r/CanonR6

What is everyone’s experience with the R6 and rain? The manuel says that I should be able to use it in a light rain without any issue. I was in a light rain for a couple hours and my R6 is now dead. Canon won’t cover it under warranty because they say it got wet.

Well, I don’t like spending the money to get it fixed. I’m a little concerned that it’s not sealed well and I’m gonna run into this problem again if I’m out in the rain at all.

Here’s hoping that they seal it back up better than it was new.

Hi - I just got an R6MIII camera with the 24-105 kit lens. I also have a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 lens. I'm looking for a bag/backpack that can hold all of these with good support/structure. I am coming from a Nikon with a Brevite bag, and the Brevity cannot hold the weight of the lenses, feels like it's going to break. I don't necessarily have to have the lens on the camera, I don't generally walk and shoot. (Most of my photos are taken at softball games/school events.) I tried ChatGPT but the recommendations are all over the place. Anyone have a bag they love?

I'm going thru my settings on my R6II and, while I get it that these camera's are designed to be quiet, that "clack-clack-clack" sound was so nice back in the 80s because it let you know it had taken those pictures in noisy environments.

I just wish that I could get something to make that sound with this camera, even if it was a bluetooth speaker.

Maybe I'm just getting to be an old GenX guy...

I’m stuck between getting an R6 MKii or the A7IV I wanting to shoot both video and photography and might take videography more seriously down the line so an decent upgrade path would be beneficial with the potential upgrade to something like the fx3 or c50 in the future but not knowing which system to go forward with. I shoot a lot of wildlife, landscape, street and travel bits so I’d benefit from something that shoots fast but is also good a video work. I like the idea that Sony has the open lens system and having more cheaper alternatives to lenses and I know canon does not have this ability and your stuck with the expensive canon glass. I currently use cannon at the moment having a canon rp a 100-400 f5.6 - 8 and a 50mm f1.8 but I’m stuck with the lack of video feature on the rp with its slow auto focus and heavy crop in 4k. I don’t mind swapping to Sony or staying with cannon I’m just stuck deciding which camera is the better choice at the moment and in the long run as I’m not wanting to choice one system now and swap to another in the future.

Hello,

Mostly concert photog, I own & very happily use 2 R6 M3 since last November.
The 2 body's are setup the same way and almost always used together.

Last week and yesterday I have experienced weird issues I can't explain, certainly because it happens at roughly the same time on both body's.

Issue 1:
Suddenly last week, the setup of my back-button focus got discarded (basic setup was AF-On = spot no tracking, "*" = tracking + eye detection).
All of sudden, both button were triggering whatever AF-mode was used last. Changing the AF-Mode would reflect on both buttons.

The issue disappeared yesterday after ~30min in yesterday's concert.
Issue came up & disappeared on both bodies, with minutes of each others

Issue 2 (appeared yesterday, also on both):
I use custom prefix for the filename (X00) (Y99), yesterday all the files, again on both bodies where name _00 & _99, the first letter replaced by an underscore (config is still X00, Y99 this morning)

I'm lost at to what are these issues caused by , and why on both bodies at the same time.

The *only* thing I can see connecting both bodies, is that I sync the time user the Canon Connect app:
- Disabling Airplane mode,
- Connect to the Canon app,
- Sync the time,
- Re-enabling airplane mode

I did not yet reset the cameras - having the same issue twice, makes me think that there is an external factor to find first