Looking at the specifications of the Canon EOS R6 camera, it sports 4:2:2 10 bit video recording with a 20.1 Megapixel full frame sensor – hence, big pixels and thereby very promising in terms of image quality and dynamic range. Does it live up to this expectation? Read on! Despite the overheating limitations, which have been partially improved with the latest firmware, the Canon EOS R6 delivers a beautiful image – as you can see in this review by my colleague Johnnie. Looking at competing offerings in the market of full frame cameras, the Canon EOS R6 falls into a similar price bucket as the Panasonic S1 (considering the additional cost of the VLOG upgrade). The SIGMA fp is even less expensive, similar to the Panasonic S5 – all of which we have tested at CineD recently (click the link on each camera to see the respective article). So, let’s take a look at what the Canon EOS R6 brings to the table – also in comparison to the cameras mentioned above. Firmware version for this Canon EOS R6 lab test is 1.0. Canon EOS R6 – Rolling Shutter As usual, we use our 300Hz strobe light to record the pairs of black & white bars that appear due to the read out nature of CMOS sensors. Analysing these, the rolling shutter of the Canon EOS R6 in full frame UHD 25fps turns out to be 30.6ms. Canon EOS R6 full frame 25p rolling shutter measurement: 30.6ms! 30.6ms in full...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 11 November, 2020