Canon EOS R6 Mark II User's Guide

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This is your Canon EOS R6 Mark II User's Guide. For the EOS R6 User's Guide, please click here
• Canon EOS R6 User's Guide . I made this video to help you set up your brand new Canon EOS R6 Mark II. I explain everything from the very basics of how to take a lens on and off, to where the battery and memory cards go...to what focus modes to select and when, and much more. Think of this as your user's manual, since the user's manuals are not very detailed.
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Table Of Contents:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:10 - Outside of Camera: Button Explanation / Layout
00:20:41 - FroPack Presets
00:24:50 - Our Recording Setup
00:25:39 - Photo Menu (RED)
01:02:26 - Free Low Light Guide
01:02:47 - Autofocus Menu (MAGENTA)
01:16:15 - Playback / Review Menu (BLUE)
01:20:55 - Communication Menu (PURPLE)
01:23:26 - Setup / Wrench Menu (YELLOW)
01:36:32 - Custom Function Menu (ORANGE)
01:42:04 - My Menu (GREEN)
01:43:16 - Video Menu (RED)
01:51:38 - Video Autofocus Menu (MAGENTA)
01:56:06 - Photo Live View Walkthrough (Q Menu)
02:00:39 - Playback / Review Walkthrough
02:02:51 - Video Live View Walkthrough (Q Menu)
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[@steve_bourdeau]

This is the most perfect timing ever! I literally JUST got my R6 mark ii in yesterday!

[@jurajpadych]

I've been waiting for this vid, got my R6 Mark II one month ago 🙏🏻

[@TooGood79]

Oh you didn’t know?? Jared specifically made this video with @bourdeezie209 in mind 😎😁

[@77dris]

@@TooGood79 Got my R6 II last fall and it's THE best camera I've ever used (and I've used some of the best Canon has made over the past 18 years).

[@TooGood79]

@@77dris i totally agree 🙌🏾

[@pnd2045]

hi, did you guys experience anything like a delay capture moment when using the LCD. I don't know why but my R6 Mark II always waits less then half of a second to capture any moments and as a result a smile or open eyes is missed all the time.

[@77dris]

Finally! The R6 Mark II is the most underrated camera of the past 12 months! It's best in its class (definitely ahead of the S5II and A7IV as a hybrid), but gets no attention (even the R8 got a user guide and DXOmark testing before this much better camera). I tried the rest and got this camera and it's just amazing!

[@potayto-potahto881]

As an R6 Mk II owner, this has been great. Will probably watch the whole thing through another 3 times. Thank you.

[@joycady8325]

Just got the R6 Mark II and I always go to your videos when setting up a new camera, cause you're the best Jared! Thank you!

[@HisMajesty99]

I just recently bought my R6 Mark II based off of one of your comparison videos, and this video is exactly what I needed now too! Thanks man!

[@jasonbihler1827]

Fro"KNOWS" how to set up a camera. I just bought 2 new Canon R6 Mark IIs and this video helped me set them up to maximize my efficiency. This is really a great teaching video in general for the functionality of this camera. I've never seen a better overall comprehensive yet concise explanation of features in a setup video. Thanks so much!

[@vantxge525]

Thank you for this! Just got this camera loving it so far.

[@P3photo]

The best on KZbin, I’ve become a huge fan and I’ve purchased all of your FroPacks. If I ever have a photography question, your channel is my first go to place for both gear and technique. Great Job, keep up the great work.

[@Augnos]

Thanks Jared, Stephen, and Dan for putting this guide together for us! Been looking forward to this one.

[@upcycleengineer7825]

Whenever I am interested in gear I come here to see if a video has been made. This channel is a true resource.

[@parthasarathikanaparthi2366]

Love you Jared for your teaching. Always learning from you for some years❤

[@bobell69]

Thanks for this Jared. I have had the camera for some time, but this review brought up a number of things I was unaware of.

[@mariquedw]

Thank you so much for your user guides Jarod. It is much appreciated !!

[@Mariel1986]

Thank you so much Jared! I just got the R6 ii and thanks to this video I had it set up right away and made my switch from the 6d ii so easy and quick!

[@robhamilton8993]

Just got my r 6 mark 2 a couple days ago. Balked at viewing your 2 hour video but it is FANTASTIC. Thank you for going thru the menus in detail. I mostly only do photography not video. Haven’t taken any photos yet but hope to get out this weekend. I upgraded from my t7i which I loved. Hope this will be better

[@Skene_O]

Great vid Fro, I have the R6 MK1 and the vid you made for that was the best i could find and helped me so much. If i get the chance to upgrade at some stage this will be the first vid i will checkout.

[@tcparker2]

Thanks for this Jared! I just got my mkii and it’s my first full frame so I needed this to help me get set up. 👍🏻

[@JoeJonesABC123]

Jared, i like your no-nonsense attitude towards everything, like features that are worthless and you basically say that and say don't use this or that feature.

[@s.r.shinox5019]

Thanks Fro for make this video I was waiting for this. 👍🏻

[@gonzalovillar83]

We just bought 2 of these and your tutorial has helped us a lot. Thanks!

[@janeennaseer9400]

Yesssss.. This is what I've been waiting for 🔥

[@sharilynthompson3122]

Well done. Easy to understand and follow. Thank you so much. Will definitely watch more.

[@CiprianIgnatHiking]

Thanks Jared for this movie!! I just bought an R6 Mark II camera and your User Guide was very helpful. I really appreciate the work you do... greetings from Transylvania..

[@lordnelson63]

This was absolutely fantastic. No BS, right to the point. This will be my first full frame mirrorless, replacing my 6D Mark II (which is also excellent). Going on a photography vacation to Greece and wanted more versatility, features, and ability for quietness while rapid shooting. Again, thank you (and Steve) for such an excellent video.

[@olalekanakinola3986]

Great job on the camera review! Your insights were detailed and helpful. Keep up the excellent work! It is beneficial, I just got my CANON R6 Mark II.

[@M1st3rP0stm4n]

Wife just got me an R6 Mark II for Christmas. I primarily do ringside wrestling photography for local independent originations. Loved this video! Can't wait to check out more. Thanks!

[@jiridvorak]

Wow, one of best videos you have ever released. Thanks very much Jared.

[@londonlivewalk4665]

thank you for all these efforts ,we wish you all the best

[@kirklloyd5628]

Jared just bought the Canon R6 Mark II and this lesson guide was outstanding thank you for putting this together!! I made it all the way.. 😊

[@jeppersted5273]

Great video! Always watch Fro when setting up my new camera. - The touch shutter is actually pretty convienient when focusbracketing. That way you can control the focus points very quickly while handheld.

[@lukesandburg7170]

YESSSSSS! Thank you thank you thank you... very informative, it helped me with everything that i wanted to know and more!

[@Lion31Leo]

Fabulous video! The best guide I’ve ever seen. Love your work!❤

[@toad6884]

Thanks for the video. Just got my camera and used this video to do the set up. I need to go back as I missed a few things, but this made things so much easier.

[@pauljonesnavan]

That was brilliant, thank you Jared & Stephen

[@mfd-germnl6059]

KZbin may not appreciate this video, but hell, I did!! bought this camera after watching your real world pReview (awesome video) and some other videos about the Sony A7IV and the R6 mark one. So I owned it for quite some time and still learned some really useful things! thank you Mr Polin! I also want to say, that I really enjoy your style of teaching! I grabbed my Camera, watched the video and "participated" :D

[@KoolWooDidIt]

Thanks for the video bro helped big time, always cone to this channel for info

[@AArtinartt]

Best on youtube…been watching this so many times, I’m starting to think I have demencia !! Thank you for your time and humor ✌️

[@truthseeker6804]

oh finally. ive got this camera for some time now. really enjoying the 4k60p full frame. ive learnt a few stuff from random views and diy. cool to see this 2hour video.

[@AbsurdNRD]

Yessss on how to hold a camera. I see people with expensive gear and don’t even know how to hold the camera. Triggered. 😅

[@DanielDuhon]

Every time he said “horizontically” it made me laugh lol

[@hannyspence]

Thanks Jared. Have just upgraded to the R6mkII. Great video,

[@davestrother3959]

Great video. Really helped me get my R6 set up correctly

[@lucy23794]

I watched the entire video. I got my R6 mark ii today and this is all very informative. Thank you.

[@juliuswilliams]

Thank you for all you do, home brother. I'm an older photographer, so I'm new to digital. I have learned so much with the way you teach, and that's amazing because I'm dyslexic and having a hard time. I have been using Paintshop Pro Ultra. I get turned around and confused with Photoshop.

[@nacchi13]

I don't normally comment but I just wanted to say this was incredibly helpful and I hope you continue to do this for future cameras (also please don't ever delete this video). #igotthisfar

[@lindachubbs1790]

Jared...that was massive! Thank you so very much for your tutorial. you are amazing. Appreciate!

[@Spicytequilaworm]

This was a excellent video that throughly covers this camera. ❤

[@Sigman-xg9mf]

Awesome!! Great timing!!😊

[@66jbg]

Just upgraded to a R6 mark ii from a T7 rebel. Lots of great info. Thanks man.

[@raymondthomson4380]

Great video. My wife picked up a R6ii today and this is this first stop we made before even unboxing

[@lbeetech]

Have you had a chance to even touch that camera Ray?

[@yoverberg]

Perfect timing! Just got it a couple days ago😃

[@elizabethsbrocco6658]

So helpful - thank you!

[@samuel.e.glover]

Always enjoy you and your channel. A quick comment on the long exposure noise reduction is that it takes a second photo immediately after the image with the shutter closed, what in Astrophotography would be called a dark. It will have any hot pixels and also represent the thermal noise that is present and is subtracted from the image immediately - the corrected image is what is saved. It is really probably not something you can say you are correcting as easily after the fact. This is a bigger deal for astrophotography and landscape perhaps, it may not be important for the images you shoot. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on setup for the R6m2!

[@MrOkiparker]

Amazing, yet another great video. I used the R10 one and now stepping up this has been a great help. Plus I got all the fropacks and they are outstanding, skittles...enough said

[@1976wey]

Thank you It is all clear to me now.

[@rahimatshaibu]

I got this far.... I really enjoyed this video. It has helped me to really understand and know how to setup my new R6 mark II. Thank you Jared!☺🙏

[@lynsmith1096]

Good tutorial Jared. Just subscribed.

[@sammyj349]

I've been waiting for this

[@richshelton7303]

Just got home from buying this camera. I am going from a 90D so I am quite excited to learn this camera and use it. Thanks for the video!

[@MarkAlderson]

Thanks Jared, finally got my Canon R6 MkII and I watched this tutorial all the way through! (As I did with the R6 tutorial)

[@user-qi6my1hr3o]

Awesome job Jared!

[@StoriesByJes2G]

Thanks for making this video! I've been a Sony girl for the past couple of years, but I got a new job and this is the camera they had for me. I haven't really gotten much of a chance to get to know it before using it, so this video was extremely helpful. I watched the entire thing!

[@anthonyhershko]

Love those kinds of videos!

[@williamhill3751]

Very good tutorial and really appreciate you getting this fast paced video done. Love the things you said about ppl using the back floppy screen that's low resolution compared to inside vemiewfinder. If you could say something about using lens hoods would be great to. Nothing shows to me that they are rookies than without lens hoods.

[@ricc_moser]

Thank you for the help 💪🏻

[@thesharpercoder]

Around the 28:00 mark Jared explains the difference between RAW and JPEG. He gives a good explanation. I like to compare to film cameras. A RAW file is a the digital equivalent of a film negative. A JPEG file is the digital equivalent of a Polaroid instant print that would come out of a camera. If you are not familiar with film cameras, think of RAW and JPEG as the “before and after” of how the image is developed into a digital print for viewing or printing. The camera captures everything as RAW. When it saves as JPEG, it processes the original RAW file to a JPEG and then discards the original RAW file.

[@spookytruth9307]

What an AMAZING resource, thank you. Now I have a new camera and a new camera yoda...sweet!

[@danielbazan5938]

#Igotthisfar - I just got two r6 mark 2's for work and had a shoot today. I just got the cameras yesterday and watched all but 10 mins of your R6 mII user guide last night. I still have a lot to learn but your user guide was a must for me. If I hadn't gone through it last night, I don't think today would have gone so well. I am upgrading my marketing equip for work and this was an amazing step up from my 80D and T7i. Like wow! I'm in love with the r6 but going nuts over the 28-70 f2 and the 70-200 2.8. I'll be picking up a fropack today. THANK YOU Jared for all of your AMAZING tutorials. My dude!

[@jairolopez906]

Thanks and blessings for you and your family and followers

[@brendallsterling4117]

Didn't seem to have my camera set right. Thanks for the video on Canon R6 Mark11. I now understands the setting much better.

[@ShafreelCosmos]

I’ve been shooting photography for years now and I never realized I was supposed to line the sensor mount dot up with the lens mount dot. Haha I don’t know how I made it this far. Fantastic video and thank you.

[@hosamadel-hf6qs]

Just so amazing many thanks for your time really

[@TheBlacksheep1967]

Great as always. It's hard to pass so many information for this duration by keeping audience happy .

[@simarsingh3798]

Thank you so much Jared ❤

[@Kaho_Tokyoo]

Thank you Jared Polin you’re the best 🎉😊

[@RetroBathingApe]

Great video!!

[@JanineMKartist]

Great tutorial. Just what I need coming from the Rebel t6i. Huge jump yes but this will help taking documenting my artwork to the next level. So many overwhelming features. I will include the crappy kit lens along with my other lenses to use in trading up for t 24-70 Ef lens with adapter. I hope to eventually graduate from using my iPhone for video to the camera. I may have more questions moving forward...

[@MartinV.]

Great Video!!

[@waterfalls4540]

This is a great help to getting started. Thank You

[@Gremlack13]

I just upgraded my rp to a r6ii and it is vastly different. This video is a big help. Also, I use the fv mode. It’s basically manual mode for me. I generally set iso to auto then adjust shutter and aperture, and as I need I adjust iso. If I want it can all me manual in this mode, it just gives me the ability to set whatever I want to auto if I deem best.

[@AKSKMY]

Damn currently I'm using a RP and am sure tempted to upgrade to the R6II! Also so basically FV unlocks auto for Shutter and Aperture?

[@Saltbox97]

Great Video! and I just Subbed for more like this. But did you say Bold mode instead of Bulb mode?

[@jjca06]

Thank you very much... for this 👍👌

[@ralphsaad8637]

Great video Jared. I am planning on buying the R6 mark 2 soon so this video comes in handy. One note: manual focus can still be in this day and age especially when you're shooting up-close and at maro distances. Often in these situations, the AF can be quite tricky to maneuver when you're so close and there are so many focus possibilities. Macro lenses many times come with only MF as it is the best practice when you're very close. It can also be useful for astro photography where you need to manually focus on a star that the camera will struggle to detect. I think video shooters also often user MF when they want to have more control over the AF. Good thing is that with canon, there is the focus aids and the possibility to magnify the screen to nail faocus when using MF. It's actually one of the main reasons why I am moving to mirrorless (aside from all the other obvious reasons).

[@3island]

And manual focus assistance is also nice when the autofocus crashes on your R lens for the second time and you don't want to pay a bunch to see if it will work another year.

[@PhilIpp88]

Thank you!

[@scherge]

#igothisfar, thank you! The video is very helpful. However, explaining just a little more about the stuff that you gloss over because you never use it would have been even more helpful, but I also understand that the video would probably have to be 8 hrs. long at this point. I was out of the game for far too long, so a lot of the stuff in the R6mII's menus just doesn't tell me anything, or doesn't work exactly like I remembered it. But that's part of the fun in rediscovering an old hobby. I've been playing aroung with the 24-70 f2.8 and a few prime lenses for the past few weeks, and so far I'm super impressed with how good and how fast the camera and all of the lenses actually are. Great stuff!

[@rodrigo.roveri]

thank you Jared !

[@L.L2377]

Thank you so very much.

[@wyeth7]

Great Video .... I'll be here more often

[@mad_bad_cat]

39:02 Counter intuitively, the higher the number, the cooler the tones, and the lower the number, the warmer the tones. This is due to the fact that, higher number denotes higher temperature (as in heat) and as things heat up, they start giving off visible colors starting from red to blue, hotter an item gets, bluer the light if gives off. As we tend to call blue tones "calmer" the relationship sounds inverted.

[@IrvingAmeti-nv2px]

Thanks!

[@RobbKos]

Thank You!👍

[@davey3765]

Upgraded to the R6 mkii, my previous DSLR was a 5D mki -- oh my how things have changed. The biggest learning curve is the layout and menus of this beast, wow is it freaking fast/accurate with everything! #igotthisfar

[@dswartzinator]

Wow - and thank you! Such great detail. I feel like I should pay you (but i have no money after buying this camera).

[@GoldenBarter]

Thank you!!!

[@stubones]

You do get the full speed H+ with the older batteries. I've done it.

[@Jwitherow1964]

Long one thank you sir

[@sjcproductionsandmedia]

My * button is used to switch between SERVO & ONE SHOT. My AF-ON is my back button focus button. The one on the right is unassigned but i think I will assign AF eye to that one.

[@kostaspapasotiras7397]

hi, nice video you made! I want to ask you if i put the adapter lens for using EF lens, will it work the servo and general will it has a problem? thank you!

[@thtgrldiana6388]

Wow! thank you so much for this detailed info. I'm curious, I do crafting videos and I have a 3.5' by 4.5' working surface, and a 3' top-down height to mount my camera (Canon EOS M50 MKII) what lens would you recommend to for these videos. Right now, I use the kit lens (15mm-45mm), but I find I'm having adjust the camera angle each time I shift from my cutting board to my sewing machine. I'd like to have a single POV that covers the full area. your insight is greatly appreciated!!

[@thisiserich]

A little side note, I would strongly suggest putting the camera into airplane mode overnight as the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth remain on and drain the battery fast. Since those remain on, you can review photos and video on your phone without turning the camera on. It’s a pretty cool feature to use while you’re working, however, once you’ve packed things up for the night I would definitely turn the camera to airplane mode to prevent that significant battery drain overnight. That or remove the battery and throw it on a charger. I figured this out the hard way and ended up having to stretch one battery out for an entire day of shooting since my battery in the camera died from this. Luckily, Canon is witchcraft and a single battery can last basically all day while shooting moderately often.