DSLR Cameras
Canon EOS 6D
SpecificationsSpecifications
- 20.2 megapixel CMOS
- Large sensor for maximum control over depth of field
- Great low light shots
- Continuous shooting
- Choice of AF points for creative framing
- Powerful DIGIC processing
- Large clear view of your scene
- Large bright screen for clear viewing
- High Dynamic Range mode
- Combine multiple frames into a single image
- Stunning 1080p movies
- Tag your images with location data
- Share your images and control your camera over Wifi
- Edit and process RAW images in camera
- Widest selection of Lenses
Specifications in detail
IMAGE SENSOR
- Type
36 x 24 mm CMOS
- Effective Pixels
Approx. 20.2 megapixels
- Total Pixels
Approx. 20.6 megapixels
- Aspect Ratio
3:2
- Low-Pass Filter
Built-in/Fixed with fluorine coating
- Sensor Cleaning
EOS integrated cleaning system
- Colour Filter Type
Primary Colour
IMAGE PROCESSOR
- Type
DIGIC 5+
LENS
- Lens Mount
EF (excludes EF-S lenses)
- Focal Length
Equivalent to 1.0x the focal length of the lens
FOCUSING
- Type
TTL-CT-SIR with a dedicated CMOS sensor
- AF System/ Points
11 points (f/5.6 cross type at centre, extra sensitivity at f/2.8)
- AF Working Range
EV -3 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)
- AF Modes
AI Focus
One Shot
AI Servo
- AF Point Selection
Automatic selection
Manual selection
AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
- Selected AF Point Display
Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on top LCD panel and Quick Control screen
- AF Lock
Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button is pressed.
- AF Assist Beam
Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite
- Manual Focus
Selected on lens
- AF Microadjustment
C.Fn II-9
+/- 20 steps ( wide and tele setting for Zooms)
Adjust all lenses by same amount
Adjust up to 40 lenses individually
Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number
EXPOSURE CONTROL
- Metering Modes
TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone Dual Layer SPC
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 8% of viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 3.5% viewfinder at centre)
(4) Centre weighted average metering
- Metering Range
EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)
- AE Lock
Auto: In 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
Manual: By AE lock button in creative zone modes.
- Exposure Compensation
'+/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).
- AEB
2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
- ISO Sensitivity*
Auto (100-25600), 100-25600 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)
ISO can be expanded to L: 50, H1: 51200, H2: 102400
During Movie shooting: Auto (100-12800), 100-12800 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) ISO can be expanded to H: 25600
SHUTTER
- Type
Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
- Speed
30-1/4000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
WHITE BALANCE
- Type
Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
- Settings
AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White
Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting.
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.
- Custom White Balance
Yes, 1 setting can be registered
- WB Bracketing
'+/-3 levels in single level increments
3 bracketed images per shutter release.
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias.
VIEWFINDER
- Type
Pentaprism
- Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)
Approx. 97%
- Magnification
Approx. 0.71x¹
- Eyepoint
Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
- Dioptre Correction
'-3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)
- Focusing Screen
Interchangeable (3 types, optional). Standard Focusing Screen Precision Matte Eg-A II
- Mirror
Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4 or shorter)
- Viewfinder Information
AF information: AF points, focus confirmation light.¹
Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB.
Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation.
Image information: Highlight tone priority (D+), maximum burst (2-digit display), card
information
Battery check: Composition information
Electronic level
Warning symbol: Displayed if any of the following is set: Monochrome, white balance
correction, expanded ISO speed, or spot metering.
- Depth of Field Preview
Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
- Eyepiece Shutter
On strap
LCD MONITOR
- Type
7.7cm (3.0") Clear View TFT, approx. 1040K dots
- Coverage
Approx. 100%
- Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)
Approx 170°
- Coating
Dual Anti-reflection
- Brightness Adjustment
Adjustable to one of seven levels
- Display Options
(1) Quick Control Screen
(2) Camera settings
(3) Electronic Level
FLASH
- Modes
E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
- X-Sync
1/180sec
- Flash Exposure Compensation
'+/- 3EV in 1/2 or 1/3 increments
- Flash Exposure Bracketing
Yes, with compatible External Flash
- Flash Exposure Lock
Yes
- Second Curtain Synchronisation
Yes
- HotShoe/ PC Terminal
Yes/ No
- External Flash Compatibility
E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support (with optional accessory)
- External Flash Control
via camera menu screen
SHOOTING
- Modes
Scene Intelligent Auto, No Flash, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual
- Picture Styles
Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
- Colour Space
sRGB and Adobe RGB
- Image Processing
Highlight Tone Priority
Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings)
Multi Shot Noise Reduction
Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination
Chromatic aberration correction
Resize to M, S1, S2 or S3
RAW image processing - during image Playback only
Multiple exposure
HDR images
- Drive Modes
Single, Continuous, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s +remote), Silent single shooting, Silent continous shooting
- Continuous Shooting
Max. Approx. 4.5fps. (speed maintained for up to 1250 images (JPEG)¹²or 17 images (RAW))³ (with UHS-I card)²
LIVE VIEW MODE
- Type
Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
- Coverage
Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
- Frame Rate
30 fps
- Focusing
Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode, Live Face detection mode
- Metering
Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor
Active metering time can be changed
- Display Options
Grid overlay (x3), Histogram, Aspect ratios, Electronic Level
FILE TYPE
- Still Image Type
JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.21 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),
RAW: RAW, M-RAW, S-RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
- RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording
Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG, M-RAW + JPEG, S-RAW + JPEG possible.
- Image Size
JPEG: (L) 5472x3648, (M) 3648x2432, (S1) 2736x1824, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480
RAW: (RAW) 5472x3648, (M-RAW) 4104x2736, (S-RAW) 2736x1824
- Movie Type
MOV (Video: H.264 Intra frame / inter frame, Sound: Linear PCM, recording level can be manually adjusted by user)
- Movie Size
1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) intra or inter frame
1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) intra or inter frame
640 x 480 (59.94, 50 fps) inter frame
- Movie Length
Max duration 29min 59sec
- Folders
New folders can be manually created and selected
- File Numbering
(1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset
OTHER FEATURES
- Custom Functions
21 Custom Functions
- Metadata Tag
User copyright information (can be set in camera)
Image rating (0-5 stars), GPS coordinates.
- LCD Panel / Illumination
Yes / Yes
- Water/ Dust Resistance
Yes (equal to EOS-1N)
- Sound Memo
No
- Intelligent Orientation Sensor
Yes
- Playback Zoom
1.5x - 10x
- Display Formats
(1) Single image with information (2 levels)
(2) Single image
(3) 4 image index
(4) 9 image index
(5) Jump Display
- Slide Show
Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Rating
Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds
Repeat: On/Off
- Histogram
Brightness: Yes
RGB: Yes
- Highlight Alert
Yes
- Image Erase/Protection
Erase: Single image, All images in folder, Checkmarked images, unprotected images
Protection: Erase protection of one image at a time
- Menu Categories
(1) Shooting menu (x6)
(2) Playback menu (x3)
(3) Setup menu (x4)
(4) Custom Functions menu
(5) My Menu
- Menu Languages
25 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese
- Firmware Update
Update possible by the user.
INTERFACE
- Computer
Hi-Speed USB
- Other
HDMI mini output, Video output (PAL/ NTSC), External microphone (Stereo mini jack)
DIRECT PRINT
- Canon Printers
Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
- PictBridge
Yes, PictBridge compliant (USB and Wireless LAN)
STORAGE
- Type
SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-I)card
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM
- PC & Macintosh
Windows XP inc SP3 / Vista inc SP1 and SP2 (excl. Starter Edition) / 7 (excl. Starter Edition)
OS X v10.6-10.7 (Intel processor required)
SOFTWARE
- Browsing & Printing
ImageBrowser EX
- Image Processing
Digital Photo Professional
- Other
PhotoStitch, EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture), Picture Style Editor
POWER SOURCE
- Batteries
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6 (supplied)
- Battery Life
Approx. 1090 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)¹
Approx. 980 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
- Battery Indicator
6 levels + percentage
- Power Saving
Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins.
- Power Supply & Battery Chargers
AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6, Battery charger LC-E6, Car Battery charger CBC-E6
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Body Materials
Magnesium Alloy front and rear body covers. Polycarbonate top cover
- Operating Environment
0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity
- Dimensions (WxHxD)
144.5 x 110.5 x 71.2
- Weight (Body Only)
Approx. 755g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)
ACCESSORIES
- Viewfinder
Eyecup Eb, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Eb, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15, Focusing Screens Eg (with Grid Eg-D, Super Precision Matte Eg-S), Angle Finder C
- Wireless File Transmitter
Built in
- Lenses
All EF lenses
- Flash
Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)
- Battery Grip
BG-E13
- Remote Controller/ Switch
Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-6
- Other
Hand Strap E2, GP-E2
*Recommended Exposure Index
All data is based on Canon standard testing methods except where indicated.
Subject to change without notice.
¹ Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated
¹ with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1 dpt
¹ Large/Fine(Quality 8) resolution
² Maximum fps and buffer capacity may be reduced depending on the cameras settings and light level
³ Based on Canon's testing conditions, JPEG, ISO 100, Standard Picture Style. Varies depending on the subject, memory card brand and capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, Custom functions etc.
¹ Focus Confirmation Light not available with EF Cinema lenses