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EOS M6

Canon

Catalogue announcement:

Canon EOS M6
Photo: Canon Camera Museum ↗

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Specifications

Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.

Manufacturer specifications

Category
Digital single-lens non-reflex AF/AE camera
Sensor size
Image capturing area: Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm
Number of pixels
Camera effective pixels*: Approx. 24.2 megapixels Total pixels: Approx. 25.8 megapixels * Image processing may cause a decrease in the number of pixels.)
Aspect ratio
3:2
Dust removal feature
Auto/Manual
AF method
Face+Tracking AF, Smooth zone AF, 1-point AF
AF points (max.)
49 points
Focusing brightness range
EV value: -1 – 18 * room temperature 23°C/73°F, ISO 100, when using EF-M22mm F2 STM
Focus operation
TTL autofocus: One-Shot AF, Servo AF
AF-assist beam
Built-in LED lamp
Metering mode (Still Image)
Real-time metering using the image sensor, Evaluative metering, Partial metering, Spot metering, Center-weighted average
Metering mode (Movie)
Real-time metering using the image sensor, Evaluative metering
Brightness metering range
Still Image EV value: 1 – 20 Movie EV value: 2 – 20 * room temperature 23°C/73°F, ISO 100
Exposure control
Still Image: Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual Exposure
Program Shift
Provided
AE lock
Manual/Auto
AE Bracketing
±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (Can be used together with manual compensation)
AE lock
Manual/Auto
ISO speed (Still Image) * recommended exposure index
[ISO Auto Range] Min. speed (AUTO mode): ISO 100 Max. speed (AUTO mode): ISO 6400 Max. speed limit setting in ISO AUTO: P mode, Tv mode, Av mode, M mode, C (C1,C2) mode, When movie manual exposure is selected
ISO speed (Movie) * recommended exposure index
[Full HD (1920 x 1080)] Auto settings: ISO 100(Min. speed), ISO 6400(Max. speed) Manual settings: ISO 100(Min. speed), ISO 6400(Max. speed), ISO 12800(Expanded)
WB settings
Auto, Day Light, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash, Color temperature, Custom
White balance correction
Provided
Type
Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter, Touch Shutter Touch Shutter
Shutter speed
Range in all shooting modes (Max. Tv) : 30 sec. Range in all shooting modes (Min. Tv): 1/4000 sec. Fastest synchronized shutter speed with flash: 1/200 sec.
Type
TFT color liquid crystal
Screen size
3.0 type
Effective pixels
Approx. 1,040,000 dots
Depth-of-field preview
Provided
Image processing
[Noise reduction] Long exposure shots: At exposure of one second and above and at bulb exposure High ISO speed shots: At any ISO speed
Lens correction (EF-M lens has in-lens correction data)
Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Diffraction correction
Picture Style
Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def.1, User Def.2, User Def.3
Continuous shooting
Drive mode: Single shooting, Continuous shooting (Max.: approx. 9.0 shots/sec.)
File format
DCF-compliant DPOF compatible (Version 1.1)
Data type (Still images)
Recording format: Exif 2.3 (DCF 2.0) Images (RAW images taken in continuous shooting are A/D converted into 12-bit format.): JPEG/RAW (CR2 a Canon 14-bit RAW format)
Video
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Variable (average) bit rate
Number of shots (Still image) * Using a 16 GB UHS-I memory card
Large/Fine: Approx. 1833 shots Large/Normal: Approx. 2760 shots Medium/Fine: Approx. 3114 shots Medium/Normal: Approx. 4671 shots Small 1/Fine: Approx. 4717 shots Small 1/Normal: Approx. 6656 shots Small 2/Fine: Approx. 8098 shots RAW: Approx. 450 shots RAW+JPEG: Approx. 361 shots
Number of shots (Movie) * Using a 16 GB UHS-I memory card
[Recording File Size] FHD/59.94P, FHD/50.00P: 4288 KB/sec. FHD/29.97P, FHD/25.00P: 2945 KB/sec. FHD/23.98P: 2945 KB/sec. HD/59.94P, HD/50.00P: 1969 KB/sec. VGA/29.97P, VGA/25.00P: 382 KB/sec.
Recording media
SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards
Create Folder
Monthly/Daily
File numbering
Continuous, Auto Reset
Battery pack
LP-E17 [Number of still image shots (CIPA compliant: room temperature 23°C/73°F)] Monitor On: Approx. 295 shots Electronic color viewfinder On (Sold separately): Approx. 290 shots [Number of still image shots (Eco Mode On)] Monitor On: Approx. 425 shots [Movie recording time (CIPA compliant: room temperature 23°C/73°F)] Monitor On: Approx. 85 min. Electronic color viewfinder On (Sold separately): Approx. 85 min. [Movie Recording Time (Continuous Shooting)*] Monitor On: Approx. 145 min. Electronic color viewfinder On (Sold separately) : Approx. 145 min. * Total shooting time when shooting is performed under the following conditions: – Using AUTO Mode with default settings – Without using zooming and other operations – When max. recording time per movie is reached and recording stops/resumes automatically
Temperature
Min.: 0 °C (32 °F), Max.: 40 °C (104 °F)
Humidity
85 % or less
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 112.0 x 68.0 x 44.5 mm / 4.4 x 2.7 x 1.8 in. * Based on CIPA Guidelines
Weight
Approx. 343 g / 12.1 oz. (Body only) Approx. 390 g / 13.8 oz. (Including battery pack, memory card) * Based on CIPA Guidelines

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