Canon R6 complete photography settings by Professional Photographer - how to set up your R6 

i just bought the r6 and this helped me to set things up!! thank you :) excited to play around with the different functions to see what best suits me!

Hey Brett, thanks a LOT. I really got a lot out of your video after opening the box and trying to deal with the complexity of the menu. You communicate without yelling and convey useful information in a helpful and clear way. I appreciate it.

Hi Brett! I rewatched your video and found the back button focus option I was looking for! Thanks for great info!

Tesla dawg, thanks for the video. Very interested in the filming and custom setups so I'll be looking around and through your channel to find those bits tips and tricks. Have a great 2021!

SO. HELPFUL. Thanks for this vid! Just picked up my R6 and am pumped to get to know it, this video def helped!

Very helpful. I always like setting up correctly the first time. Thanks!

Hi Brett , i have just watched your very interesting video on the R6. As a beginner i found this most helpful .Gosh i have a lot to learn. THANKS

You the man Brett! Thanks for this. Keep it up!

Very comprehensive and helpful! Thank you

Thank you......switched from 1dx to R6 a few months ago and this helped with some of the settings I didn't know much about. Need another mirrorless and debating between another r6 or getting an r5. Hope you get your Tesla!!!!

Great video. So much to go through and glad you focused (no pun intented) on the settings you used rather than everything. I've found having the dual card slot works best for me with images and video recorded to standard card 1, with card 2 just taking a backup of images (mostly do image work).

Tesla!!!!!! Watched it through and through! Keep making amazing content. Also happy teachers day to you. Learnt a lot from you, so thank you 😊

This is super helpful. Thank you so much!

Super helpful video. Much appreciated!

Excellent tutorial from a pro!

Great video! Thank you very much! Very helpful. 👍

Great video. Thank you!

Great video... good in-site into all the settings. Hope to get my Tesla soon!!

Great video, thanks for sharing. I just picked one up to use as a backup to my 1DX II. TESLA! Hopefully one day man, happy shooting! 😎

Informative vid. Tesla!

Nice overview. Thanks.

I went from Canon AE-1 back in 1983, then Mamiya 645 in the 90's, then Canon 30D, 50D, 60D, 70D in the early 2000's. Then to Canon 6D to Canon R6 and I love it! Now my wife shoots wedding with the 6D, I won't let her touch my R6!! LOL.....

Thank You. You taught me to change a setting so in playback I don't see all this flashing in high exposed areas of the pic. Great all around video.

Great video!

There is a built in AF beam without the need for a flash to be mounted. It's a pretty useful feature trying to focus in low light!

Great video man. Thanks! Best of luck on the Tesla!

You TOTALLY need to set up AF method selection to the main dial!! Being able to go back and forth between the modes is much better. I was on a shoot with my R6 and didn't realize I had registered a custom setting before I changed this...I overshot the method I wanted and then had to cycle back around - and had to do it again. haha Great little video I plan to share with friends because I align pretty closely to your setup as well. ....Tesla....

The crop mode is for using aps-c lenses. If you do bird shooting then just use full frame and crop what you don't need later.

That`s very useful .We measure in feet in the UK too .... at least us oldies still do :)

New to the R6 and your video was quite helpful but there is so much to learn. Will visit it again later as I have questions that you didn't address. Somewhere I disabled the sound of the shutter and I'd like to change it back to enabled. How do I do that? Thanks!

Tesla! Great video - thanks!

I once got to ride in a Tesla, it was an amazing experience. That information is not photo related, but its important information I think you should know Brett. Btw just got my R6. Loving it so far. Shooting high school cross country this weekend and hopefully some other team sports once this our local authorities allow more sports. Soccer and baseball are supposed to be gearing up. Keeping them fingers crossed!

very helpful

So eager to get going with my R6. Just got it yesterday. Your video was super helpful in getting a quick start. Where is my Tesla? :-)

I just subscribed to your channel today so you may already have one, but You should do a what’s in your gear bag video, there aren’t a ton of photojournalists on RU-vid and it would be pretty cool to see what’s in a photojournalists camera bag.

I just picked up my new Canon R 6 on 9/11/20! Coming from using the Canon 5D Mark III and back button focus.... does it still make sense to use back button focus on the R6 if I plan on using the AI capabilities? If yes, where do I set that up, use the custom button in the menu? Great video thanks for your knowledge!

18:00 Wow. NEVER thought of doing that. I'll keep the RATE button to "rating" since I use Lightroom and can select "rated images only" . But to scroll through them with the other dial...Great! Thanks!

I have an R6 a short time and doing tests, photo and video, when it reaches 1" or less appears the message Busy, the memories are of good capacity, the ISO settings off, I did the test in 7D II and does not appear the message, it may be some wrong configuration.

Tesla! ha! Looove your videos! Thank you!!

Great content as usual!

Tesla …great video dude just switched from a 80d to the r6 loving it so far

Tesla - Thanks for the great! Looks like the R6 mkii AF menu is slightly different. Nevertheless, I got some really good info on the menu system. Cheers.

Hi Brett, I stumbled on your video and so glad I did, so helpful. Question on my R6: when you get to Image Stabilizer mode I don't have the IS mode showing as an option, it's only showing me an option for "Digital IS". I guess I wouldn't worry about it but there's a weird abnormal sort of grinding noise coming from my 100 mm Macro lens when the image stabilization is turned on the lens while on this camera. I turned it off and the horrible grinding noise stopped. So the only thing I can think is that the camera has IS turned on and that it is fighting with the IS on my macro lens? But does that mean that I can assume IS is on and working on the camera body? I use my 70-200 a lot and I don't want to have shaky images if I turn IS off my lens. Any thoughts? Is there a number I can call Canon, do they offer online technical support? Thanks so much!!

Tesla! 😂 Thanks, nice video! I followed along with my own camera and made some changes based on your settings. Now I'll have to try it out and see how it works for me. 👍

Hi Brett! Thanks for your honest review! I would like to ask you a question. In your opinion, as professional photographer, what would you choose out of two cameras, which one would you take over the other - R6 or 1DX II, if you had to? I am not professional (yet), meaning I do not make money from photography yet, but do take photography very seriously and aiming at top level skills as well as the equipment. I shoot landscapes, wildlife and portraits. I am pushing my camera to the limits and feel the need to have much better camera then my simple Canon EOS 70D. I really do need a good AF, ISO, FPS for shooting in a different conditions (animals in dusk and dawn, owls in the dark woods, etc). I do not want to spend money on something that is a little better then my camera is and then spend money again on a better camera, if it makes sense... I do own good collection of EF lenses, including a few portrait, ultra wide, telephoto F2.8 and big telephoto 600mm, so I am set there for a while. 7D II will not work, due to low ISO range; 5D IV - not enough FPS and they say the AF isn’t as good as 1DX II / III, especially with big lenses. 1DX III is not in my budget range. The R5 maybe, but it is similar to the R6 in that regard, except for the MP (for photography perspective only), has lower ISO range and is more expensive then the R6. I figured I could buy an R6, or for a $1000 more I can get used 1DX II in an excellent condition (which, to be honest, attracts me more then the R6). I know the R6 has super cool animal eye AF and other new techs, but 1DX II has better “constant” FPS, that doesn’t decrease with the battery life, like in the R6, has more rugged built and better weather sealing. I do use my camera in different environments (extreme cold, heat, rain, snow, deserts, woods, open fields, etc.). Does the R6 have the edge over 1DX II overall do you think? Thank you ahead! Igor.

Tesla! Video was very helpful thanks !

Does anyone know on the R6 and I'm sure the R5 too why the custom menu set is only available in photo mode? (C1,C2,C3) On my Canon 6D I had them set to 24F, 30F, and 60F however I can't figure out how to do it on the R6 the menu only seems to be available in photo mode

I don't want Tesla, I want Canon R5 with all it's best lenses :) I just bought R6(still waiting on it) and I'm grateful to you for making this video, it's very helpful for first setup! I hope you'll get your Tesla soon enough!

Please compare the r6 to the 1dxiii as they have same sensor and processor so wouldn’t the r6 be like a cheaper way to get sports shooting on a budget ?

Does most of this guide apply to the R5 as well? Thanks.

15:59 “so you can focus the right way” 😂😂😂

I shoot a lot of realestate interiors and always have the camera set to neutral as if gives a different a totally starting point in your raw processing. The std setting for interiors and high contrast scenes gives you a harder more high contrast image to start with. You can always dial contrast in later it is the same thinking as using C-Log for video.

just picked up my new Canon R 6 on 06/09/20, Video shoot better than Mark 3,

will you make a similar video for the Canon R5?

Tesla... Loved the video!

Thanks man that was helpful. Hope you get your Tesla (Chris)

VF display format Small can be useful for people with can not see the whole viewfinder, people with glasses for instance.

Tesla! Good stuff...just found and subscribed.

Tesla, thanks very much :) v helpful

21:30 - *AUTO1: Auto 1 (Vari-angle: only screen)* Always use the screen for display when it is swung out. Use the screen for display when it is closed and facing you, and switch to viewfinder display when you look through the viewfinder. *AUTO2: Auto 2 (Vari-angle: auto switching)* Always use the screen for display, but switch to the viewfinder when you look through it. I recommend AUTO 2

I just got my R6 and I'm having issues setting up my continuous shooting. I didn't see where that was covered.

Whenever I turn my r6 off, the screen takes a few seconds to tell me to keep the cap on when turning off the camera and it’s super annoying and I want it gone, I haven’t had a lens on it because I’m waiting for my adapter but I wanna know if it’s just with the cap on. And Tesla

Tesla :) I was wondering about back button focusing- is it better? many people swear by it.

anti-flicker is not a JPEG setting. If you shoot either indoors or outdoors with arena lighting that filckers at 75hz.

Is there any reason not to leave flicker on?

Is there a reason my Canon R6 has way fewer options on the settings menu than yours?

Tesla! Thank you!

Extremely helpful - thank you! "Signs, signs Everywhere there's signs Blocking up the scenery Breaking my mind Do this, don't do that Can't you read the sign?" --- Tesla 🥳

21:39 - Viewfinder only - interesting fact about these cameras (starting with the EOS R) is that the EVF uses more battery power than the big LCD screen. I had to read it in the manual myself before I believed it because it's counter-intuitive. I have my EOS R and R5 bodies configured so I have to *manually* change from EVF to LCD and back. I don't want the camera doing this for me.

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TESLAAAAAAA!!!

I've just turned my screen off by mistake,does anyone know how to get it back please as I've now lost my menu.

You should use the Electronic Front-Curtain Shutter to avoid the vibration of the mechanical shutter,,,,, so I recommend to you use this mode better than the mechanical one. Explanation here: photographylife.com/what-is-electronic-front-curtain-shutter

Just got my R6 and thanks for overview- we all need a darn Tesla!

the menu turn the picture on computer and camera, always put on : turn on PC but NOT turn on display. When you shooting portrait mode, it is nicer to have all picture filling the display, rather then turning and using only half of that beautiful screen!

So yesterday was the first day using the R6 and going from a Mrk III- I hate that viewfinder, I'm so bummed out this morning.

This guy's as much a professional photographer as Putin is a humanitarian.

I have an older iMac and I can't open my raw photos.. can anyone help me figure this out please?

Thanks for the great tips. FYI, Exposure Simulation is best left off when shooting strobes in a studio since the camera will have much smaller apertures in most cases than typical "fill flash" scenarios.

thanks - Tesla

tesla!

Display 1 is power saving mode 60Hz. Display 2 is 120Hz refresh rate.

Daddy Brett

Tesla! Hope you get your Tesla soon. You deserve it!

Liked the summary a lot, but boy, you don't half whizz through things and also flip between the options without us having a chance to read the accompanying help text?

I shoot JPEG, so did you do one of these for JPEG users? Thx

At 6:09 you say you turn of the IS? Really? IBIS is one the major new features of the R6/R5. Keep in on bro -- always.

Nice and helpful but it seems that you where in a hurry it was a real fast talking instruktion. Im an swedish older man so the english dont have to be so fast but I get it after 2 times. Great instruktion anyway. Thanks.

Helpful but you glossed over some of the very important things especially customising buttons. Particularly trying to set up back button focus.

Tesla!

I think the R6 is the sleeper of the bunch....

Small VF screen is designed for those who wear glasses and can’t get close enough to the viewfinder to see the entire frame.

TESLA!!!

Tesla :)

We watch till the end, Tesla! 😂

Tesla 👍

Tesla!!

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TESLA!

Good luck on getting that Tesla 🤞