Truett Ray
Im going to write a short review for others like me who own the 6D and are considering upgrading. When the original 6D was released, we were all pleasantly surprised to find that the image quality was on par if not a little better than the professionally designated 5D Mark III. Then last year Canon released the fantastic 5D Mark IV with a vast improvement in image quality over the Mark III and the 6D. Many of us hoped that the 6D Mark II would have a similar jump. Canon chose instead to keep the 6D Mark IIs image quality essentially comparable to the original, with a decent bump in resolution. While this is disappointing, it does not make this a bad camera. Canon did make some welcome improvements. The 6D Mark II has everything that I had come to love about my original 6D with a vastly improved focusing system. I wanted a faster 6D and thats exactly what I got, plus a score of new features like the articulating touch screen and everything else you can read about above. Some bloggers may say that this camera has terrible image quality, even worse than its predecessor. I refute this claim and say that it is just as good and absolutely better in some circumstances. At base ISO it feels like essentially the same image quality, and as the ISO goes up there is a clear improvement over the original. It maintains the small and spunky form that you are used to, and if anything feels a little better in my hands. The viewfinder is probably my favorite area of improvement, with the updated system that you can find in recent DSLRs since at least the 7D Mark II. My final advice is not to rely on near gear to take great pictures. Get out there and shoot!
