Canon EOS R6 + RF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Name: Canon EOS R6 + RF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Brand: Canon
SKU: 876647
Price: 2329 EUR
Availability: SoldOut
Rating: 9.2 (12 reviews)

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Pros and cons

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Thanks to its large maximum f/1.8 aperture, you can create photos with a soft background blur.
You can capture clear photos and videos in low light due to the 5 stops image stabilization.
The autofocus system recognizes faces, eyes, and animals and precisely focuses on them.
There is no internal flash to illuminate your images in the dark.
Doesn't include a memory card.

Description

With the Canon EOS R6 + RF 50mm f/1.8 STM, you can capture portrait and product photos that look professional. The 50mm prime lens has a large maximum f/1.8 aperture, which allows you to create portrait and product photos with a soft background blur. This helps your subject stand out from the background. The large full-frame sensor and fast DIGIC X processor ensure bright and sharp photos. Dark locations are no problem with the 5 stops of image stabilization. You can take both photos and video footage handheld without motion blur. With the electronic shutter, you can take photos at 20 fps. When you're taking pictures of a moving subject, you can freeze every movement. The fast autofocus system recognizes eyes and automatically focuses on them. This is useful for portrait and wedding photographers.

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Included by default

Canon EOS R6 Body

Manual(17.47 MB)
Battery (LP-E6NH)
Battery charger (LC-E6E)
AC cable
Body cap
Carrying strap

Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Manual(0.43 MB)
Lens caps (2x)

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This set has been composed by our expert.

Canon EOS R6 Body

Review is 9,2 out of 10, based on 12 reviews.

Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Review is 9,1 out of 10, based on 20 reviews.

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Review is 10 out of 10.

Autofocus & low light beast

Coming from an entry-level DSLR, I'm slightly shocked at how good this camera is. My previous camera (also Canon) feels like a toy compared to this. The autofocus is insane. With focus points over 100% of the screen, focus&recompose, which made my photos always just a little less sharp, is finally a thing of the past. The touch and drag function is surprisingly useful and intuitive. I have never been able to move a focus point so quickly. There is also just a joystick. But in many cases you don't even have to move the focus point yourself, because of the face tracking and eye AF. The camera finds the eye of both humans and animals, and continues to focus on it. I shoot a lot of cats and the eye AF works just as well on that. You can also easily switch between faces/eyes in various ways. My ratio of sharp photos has increased enormously. Actually, just about all photos are sharp, and much sharper than I'm used to. If this is not the case, it is due to a too long shutter speed. What is also impressive is low light performance. I need a flash significantly less often and the images are very clean for such low light. The ergonomics are very nice, which I am used to from Canon, but even better. The electronic viewfinder is fairly life-changing because you immediately see your exposure change in real time with your settings. I find the control ring on the RF lens surprisingly useful for setting up a custom function yourself. The lens itself is very fast and I think the bokeh is nicer and more creamy than that of the EF 50mm. And the most important thing: the quality of the photos is very high. Despite the fact that this camera has fewer megapixels than my previous one (20MP vs 24MP), the photos are so much nicer, sharper, clearer, better colors, better dynamic range, everything. Afterwards I laugh at myself a bit that I was worried about whether I would not see that 4MP less in a lower image quality. If that's what you're worried about, don't do it. Apparently there are more important things in a sensor than just the amount of MP, because the image quality of this sensor is a lot better than I'm used to from my previous sensor. It's almost not fair to compare them. This camera really is a beast, and I'm very happy with it.

Review by:
JF
Date:
24 March 2021
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 9,2 out of 10.

Very good camera with a world of possibilities.

Extremely fast focusing
Detects battery-powered faces or eyes
Stabilization in the body
Battery discharged relatively quickly

A very fast solid camera for people who have experience in operating cameras. For the beginner, the learning curve is too steeply different. A world of possibilities presents itself. Face recognition works phenomenally like the tracking and the in-body stabilizer is fantastic. Camera holds well and all buttons are perhaps even better operable than the EOS 5D mk4. Switching from the solid, robust 5D mk4 to this new camera takes some getting used to, but then you don't want anything else if people are usually your subject. For landscape and other still subjects I would prefer the traditional mk4. And to think that this is only the first in the series (mark1), that promises something for the future. The 20 million pixels seems a bit small, but in practice it is sufficient for printed matter up to A3. For your own prints up to A2 size. The advantage of smaller files is of course that the storage capacity remains manageable. This camera probably goes on reportage more often than that other great camera 5D mk4.

Review by:
Otto Kalkhoven
Date:
29 November 2020
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Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 7,2 out of 10.

RF lenses have made Sony GM line cheap....

Solid canon system camera
Can compete again
Lenses

Purchased last year and upgraded from 5DMkII from 2009. So of course an amazing upgrade and very happy in the beginning. I had been waiting for a modern system camera from Canon for years and finally it was here. Qualitative, ergonomically not much to complain about, but I had/have trouble getting used to the control ring and the surplus of buttons. Maybe I'm just getting old. I thought briefly about Sony but their menus are atrocious and their lenses more expensive than the EF series....

Until now the RF line. I have the 50mm 1.2L and the 100-500mm. They are both too big, heavy and way too expensive. Optically fantastic but there is still severely insufficient supply in the RF line. Canon seems to have renounced 3d parties for good and the price grab on RF + the horribly increased weight, size made me decide to stop using Canon (after 30 years). It's too expensive, heavy and big. Add to that the lack of nice, cheap(er) lenses such as the Sigma art line, Tarmon 25-150mm and talle 84mm 1.3 for less than 50% of the price: I'm done with it.

Review by:
Taroen Pasman
Date:
25 September 2022
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

Specifications

Product

Product
Product number	865204
Manufacturer code	4082C003AA
Brand	Canon
Warranty	2 years
Processing of your defect	Carry-in warranty

General properties

General properties
	Suitable for photographer type	Advanced, Expert
	Camera usage situation	At home for family and friends, Professional photography, Sports photography, Vacation, Vlogging
	Menu language	Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Multilingual, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
	Camera size	Large

Lens

Lens
	Lens mount	Canon RF mount
	Type of autofocus	Phase detection autofocus

Sensor

Sensor
	Type of image sensor	Full frame
	Crop factor	1
	Effective number of megapixels	20,1 MP

Image processor

Image processor
	Image processor type	Canon DIGIC
	Photo file format	JPEG, RAW
	Video file format	MPEG-4 AVCHD (H.264)
	Audio file format	Linear PCM, MPEG 4, aac
	Type of image definition support	Full HD (1080p), Ultra HD (4K)
	Maximum fps in Ultra HD (4K)	60 fps
	Maximum fps in Full HD (1080p)	120 fps
	Maximum number of photos per second	20 fps
	IBIS

Memory and storage

Memory and storage
	Number of memory card slots	2
	Memory card	SD
	SD memory card version	SD, SDHC, SDHC UHS, SDXC, SDXC UHS
	Expandable storage capacity up to	1024 GB

Lighting

Lighting
	Internal flash

Camera screen

Camera screen
	Screen size	3 inches
	Fully tiltable screen
	Touchscreen
	Number of pixels	48000 pixels

Viewfinder

Viewfinder
	Viewfinder
	Viewfinder type	Electronic
	Viewfinder size	0,5 inch

Connectors

Connectors
	USB port
	HDMI connector
	Microphone connector
	Type of microphone connection	3.5mm jack

Connectivity

Connectivity
	Built-in WiFi
	Bluetooth
	NFC
	GPS sensor

Camera power supply

Camera power supply
	Power supply type	Rechargeable battery
	Battery technology	Lithium-ion
	Replaceable battery
	Battery type	Canon LP-E6NH
	Battery/battery capacity	2130 mAh

Physical properties

Physical properties
	Weight	598 g
	Height	9,75 cm
	Depth	8,84 cm
	Width	13,84 cm
	Material	Plastic
	Color	Black

Resistance

Resistance
	Water resistance	Splash proof
	Water-resistant
	Dust removal system

Product

Product
Product number	873952
Manufacturer code	4515C005AA
Brand	Canon
Warranty	2 years
Processing of your defect	Carry-in warranty

Usage

Usage
Lens type	Standard
Type of photography	Nature photography, Portrait, Product

Suitable for

Suitable for
Lens mount	Canon RF mount
Suitable for camera type	APS-C, Full frame
Compatible with lens filter
Filter size	43 mm
Lens series	Canon RF

Properties

Properties
Zoom or prime lens	Prime lens
Maximum magnification factor	0,25
Number of aperture shutters	7
Number of groups	5
Number of elements	6
Type of lens elements	Aspherical
Special lens elements
Image stabilization
Fixed focal point

Focus

Focus
Shortest focusing distance	30 cm
Manual focus override
Silent focusing motor
Type of focusing motor	STM
Internal focus
Focal distance control
Autofocus