Canon EOS R6 Training Tutorial & Settings

[@ericnathanguel]

Thanks, Tony. I'm a full-time commercial photographer and I've been using the R6 for about 6 months now. I thought I knew the camera pretty well, but this taught me a thing or two. You guys are awesome.

[@nodavood]

Thanks Tony! Please make one for R6 ii.

[@Anonymous95403]

I agree. A setup guide for R6 Mark II would be very helpful.

[@debrapeasley2606]

Yes, please do. In the R6 II videos I've seen the author said what some of the settings should be but didn't explain WHY a certain setting was selected. You go into MUCH more detail.

[@simonmaduxx6777]

Adding to this. The various AF modes have been driving me crazy. I'm coming from a 5D3, and it's been painful so far experimenting in the field. Lots of out of focus shots, and the camera is not locking onto the eye and tracking it.

[@bojigirl4779]

Having just watched the video for the R6, an updated version coving R6 mk 2 would be very beneficial as many of the menus are different. Ditto the comments on AF modes, the WHY behind some of the settings, also setting the back button focus is worth revision. I've bookmarked this video and will return.

[@heathersterling6017]

You know, I gotta say, you always come through with the best videos that we all can understand and get the most from. I recently bought the Canon R6 and looked at several tutorials... which would leave a lot out, go too fast, and/or confuse me. But you really DO Rock. Why did I bother to look at anyone else's tutorial.

[@trevormuhlestein8516]

I have learned a ton in the 1hr and realized how much I didn't know about this camera. One addition I learned while I was walking through your suggested settings - I turned on the display focus chart regardless of auto focus or not and wow mind blown, I push the auto focus button, then I can manually change it with the lens dial and there are red highlights that appear around the layer that I am manually focusing towards... I was doing this to focus on the outside through blinds and window and I could auto focus on the blinds, then manually focus to outside and it looks excellent.

[@Wandy1D]

This training came at such a perfect timing. I just bought an R6. Better to watch this video than having to read the entire manual, specially since I'm new to the Canon ecosystem. THANK YOU :)

[@MichaelCTruth]

Is it built like a tank like 5d series? People said it was plastic feeling.

[@Wandy1D]

@@MichaelCTruth To be honest, I have held both cameras in my hand at the store and didn't notice the difference..maybe because I wasn't particularly looking for that "plastic feeling"..hope this answer your question :)

[@debrapeasley2606]

​@@Wandy1D I just bought one and don't think it feels or looks like plastic.

[@davesmith67]

One (very!) minor point about navigating the menu system: After pressing "menu" the "Q" button quickly switches between each "bank" of menu options (red, purple, blue, more purple, yellow, orange, green). Once you're used to it, that can speed up menu navigation quite a bit. This is true on many Canon cameras, not just "R" series.

[@ganyrehs]

Wow! That saves me a lot of time! I just bought the R6 and have been playing around with it - this is a great tip!

[@JoeJonesABC123]

Tony, your videos are so useful! Thanks for all the hard work you and Chelsea put into them. Your work as a photography educator is excellent!

[@joyvandervalk5705]

Tony, I've been following you for my whole photography carreer. Watched all the tutorials and also the one for my older camera 6D MII. Now i'm taking a leap to a new camera, R6 and i'm so excited that again you are the one that can teach me the little big things about this camera. THANK YOU for being here cause you've made me learn photography the fun and fast way!

[@Lsneaky]

Thank you Tony! I retired from the service and have just started my photography journey. Thank you for all your work!

[@amykerr6805]

Thank you so so much Tony. I'm upgrading tomorrow from a 5d mark iii . Cannot wait now. Great video

[@vanessakuns1952]

This was a great tutorial. I feel very confident in transitioning to the Canon R6 from the Canon 5D Mark iii. Thank you Tony!

[@kenbaxter819]

I have been waiting for your R6 Tutorial. I bought the camera and kit lens, plus the 800 f/11. Thank you Tony.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@digitaldevigner4080]

I have been a Panasonic user since before the GH1. Owned video cameras before that and moved to each new GH camera up to the GH4. Months ago I bought a Canon M6 mk2 to have higher resolution stills and experiment with DPAF for 4K video. Loved the camera but it had its limits for video. Finally just bit the bullet and bought a R6. This is what we always wanted the GH successor to be. Such an amazing camera. Now I’m here learning more about this new sexy beast. Subscribed after years of just watching.

[@TherconJair]

A couple points that were not touched in the tutorial: 1. A remote is not even necessary anymore. Remote Live View shooting in the Camera Connect app works so well and lets you see composition, adjust settings and move the focus point 2. Electronic 1st. Curtain can introduce "half bokeh" when the shutter speed is very fast (

[@212BigDaddy]

I’m upgrading from my old EOS and this is my next camera; thanks I’ve learned a lot.

[@jeproks113]

Just subscribed. Thank you so much for these tutorials you do. I also passed my Part 107 exam through one of your videos. You are always spot on. God bless you.

[@reynatillery]

I’m so happy I found your page. It helped me a lot. I had changed setting without understanding and my camera wasn’t taking pictures correctly. My camera is ready to take pictures of my kids cheer competition. Thank you. thank you. thank you. I absolutely subscribed for future lessons.

[@anthonyneal8978]

I'm a newbie at photography and will mostly take photos for personal use. This video was very helpful to configure my new Canon R6. I set the back button focus, so that will be different for me since I'm used to using the AF feature on cameras. Purchased your Stunning Photography book and Flash training to help me take great photos. Thank you Tony!!

[@FollowingCairns]

I am so thankful for this video. My 60D broke yesterday. (yah I am a little behind the times). I ordered the R6. I found the pdf camera manual online and 😨😳 yikes! I have so much to learn. Your video is so much easier to understand and veryhelpful. I will likely have to watch it over and over to get it all down. I especially appreciate all the little settings and details. I would be one of those people thinking my camera was broken when I just pressed the lock button or something haha. Thanks so much. I haven't found anything so straight forward and detailed. Lots of info! I may have to slow down the playback speed. I thought I was in fast forward there for a while- I kept pausing and rewinding. Ahahaha. Keep up the great videos! Can't wait to buy your books and videos soon. Just discovered you guys a few weeks ago when searching for off camera flash tutorials.

[@jpulley]

Just got my R6 last week and I've barely had time to check it all out. This video is awesome. Thanks Tony!

[@HighwayReaper]

You are very knowledgeable and I just ordered my canon r6 and excited. As a beginner and taking an online course you greatly explain everything and with all that I just ordered you photography book. My name is George thanks again and great videos

[@donnahodge864]

This is so helpful. I just got my R6 a little while ago and this tutorial is so helpful. Will need to watch it a couple of times.

[@kurtisca]

You are always my #1 choice for camera information and training. Thanks for years of valuable knowledge!

[@MTBIKEXC]

GREAT VIDEO. I tried your power saving methods and my battery lasted as long as my old one did on my 7D. A couple settings I didn't like for taking photos of downhill mountain bikers and I'm going to go back to I think Display Performance of Smooth and Eco Mode Off and see how the battery life goes. If it dies too quick, I'll go back to your recommendations - they definitely work GREAT! Thanks!

[@hvrtado]

Wow! I just got the Canon R6, 2 days ago as a birthday present and i JUST finished watching this incredible tutorial! I can’t thank you enough for putting this together. After watching this entire video I feel more confident and I actually feel that I know a lot more about my camera and the endless settings it has. I even did your custom buttton configuration for eye AF, and I think i will get used to that very quickly. Again, thanks for sharing all the knowledge!! I suscribed to the channel, I will keep an eye on your videos. Thanks. :)

[@chrisaugustin9181]

wow what an amazing birthday present

[@okaro6595]

I think the C-RAW stands for Compressed Raw. It uses a lossy compression but the differences should be minimal in most cases.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Yeah you're right. C-Log is Canon Log and my brain got confused.

[@vas.milivoj]

this is the best in shorten tutorial (not too long, not too short)about canon R6, and with the reading of the camera user manual (better sooner than later) it s ready to go, canon r6 unleashed :). will take a look at your other videos. thanks for this one :)

[@AboutFocusTV]

Many thanks for this Tony, very helpful. Just updated/upgraded to R6 MkII from a 5D MkII and a bit of a change. Loving the journey so far. Lionel in the UK 🙂

[@themacclan]

Thank-you. I just bought my R6 and your video was really helpful.

[@DayHunch]

Tony you have no idea how much you just SWITCHED up my work flow . Thank you so much bro

[@Steve-cr6rw]

Thanks Tony. Just moved from T6i to R6 and this video was so helpful to get me up and going fast. I really like the R6.

[@peterprobst6307]

I appreciated that your tutorial indicates the tab and line number of each of the topics you discussed as well as your tip to put a sticky on the camera back noting how/where to find certain key info. This leads me to the following suggestion. With the expectation that I will be an R6 owner, I downloaded the massive advanced user manual this weekend. YIKES, It's nearly 900 pages! Since a tutorial is a wonderful tool for anyone new to the subject at hand, I think it would be helpful to everyone if your future tutorials would cite the page number or section of the user manual where the specific info you are discussing can be found, as well as the date of the manual version you are citing In perusing the downloaded pdf, I felt like an elementary grade child using a college level text book trying to solve a homework problem. Very sad.

[@ChristosBassCovers]

There is also the Ring Mount EF-EOS R. This has a remote ring as well so you can have a ring control with EF lenses

[@debrapeasley2606]

It's double the price of the basic adapter, or I would have gotten one.

[@trouwfotomakerij]

It was a lot but it was worth it Tony, thanks a lot for this video. I love the pace of your tutorials. Like most of us (I think anyway :) I am impatient and don't want to sit through unnecessary blah blah. Your explanations and recommendations are to the point, quick, and helpful. Thanks again!

[@paulshelbourne1690]

I’m only 15 minutes into the video and I an loving it so far. Great detail and great tips. I have already organised a label for reminders to stick behind my screen and I have created a link on my phone for the R6 Manual. Thank you

[@rafaelsmit4080]

Tony, thank you so much for your tutorial on focusing and switching from a single point focusing to eye detect. I really needed that tutorial and I am very grateful for your clear explanation.

[@wezjonesphotography3197]

Thanks so much. Like others I have just bought an R6 and the thought of reading that manual is mind blowing. Great tutorial, I found it very useful. Probably something simple but as yet I haven’t found the shutter release timer, but only had it a few hours.

[@Tornado.EOS.Software]

Did you know about the Tornado EOS utility program for Canon? You should give it a shot, it's really user-friendly.

[@Jack-jy1tt]

Hi Tony, I've just picked up my R6 (switched from a 5dIV) - fantastic video, very informative as always. Looking forward to getting out this morning and putting some of these tips into action - I shoot wildlife so the eye tracking in particular is one I can't wait to try out, hopefully I can adapt to your suggestion of dual BB focus. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together! I'm relatively novice compared to many of the people here and you do a great job of putting a point across in a way that I can understand 👍

[@markducharme9199]

I just like to say that your video is excellent. Your explanation of the different screens and menu options are really well done clear concise and simple. As a professional photographer have to say that I greatly appreciated this video. Thank you.

[@alanm.6096]

I think the greatest lesson for anyone considering any brand/model of camera, is to make time to watch these comprehensive reviews. Then you can truly decide if you wish to shell out the money. The one question that should always be answered: if I buy a particular camera, can I keep it for 5 years to get a 'return' on my investment ? Photography can be a VERY expensive hobby.

[@susansusan3793]

Wonderful video! I feel like i can use my new camera with more confidence than i had before i viewed the video.. Thank you!!

[@langholdt]

Love this video Tony. I've bought all your books and quote you often as I'm working on getting better everyday. All my best!

[@esecssr]

Thanks Tony. Very detail tutorials. Please make one for Fuji XT-5 and Fuji X100VI

[@IdrisFashan]

This is my second R6 tutorial… I wish it was my first. Everything I needed was here. Thank you! Love your books, BTW. 👊🏾🧔🏾

[@cjbikes]

Thank you so very much…just got the R6 and this video got me going in the right direction for customizing my preferences. 👏👍👏

[@williambrown1172]

What an excellent walk through tutorial! As a new owner of an R6, I may have spent the rest of my life figuring all of these features out. Thank you, thank you... also not sure if anyone has ever said this to you but you are a true doppelganger for Fred Armisen looks and tone of voice (it s a compliment). Really enjoy learning from you. New subscriber for sure. Thanks.

[@Ayi321]

Just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the amazing work you have done. This helped tremendously!

[@sgreen4449]

great tutorial very information that you may not find anywhere else.

[@annsmith7600]

This is an excellent tutorial. I have owned Canon cameras for several years so I didn't need to start from the ground up. This tutorial was perfect for getting me up to speed on the capabilities of the R6. Thank you!!!

[@leesaburzynski]

Awesome video, Tony! My R6 is arriving tomorrow and this tutorial has me even more excited! Keep up the great work!

[@0clouds0]

Just replaced my 7D with the R6 and thank you for an excellent video tutorial!.

[@edgarmelero7079]

@tony you and your wife are amazing. Your book changed my life and got me into photography.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Thanks, Edgar, that means so much!

[@gillesrutube]

An excellent tutorial, Tony! It helped me get to grips with my Christmas present very quickly. Thank you! Now I need to find your wireless tutorial 🙂

[@chrlmlln9018]

Thank you so very much, dear, sir! Very good information and most useful! Wishing you and your whole family all the very best, and stay blessed, safe, and healthy! Best regards from Sweden!

[@OberRamirez]

For this well done Benhur kinda long video you deserve the like. Thanks Tony for cover and explain the most important features in R6.

[@daviddeane]

Superb stuff. You're a natural and gifted teacher. Thanks for this.

[@richard9610]

Excellent tutorial. The details for IS(Image Stabilizer) mode; the options depicted will only be available if you are using a lens without image stabilizer. Even turning off lens image stabilizer doesn't get you those options.

[@andyfotheringham8561]

As always, another great tutorial! Very informative and helpful, I've followed you guys for some time now and always love your videos. Should have me R6 in the next couple of weeks will be revisit this video to review all the great tips and guidance again. Great work

[@MajorTendonitis]

Just subbed , thank you for sharing . I just purchased this camera and another 10K worth of their 2.8 lenses . Sheesh ,I used to think 2K was a lot for a lens when I bought all the 2.8’s for my Nikon DSLR , but here I am spending almost $3500 before tax for a canon 70-200 2.8 mirrorless lens? I’m in Canada so we pay a premium also . I own a Fuji XT1, and find the menus daunting on the Canon R6 , and much harder to navigate. I’m sure if I study often enough, I’ll actually be able to use the canon

[@ecs2sy501]

Thank you guys for all the hardwork being put in.

[@BillMcDaniel74]

Tony thanks for the video, I actually purchased my R6 from KEH using credit for trading in some older equipment. I was able to use the codes on both sides of the purchase plus get extra credit from KEH for trading towards the R6. I actually ended up with extra funds that they gave me more credit for putting the extra on a KEH gift card. I used that plus the code to purchase a RF 85Mm F2 Micro from them after watching used lenses for a few months on their site. Thanks guys.

[@paulosilvapro]

Hi tony. Great video about R6. Thanks a lot. I've one question about Electronic shutter. I did some tests with my R6 and got that at higher SS there is some lost of light with Electronic shutter mode special at high shutter speeds (1/500 +). My test results (with ISO 100, M mode, One Shot, all photos processed in dpp4 converted to monochrome and all lens corrections disabled, sharpness and noise reduction set to 0) were: At 1/8000 SS the EV loss is roughly between -0,70 and -1,20, compared to Mechanical; At 1/2000 SS the EV loss is roughly between -0,20 and -0,35, compared to Mechanical; At 1/500 SS the EV loss is roughly between -0,05 and -0,10, compared to Mechanical; Under 1/500 the EV loss is further less and less noticeable. With the EFC Shutter mode the results are between Mechanical and Electronic shutter. Any thoughts about that?

[@helodriver20]

R6 Inbound. Thanks Tony for the tutorial. 🎥

[@monstrok]

Thanks for the tutorial! I have an R5 and still learned many things about the menu system.

[@okaro6595]

The sensor cleaning function has also an undocumented side effect on Canon cameras. You can hear the shutter sound during it. The camera takes a photo and looks at hot pixels and masks them out - at least from jpeg-files. You should have the lens cap on for this.

[@mikejduk]

I keep making the same mistake of watching these tutorials, only to discover, because I have the R6 MK2, the menus are different than the R6.The 1-point AF you recommend is greyed out on my R6 MK2. However, it doesn't seem to have the Eye Detect symbol either! Unfortunately, I see there are others in the same situation as myself and a year has passed since Tony was requested to cover the MK2 and hasn't responded.

[@Daniel_Borisov]

Tony, that was an awesome video! So much information and all important. This stuff is hard to make and really needs experience so I appreciate it.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thegr8stm8]

Fantastic Tony… as a novice I learned so much…. Although I am a Nikon DSLR shooter still. Cheers, Johno

[@mimib1450]

Thank you Tony, I have your stunning digital Photography book and will get the video one next. I am an amateur and loved your video as I just purchased the R6. I could not set the time-lapse video as you suggested in the video, I had to go back to Wrench 1 and change the record func+card/folder setting to enable the time-lapse . It now only records to 1 card

[@swistedfilms]

Thanks for the tutorial! I think that the flash you showed is for the Sony mount, and you would of course want the Canon mount, or the V860II-C. I know it's way too late to change it but you spelled it "focus peakiung." I suspect Chelsea did that as a practical joke on you.

[@doloreslopez8273]

Hi Tony, Thank you this was great . I just got my R6 and this was really helpful.

[@2002ec]

Thanks Tony! I’ve been waiting for this for some time now! I had to use the R5 tutorial to get my settings down !

[@Vincentioia]

Thank you Tony. Really appreciate what you do.

[@ofcmikebinder]

Really great, Tony. New subscriber. I learned a lot. Thanks.

[@kurtneven70]

Will you be making one for the R6mk2 also ?

[@bettermanis5577]

Hi Tony! A big thank you for this video. Just bought my R6 and was watching it. It is really a great help. Just ordered "How to Create Stunning Digital Photography" at Amazon as a thank you and because I am sure, it will support me. All the best from Austria!

[@Vegadoesmedia]

Yeah this was great. I watched Jareds video and I swear it was like 3 hours and I didn't find what I was looking for.

[@zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz]

This is absolutely amazing. I really appreciate the work you put in making this.

[@bobmarquette1596]

Great video. I have the R6 and it's the best I have had outstanding performance!!!!!

[@ericthomas6014]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video!! Much appreciated..

[@patrickmcgowan3617]

Hi Tony, Always appreciate your time and expertise. I just bought the Canon R6 (July 2024) and I can't find some of the power save modes to extend the life of battery. Any thoughts?

[@MWDAdventures]

I am struggling with this guide. I just got my R6 and the menu have been changed. I can't find half the power saving tips and haven't really got into the video.

[@A___-naut]

Very well no nonsense guide.

[@gregdurfee1915]

Tony, this is a great tutorial as usual, thank you. In your section on HEIF vs JPEG, you mention that Lightroom handles HEIF pretty well. Actually Lightroom still doesn't. Canon files have a ".hif" extension, and Lightroom can't recognize them. Tried changing the extension to ".heif" to match Apple files; it doesn't work either. Tried using Canon DPP and converted a file to TIFF. It transformed a .hif file to 110 MB! The R6 RAW files are only 20 MB. Searched the forums and found several have experienced the same since the R5/6 were released. Oddly, the Preview app on my Mac will open the file directly, but there's no edit capability. It's too bad, because the material we would have wrt HDR could be so much better in editing a 10 bit HEIF compared to a JPEG. Adobe remains silent on whether they will support the Canon .hif format in the future.

[@angelinathedrifter]

Thanks 😊 m' nt a professional photographer bt photography is one of my many passions 👑

[@dougirwin3222]

Thank you, Tony, your video was amazing and very informative, thank you!!

[@joerobbins9120]

THANK YOU, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TONY

[@vperalta]

This was a great video. Very detailed, very granular. (I love that). I have one question. I just purchased the R6 Mark II. Are there any important difference that I need to be aware of? Will you be doing a refresh of this video for the Mark II? - As always thanks for your help.

[@AntonisKelaidis]

An issue of R6 mechanical shutter. (I have tested 6 different R6 with the same results, which means that it may be the same for every single R6 out there). At fast shutter speeds (especially in 1/8000) the shot with mechanical shutter mode is darker on the upper half and brighter on the lower part by almost one stop. That does not happen in ''electronic 1st curtain'' or in ''electronic'' mode. In these modes the image has normal exposure uniformity. Thank you

[@vanessaburnsphotography6983]

Exactly the video I needed. Thank you so much!

[@ADILSONMARQUES1943]

I have an R6 a short time and doing tests, photo and video, when it reaches 1" or less appears the message Busy, the memories are of good capacity, the ISO settings off, I did the test in 7D II and does not appear the message, it may be some wrong configuration.

[@jeroen2535]

6:45 I use it! I have a radio controlled remote, which I prefer over the Canon remote.

[@guitarideas5]

hi, my canon r6 stops while recording video even after 1 min, in all video resolution without saving file..it saves in dat file ...i am using sandisk extreem pro 64gb 170mbs v30 new card ..i will be glad if i can get some answer to this ..this happens every time i shoot video .30% of the time this happens to me( i am using ef lens with adaptor )

[@jdhannis1485]

Mind blown. Thanks for all the nitty gritty detail!

[@michaelrousseau4373]

Great video as always. I love the Fv mode almost never switch out if it … I wish they would add a sound option to electronic shutter

[@snipexd4964]

Lol yea that sound option would he nice on certain occasions. At a family reunion I asked the waiter to take some shots of our large group. I forgot it was on electric shutter and when he handed it back to me he was 'I didn't hear a click so just kept holding my finger down. He ended up taking around 100 shots of our group lol.

[@CheaperEngineer]

Extremely helpful. An amazing resource. Thank you!

[@mickeyjetpur7998]

We are waiting for a R6 mkll tutorial!

[@mmmwa4213]

Tony and Chelsea you are fantastic ive learnt so much from your tutorials. Quick question at 2 minutes 30 in this video you talk about the rear screen capabilities, my R6 isnt doing this. Is there a setting or could it have a fault. Look forward to your response. TIA

[@joycehuddleston9556]

Yes I agree! Please do r6markll! Thank you!