Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS Rebel T6
Canon
Regional names: EOS Kiss X80 / EOS 1300D.
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Type
- Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash
- Recording media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm
- Compatible lenses
- Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) * Excluding EF-M lenses (35mm-equivalent angle of view is that of a lens with approx. 1.6x the focal length indicated.)
- Lens mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 18.0 megapixels
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Dust Delete Data appending, Clean manually
- Recording format
- Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG Large simultaneous recording possible
- Pixels recorded
- L (Large) : Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456) M (Medium) : Approx. 8.0 megapixels (3456 x 2304) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 4.5 megapixels (2592 x 1728) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- File numbering
- Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3
- Basic+
- Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots
- White balance
- Auto (Ambience priority), Auto (White priority), Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom White balance correction, and White balance bracketing provided * Flash color temperature information transmission enabled
- Noise reduction
- Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
- Automatic image brightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer
- Highlight tone priority
- Provided
- Lens peripheral illumination correction
- Provided
- Type
- Eye-level pentamirror
- Coverage
- Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95% (with eyepoint approx. 21 mm)
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.8x (-1 m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity)
- Eye point
- Approx. 21 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Dioptric adjustment range
- Approx. -2.5 – +0.5 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed, Precision Matte
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Enabled with Custom Function setting
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection
- AF points
- 9-point (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/5.6 with center AF point)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (Center AF point) EV 1 – 18 (Other AF points) (With One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100)
- AF operation
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF
- AF-assist beam
- Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
- Metering modes
- 63-zone TTL open-aperture metering • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial metering (approx. 10% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Metering brightness range
- EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Shooting mode
- Basic Zone modes: Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Food, Night Portrait Creative Zone modes: Program AE, Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 – ISO 3200 set automatically Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically, maximum ISO speed settable for ISO Auto, or ISO expansion to “H” (equivalent to ISO 12800) * Portrait: ISO 100
- Exposure compensation
- Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments AEB: ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with manual exposure compensation)
- AE lock
- Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: With AE lock button
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter speeds
- 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: Approx. 9.2/30.2 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) or approx. 13/42.7 (ISO 200, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view Recharge time: Approx. 2 sec.
- External flash
- EX-series Speedlite
- Flash metering
- E-TTL II autoflash
- Flash exposure compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- FE lock
- Provided
- PC terminal
- None
- Drive modes
- Single shooting, Continuous shooting, Self-timer with 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting
- Continuous shooting speed
- Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.
- Max. burst (Approx.)
- JPEG Large/Fine: 1110 shots RAW: 6 shots RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 5 shots * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using an 8 GB card.
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Focus methods
- Contrast detection (FlexiZone-Single, Face detection Live mode), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode) Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 1 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering mode
- Real-time metering with image sensor
- Metering brightness range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Grid display
- Two types
- Recording format
- MOV [Movie] MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Variable (average) bit rate [Audio] Linear PCM
- Recording size and frame rate
- 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) : 30p/25p/24p 1280 x 720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640 x 480 (SD) : 30p/25p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.98 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps
- Bit rate
- 1920 x 1080 (30p/25p/24p) : Approx. 46 Mbps 1280 x 720 (60p/50p) : Approx. 46 Mbps 640 x 480 (30p/25p) : Approx. 11 Mbps
- Focus method
- Same as focusing with Live View shooting
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 1 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering mode
- Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focus method.
- Metering brightness range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Auto-exposure and manual exposure
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- With auto-exposure shooting: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically With manual exposure: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically/manually
- Video snapshots
- Settable to 2 sec./4 sec./8 sec.
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided
- Grid display
- Two types
- Still photo shooting
- Not possible during movie shooting
- Type
- TFT color liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor size and dots
- Approx. 7.5 cm (3.0 in.) (4:3) with approx. 920,000 dots
- Brightness adjustment
- Manual (7 levels)
- Feature guide
- Displayable
- Image display format
- Basic info, basic info + image quality/playback number, shooting info. display, histogram, index display (4/9)
- Zoom magnification
- Approx. 1.5x – 10x
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- Image browsing method
- Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
- Image rotation
- Possible
- Ratings
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI) Built-in speaker
- Image protect
- Possible
- Slide show
- All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating Five transition effects selectable
- Background music
- Selectable for slide shows and movie playback
- Creative filters
- Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect
- Resize
- Possible
- Compatible printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compatible
- Custom Functions
- 11
- My Menu registration
- Possible
- Copyright information:
- Entry and appending possible
- Digital terminal
- Hi-Speed USB equivalent: Computer communication, Direct printing, GPS Receiver GP-E2, Connect Station CS100 connection
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (Auto switching of resolution)
- Remote control terminal
- For Remote Switch RS-60E3
- Eye-Fi card
- Compatible
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E10, quantity 1 * AC power can be supplied via household power outlet accessories.
- Number of possible shots (Based on CIPA testing standards, with 50% flash use)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 500 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Approx. 410 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) With Live View shooting: Approx. 180 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Approx. 170 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 15 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Approx. 1 hr. 10 min. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) (with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E10)
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 129.0 x 101.3 x 77.6 mm / 5.08 x 3.99 x 3.06 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 485 g / 17.11 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), Approx. 440 g / 15.52 oz. (Body only)
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