Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS M6
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
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
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
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03 / PROVENANCE
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