Canon R6 MK2 update.
26th May 2025
After posting the reasons for purchasing this camera and what I intended to use it for, mainly a back-up camera, to say I'm pleased is an understatement. It's always a nervous time when you get to finally put a camera through its paces, but it has passed with flying colours. Prior to visiting Lesvos this year I wondered about the camera's tracking capabilities but I needn't have done. I have posted some images of difficult birds I have photographed to support this, it's no good just theorizing about these things you have to have images to back these theories up.
The other main concern was about whether or not the media cards and the camera's buffer memory would be able to cope with fast shooting e.g. sustained twenty frames per second bursts. I can now confirm that I never hit the Camera's buffer limit and also the cards read and wrote the data without any hiatus in my shooting.
For everyday wildlife photography I can't see any problems in the above mentioned areas and everyday photography is what the majority of people, me included, do.
Bee Eaters are fast moving and erratic birds in flight and one afternoon I just sat in my vehicle near to where these lovely birds were hunting insects. They were flying from all directions and angles but I was still able to get them in flight a number of times. If I was precise I tracked them for three or four seconds at twenty fps before they went out of view and this was no problem for this camera. The media cards also read and wrote the data in a few seconds.
European Bee Eater.
The other main concern was about whether or not the media cards and the camera's buffer memory would be able to cope with fast shooting e.g. sustained twenty frames per second bursts. I can now confirm that I never hit the Camera's buffer limit and also the cards read and wrote the data without any hiatus in my shooting.
For everyday wildlife photography I can't see any problems in the above mentioned areas and everyday photography is what the majority of people, me included, do.
Bee Eaters are fast moving and erratic birds in flight and one afternoon I just sat in my vehicle near to where these lovely birds were hunting insects. They were flying from all directions and angles but I was still able to get them in flight a number of times. If I was precise I tracked them for three or four seconds at twenty fps before they went out of view and this was no problem for this camera. The media cards also read and wrote the data in a few seconds.
European Bee Eater.