most comprehensive, entertaining and insightful review I have seen so far.

Gordon, I love your reviews. They are thorough, concise and to the point.🌻🌼🌷🌹

Thanks man for telling us how to get 12fps. I didn’t know battery has to 60% or more to get 12fps.

Finally someone releases a video showing what this camera is actually made for!

Hi Gordon, thanks for this awesome review (as usual), you are officially my favourite camera reviewer nowadays ! 🙂

Excellent review. Well explained, up-to-the-point, balanced amount of details and great images which shows what the camera is capable of.

It's refreshing to see what the camera is capable of rather than ranting endlessly about the overheating. Thanks.

Thank you so much for this "stills-only" review, as well as the R5 one! In that same spirit, I'd like to ask for a bit of advice. I'm looking to upgrade from my 80D to a full frame body, for shooting portraits, landscapes, products, weddings, birds and would like to start sports as well. R5 is I believe a bit out of budget and I can see several good offers for 1DX mark II units around where I live. Would the R6 be a better alternative than the 1DX mark II, knowing that I could get one at around a similar price?

Thank god for this review focused for still shooters. Video makes up about 1% of my camera usage, aside from using my RP as a webcam. I’m not a RU-vidr or filmmaker, and this is exactly what I wanted to know about the R6. Thank you so much for this incredibly informative and in depth review.

So very happy to have come across this review. I am tired of seeeing so many reviews that talk about video. Thanks for doing this.

You should know that the excessive focus on video features related to still cameras has been and continues to be very annoying to those of us millions who are very primarily stills shooters. This kind of bias in evaluations is very evident from many many RU-vid sources I believe because while they claim to be photographers they are in fact videographers as evidenced by the importance of their RU-vid productions for them personally in generating income. While no doubt hybrid performance is wonderful to have and for some professionals perhaps a requirement, the reality on planet Earth is that HD Video IS still not available even at broadcast on local televisions most of the time. HD television is not, even after all these years truly dominant. This is true for the giant vast majority of those who subscribe to Internet services. SO the emphasis on 4K IS really quite a truck load of total bullshit for most people, not to mention all the computer power and screen resolution and such just to deal with it. I thank you from NOT being Tony and Chelsea, nor the Fro, nor even Peter Gregg (God bless him). All one needs to do is LOOK at the current trend in FILM photography to see -guess what - people do indeed value still photography very much. Thanks for your review that has meaning to those especially who wish to raise shadows and recover highlights and focus on subjects who move and capture a still photo. As for the video mavens out there - buy a video camera and stop complaining that you can't get a cheap alternative from a camera company that wishes to destroy and cannibalize its market during a giant downturn in the industry just to satisfy your lustful ego-centric navel gazing camera desires. There, I have said it. I am sick of you "equal outcome" people. Cameras are all different, just like people, do NOT expect them all to cough up the outcomes equally to server your purposes. Be a real diversity person and shed your video-privilege attitudes - and you know who you are!! Go ahead go march on Canon, don't forget to pick up your marching orders from Portland-video.

Gordon, I am a long-time subscriber to your channel. Luv luv luv that you are doing these still photography-centric reviews. This is an outstanding review. I look forward to your RAW file additions when available. Thanks much, Craig

Thank you Gordon. This review is what I’ve been waiting for!

I still hope for some reviews of tracking with really outdated EF lenses (Non STM, old 1st gen USM...) and third party lenses.

Thank you, Gordon! I was becoming a bit frustrated with people only talking about video specs between the 2 cameras! I'm glad someone is taking the time to showcase the stills capabilities. Side note: I am surprised I hadn't subscribed to you, been watching your content for probably more than 10 years now 😅 New subscriber and long time fan.

The best stills photography review so far, thanks Gordon.

Another excellent stills review. Thanks for separating stills/video, it is much appreciated. More food for thought as to my camera upgrade

Hi Gordon. Thank You! I use a 5D classic. Yes, well, someone has to! I've been wanting to upgrade for some time...... The RF lenses are obviously the eventual future but I was not sufficiently impressed with the RP or the R to deploy hard earned cash. Then the R5 and 6 came along. But which one? I've got video cameras so what I'm mainly looking for is high end still photography with some useful video capability in reserve. That sounds very much like the R6 except that I'd now like to shoot mainly landscapes. Problems problems! Your suite of non-OTT (Oh my God it caught fire) review videos are extremely helpful both to me and I would think many others. With this level of complexity I prefer the still/video separation approach. Oh, and yes, I've subscribed! BobUK.

Thank you Gordon for the detailed review of the stills performance of the R6. Other reviews of both models don’t come close to the level of detail you have shared. Thank you

Gordon, I love the photography-only reviews. Thanks!

Thanks again for the photo only type review. It's what I'm looking for when looking for camera reviews. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for the photography review. Don’t see many of those on line.

The R5 with the sensor of the R6, two CF Express slots and a built in battery grip would be perfect for me. For me having a top display is essential. Even the cheaper EOS R had that. I hate it when Canon make a camera artificially worse just to make people buy a higher priced camera that has a resolution I do not want. In the Sony A7 line up, the camera with the lowest resolution is the most expensive, but the R5 and R6 suggest that having more megapixels makes a camera more premium. That is sooooo 2005.

This is what I have been waiting for. Thank you.

4:12 the love I have for you knows no bounds mate!!! Been smashing my head the past 2 days trying to figure this out!! Things like this, and the psychical knobs and dials, is why I still love my Fuji system but man am I in love with the R6 and the system. Cheers again mentor

my local camera shop apparently saw tons of ppl selling their Sony A7iii / Sony A7r4 in exchange for the new Canon cameras, especially for the R5; slow sales for the A7S3 though. I guess most ppl are interested in photography more than videography.

The full package of the R5 makes me laugh at Canon. The full package of the R6 makes me want to switch to Canon.

Best camera reviews by far. Been watching them throughout my photo experience.

I been watching your videos for a while never knew I wasn’t subscribed. Your videos always come out on my timeline Thank you

Before this video, I thought I am the only one who still cares about still. Somehow it seems like everyone needs to take hell a lot of 4K videos.

09:00 R6 looks better than A7III

Thank you! Ive been on the fence about going from the eos R to eos R6 mainly for photography. You have given me much valuable information.

I have been waiting for this. Thank you Gordon ! Looks that Canon finally made a good autofocus system on mirrorless cameras.

great review with lots and lots of good info , especially for someone who is thinking about a huge upgrade from a T3i. Makes me more confident about plunging so much money into a new camera and more quality glass. Thanks Gordon!

Thank you 1 million times for not taking on a sponsor for this. It gets so annoying when big RU-vidrs won’t make a video without a sponsor . Great review! Subscribed.

Thanks Gordon, love these photos only reviews! I hope you'll make more of them :)

Thanks Gordon for these two photography reviews from the R5 and R6. This is what a photographer needs for making a choice betweetster these two camera’s

For someone who only take stills, your review is very much appreciated. Good job.

thanks! was eagerly awaiting this after the r5 review.

Thanks Gordon. Separate coverage much appreciated! Don’t spill the coffee!

Hi Gordon, great review and thanks so much for doing another stills only review!

Brilliant review! Really looking forward to trying the R6 out!

Superb complete photographic review once again, precisely what I was waiting for. This one came fast also! Thank you Gordon. I own a 6D + 24-105 L IS and an RP + RF 24-105 L IS. Currently my working gear. I guess once this 2020 finishes and we go back to normal working numbers, I'll find the moment to buy this body on a rebate hopefully. Yeah, I guess this is the one for me right now. Thanks again.

As a photographer of 35 years who has never shot a second of video, I deeply appreciate you doing this "For Photography" series. Thank you for going the extra mile and providing content such as this that is far and few between. I pre-ordered the R5 based off of your "R5 For Photography" video because it answered all the Photography questions I had. Outstanding work! THANK YOU!

Actually the best review to find on the internet. Thanks, mate.

Fantastic video! Loved the comparison and the information with all the tips. Especially liked you did this from a phot perspective versu all centered on video

This is comparing I’ve been waiting for! Please more videos about R6’s. Cheers! Subscribed

Followed you many years ago on your website and you had some of the best reviews already back then. Recently discovered your RU-vid channel and have been binge watching your videos. You are doing a great job! Subscribed of course!

Seriously so much useful info packed in this video! Thank you!

Not wanna be part of the 85% viewers who is NOT subscribed. It is a good to show some appriciation for all the work you do for us. Thanks again and keep up the good work.

Having a LCD Display screen that can articulate to preview the image is extremely unappreciated. It has helped so much especially when shooting on a tripod from my experience. So glad you mentioned that in the review. Thanks for the great video and your work here definitely helped in making the decision that the R6 will be my next camera.

Got my R6 yesterday. Haven't had a chance to do much with it yet, but I can see from your video that it's a great camera. Thanks for the excellent review Gordon!

I subscribed because of this video. Thank you for the review I've been looking for.

Incredibly helpful video. Perfect pace. Very technical yet digestible. Amazing thank you for the work you put into this.

I always enjoy your reviews. I have been a fan for many years. I also like your written reviews. Michael

Thanks for another cracking review, Gordon. I bought your book on US Amazon. And yes, I do like the photography/video separate videos, when they make sense for these complicated cameras.

The best review of the R6 I've watched so far ! Excellent !

36 min. in one breath! Very well made. Thanks for the time it took you to fully test it

I hadn't really considered the R6, but going by the detail of your shots it looks a great option for stills.. I know its a lot more work but these comprehensive Photography reviews are very much appreciated, Thank you Gordon

All i can say, your review has given me the confidence on upgrading to the R6, thanks

Hi Gordon, fellow coffee nerd here. Thanks for yet another refreshingly calm, factual review. I love the seperate reviews for stills and video. Concerning the R6 - over at dp review they have a great comparison module, where you can crossreference resolution and ISO performance for up to 4 cameras (I'm sure you know it). I spent quite some time there before deciding to get the R6 and it indeed holds it's own in terms of resolution, especially in the corners. It is food for thought, if the consistency over the ISO range it delivers isn't of siginificantly more value in day to day operation, opposed to a camera that resolves a tad higher at base ISO but rapidly deteriorates under non ideal conditions. After all, other than for studio photographers, non ideal conditions are rather the norm than the exception. Keep up the great work mate - enjoy your coffee :)

Thanks Gordon ,for doing a stills only review fantastic !!

Gordon - your reviews are some of the best out there. Super helpful and devoid of nonsense. :-)

You're so awesome , thank you again for a photograpy-oriented review for the new Canon cameras.

Fantastic review. Thank you so much. Already subbed since your channel started.