For the price of the 6D Mark II, you could also purchase a discounted 5D Mark III. Why spend $1,700 when you can find the great 6D on sale for $1,000? Sure, the Mark II swivel screen is nice but I prefer to spend half of that money and get better dynamic range from the original 6D.
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As with any Canon product, the 6D Mark II can deliver solid images with the usual pleasing Canon colors and skin tones. To be fair, the 6D Mark II is not a bad camera. The video All-I mode has been removed, leaving us with lower video bitrate compared to the original 6D. I must admit that the Dual Pixel is probably one of the best autofocus systems on the market, but it’s primarily designed for video use and again, Canon decided to take a step backwards on the video department with the new 6D Mark II.
The autofocus points are also very concentrated in the center. The autofocus improved, but it was extremely bad on the original 6D. While the moderate resolution bump is nice, it does not place this camera in any special categories such as a low light monster or a high definition beast. Sure, the new 6D has six more megapixels, a better autofocus system with the Dual Pixel technology, and a swivel screen. The Canon 6D Mark II has worst dynamic range than the previous 6D and only matches the 2008 Canon 5D Mark II. Unfortunately, the 6D Mark II has a worse dynamic range than the Mark I.
We must salute the performance here, not only did Canon cripple this camera, but they also ran backwards and defied the common high-tech logic that a new product should be at least equal (if not better) than the previous version. Indeed, expect to work with the same dynamic range from the 2008 Canon 5D Mark II. Actually, this new groundbreaking body is now available for $1,700, which is still way too much money for a 10-year-old camera. Congratulations, you just got a $2,000 Canon 6D Mark II.
Take a Canon 80D body, add the Canon 6D sensor with a small resolution boost and degraded dynamic range, shake it up, and stick a Mark II label on the frame. It must have been one of the easiest camera designs in Canon’s history. But what about the worst? As the French writer Beaumarchais once said, “Without Freedom to blame, there is no flatterer's praise.” Here is my take at the worst 2017 camera, the Canon 6D Mark II. It's the time of the year in which rankings appear all around the Internet spotlighting the best performers of the past 12 months.