Find great deals on eBay for Canon 6d in Camera and Photo Digital Cameras. Shop with confidence. The Canon 5D Mark III is a big upgrade from the Mark II, but does is it still king of the HDDSLR world Find out in our review This is a very relevant question these days as folks interested in upgrading to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III may be looking to sell their 5D Mark II on the used market. Canon 6. D Mk II The Full Frame Canon Rebel. I want to get something straight that not a lot of reviews are putting out there the Canon 6. D Mk II isnt a bad camera, in fact for most people, it will be a pretty darned good one. But for the rest of us who are at a point where we are demanding more from our cameras and image quality, we shouldnt even be looking at this one. In many ways, the Canon 6. D Mk II is the modern Canon full frame Rebel. What do I mean by that Canon has squarely given the camera enough features to please the folks who just want to move up to full frame and their current lineup of users. Theres nothing incredibly revolutionary about it and the folks at the NYTimes arent bound to write praises about it but at the same time it isnt a terrible camera at all. But in every single way, it isnt something Id recommend to any sort of working pro or semi professional except for perhaps portrait photographers. Pros and Cons. Pros. Nice feel to the camera body, though its now starting to feel more like the Canon 5. D Mk III than the Canon 5. D Mk II and I preferred the latter. Weather sealing. Pretty fair color versatility. Canon Shutter Count Software 5d MarkFlippy LCD screen is a nice touch. You can push the shadows quite a bit, though dont expect Sony performance. Great battery life. Very good high ISO performance I made a print at 1. ISO 6. 40. 0 photo. Canons Touch screen menu continues to be the best on the market. Canons rendition of skin tones continues to be the best on the market. Cons. No 4. K video means that the long term value of a camera like this is null as the last time this camera was updated was maybe four or five years ago. Subpar highlight rendition recovery update, In Capture One, it isnt that badAutofocus points all towards the center. Very slow autofocus with Sigma lenses. Low light autofocus is accurate but pretty much as fast as the Canon 5. D Mk IIs center focus point was. Youre so much better off just using the center focus point and recomposing. MP is a bit too conservative when there are fantastic 2. Shop Direct for Canon Digital Cameras, DSLRs, Lenses, Flashes, Printers, Ink, Paper, Toner More. Free Shipping Great Offers on Hundreds of Products. Hi John, The YN568EX are originally based on the Canon style flashes, which only zoom in 24, 28, 35, 50 etc graduations. Even the current top end Canon 600EXRT is. MP APS C sensors. Lower ISOs dont feel as versatile as the higher ISO settings. Im honestly not sure why a Canon 6. D user will want to upgrade. A single card slot. Gear Used. We tested the Canon 6. D Mk II with a number of lenses from both Canon and Sigma, and used Adorama Flashpoint lights for our testing. Tech Specs. 26. MP Full frame sensor. Vari Angle LCD screen. ISO 1. 00 4. 0,0. DIGIC 7 processor. Built in WifiNFCBluetoothGPS6. Quiet shooting mode. Dust and weather resistance. Full 1. 08. 0p 6. HD video no 4. K video output4. K time lapse movie mode. Dual Pixel CMOS AFTouchscreen. Ergonomics. Taken from our first impressions post. The Canon 6. D Mk II is in many ways a lot like the Canon 5. D Mk III and the original Canon 6. D. Its very minimal on the front and there isnt really a whole lot in the way of controls there. But interestingly enough, I found the PC sync port there. The original Canon 6. D didnt have this. Move around to the top of the Canon 6. D Mk II and what youll find are a number of things that are very familiar. Theres the control buttons, the exposure dial near the front and shutter button, the hot shoe and the mode dial. Said mode dial is protected using a button in the middle. Come to the back of the Canon 6. D Mk II and youll spot a number of still familiar controls. The majority of them are on the right side with the rest being placed around the screen. The Canon 6. D Mk II has a single card slot. Make of that whatever you will. Whats really nice about the new Canon 6. D Mk II is that youve got this vari angle LCD screen that comes out. Combine that with the touch functionality and youll be pretty happy with what you can do. Some photographers may prefer the tilting screen but in this case, youve got a bit more versatility. Build Quality. As you can see in the video above, we tested the Canon 6. D Mk II during a rainstorm. It survived with no problems at all. With that said, you can count on the reliability of the camera for sure. Now, lets talk about my previous statement with the build quality. A lot of folks like the Canon 5. D Mk III, and if thats the build quality you like then youll apprecaite the 6. D MK II. But if you liked the elegance of the original Canon 5. D Mk II and the Canon 6. D, then you may want to look elsewhere. The Canon 6. D Mk II feels like a semi serious DSLR and doesnt do a whole lot in the way of automatic modes but instead puts emphasis on controlling the exposure the way many other cameras do. Still, Im not a fan of the new body. Ease of Use. Whats pretty excellent about the Canon 6. D Mk II is the fact that its incredibly simple to use. Everything from the touch screen interface, navigating the menus, using the exposure settings, etc. My only wish is that it had a direct button for white balance selection. Instead, youre going to need to navigate via the menu system. Additionally, I really wish the Canon 6. D Mk II incorporated the joystick on the back of the camera for more direct focus point selection. Moving your thumb all the way down the back isnt that comfortable but thats what you have to do to choose the focus point. The pad in the middle of the back wheel is how you do it, and if the wheel were bigger overall then the process would be a lot more comfortable. Mind you, if the Canon 6. D Mk II is on a tripod you wont really have this issue. Autofocus. When we first got to test the Canon 6. D Mk II, the autofocus was found to be very snappy out in Yellowstone National Park. But as time went on, I brought it back to NYC and found the autofocus in very low light to not be so great. Its slow but accurateand if youve got some patience then you wont have a problem at all. With that said though, I cant recommend this camera as a backup body for a working professional or even a semi professional. But if youre a hobbyist, then the Canon 6. D Mk II is sort of Canons way of flat out saying, Youre a hobbyist, you dont need all that other stuff. And in many ways, theyre right. But if you want to use this camera for sports, Id stay away despite all of the focus points being cross type. Youre probably better with the 7. D Mk II. DSLRs of course have the problem with the focus points only being in a certain part of the frame. With APS C DSLRs they cover more of the frame. But with full frame sensors, its more or less a focus and recompose game. Metering. In our tests, the Canon 6. D Mk II adheres to Sunny 1. But even so, the sensor works in a weird way. To get the most from the raw files in Lightroom, I recommend underexposing your scene at all times. The reason for this is because not much of the highlights can be recovered vs other cameras. When you do this, youll be able to get the most versatility from the files. If you use Canons software, prepare to deal with a pretty terrible workflow and interface but youll get the most from the file. Image Quality. In some ways I honestly am very torn about the Canon 6. D Mk II. Lets get straight to the point. At lower ISOs, the image quality isnt what I expect it to be. Sony and Nikon do an infinitely better job at the lower ISO settings. But where this camera shines is at higher ISO settings. Lets explore. JPEG Output. JPEGs from the Canon 6. D Mk II are nice. But Ive still seen better. Ive never really been a fan of Canons JPEG engine. High ISO Output. This image was shot at ISO 6. I was able to print this photo at 1. D Shutter Count. Ever wonder how many shutter actuations your Canon 4. D has  This utility. Read FAQ 0. This is a bare utility, so theres no setup program and none of the. EOS Utility.  If you dont have the. EOS Utility installed, this utility will not work. Download the file here. In Windows Explorer, unzip the file. Copy the. exe file into the folder where the Canon EOS Utility is. C Program FilesCanonEOS Utility4 Run double click the. Follow the instructions on screen. When you press the Get Count button, the shutter count houldappear next to the button. Everythings here in this ginormous file it should work regardless if the EOS Utility is installed. Its my first Mac app, so be gentle, and bear in mind that I bought a Mac just for you folk. Download the file here. Do whatever you normally do still not sure I understand Mac stuff well enough to explain it. I think it goes something like this mount the image, act smug towards a Windows user, and then run the utility. Follow the instructions on screen. When you press the Get Count button, the shutter count houldappear next to the button. I have a 1. D5. D1. 0D2. 0D3. 0D5. D3. 00. D3. 50. D4. 00. D4. 50. D1. 00. 0D. Will the software work with it This works on any of the Canon DIGIC IIIIV DSLRs except the 1. Dseries. This means it will work for the 4. D, the 5. 0D, the 4. D, the 5. 00. D, and the 1. D. Thanks to all the 5. DMk. II users who reported success. As it turns out, you have to power cycle the 5. DMk. II before the shutter count value updates itself. It will not work on the 1. D 5. D, 1. 0D, 2. D, 3. 0D, 3. 00. D, 3. D, and 4. 00. D.   Its not that I have anything against the owners of those cameras, but simply that the Canon SDK does not support retrieving the shutter count for them. The software reports that Ive taken 1. CF card is numbered 1. CF card. Why If youve ever taken images while tethered to a PC with the EOS utility or other software, or with no CF card in your camera, those increment the shutter actuation counter, but not the numbering system for your card. If youve reset the image numbering on you camera or rolled over 9. Does using Live. View affect the shutter count reported Taking pictures while in Live. View increments the shutter count. Entering and exiting live view mode does not. Is there a Mac version Yes. Note how lazy I am, I dont want to renumber my FAQs. How does it work Is it majick Yes. Seriously. Are you looking in the EXIF data No. It doesnt matter if there are any images on the camera or not, or even if theres a CF card inserted the camera just needs to be connected. Ive heard that only Canon can extract this number, so you must be lying. Are you lying No, Im not lying. Ive heard the Canon service center mantra too but there are thousands well, hundreds okay, at least people I know of who believe this number to be a relatively accurate count of shutter actuations. Why only relatively accurate See FAQ 2. 6 Im using Windows Vista 6. I get the error Bad. Image. Format. Exception. Download the latest version, it fixes that issue. The software reports that Ive taken 1. CF card is numbered 4. CF card. Why You may have used the CF card on more than one camera, and the other cameras images were numbered higher. DSLRs typically name image files by grabbing the highest image number on the card and incrementing by one. Do you mean the C Program FilesCanonEOS Utility folder, or the C Program FilesCanonEOS UtilityEOS Utility folder What Thats brilliant, Canon. I mean the first higher one. Mac Version 2. Initial release of Mac version. PC Version 2 Now works on Windows Vista 6.