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BUILD QUALITY
To start off this review, let’s first take a look at the build quality of this lens.
The first thing you’re going to notice is just how small this camera is for a dslr. The T6 is one of the smallest DSLR’s you can buy from Canon and pretty much any company for that matter.
But to me, that’s not a bad thing. Being a very lightweight camera can sometimes mean you’re more inclined to pick it up and take it out with you, rather than being worried that’s it’s going to be too heavy.
On the top of the camera right here we’ve got all of the buttons that’ you’d expect to see on a beginner dslr and also this mode dial which allows you to select the mode you want to be in.
Of course you’ve got all of the basic beginner modes, like sports and portraits etc, but also aperture, shutter and manual modes for when you want to get a little bit more advanced.
The buttons on the back are actually pretty nice. I would have preferred to have had the menu and display button on the top however as I use them pretty often.
So overall the camera’s build is good for what it is, a lightweight dslr, but i’d always be a little bit careful with this type of body.
Oh and guys if you want to see some sample images I’ve taken with the Canon t6, i’ll put a link in the description box below under this video and you can check them out.
LCD SCREEN
So let’s turn this camera around now and talk about the screen.
We’ve got a 3 inch screen on the back which has 920,000 dots and after testing it out for a while, it actually looks pretty good.
Even in bright daylight it was actually pretty easy to see.
It is however missing something that I really do like to see and that’s an articulating screen.
Whereas on cameras like the Canon t6i and t6s, you can swivel your screen around to get better composition, with the t6 your kind of forced to take the photo even if you can’t see the screen.
And that’s a bit of a pity to me and something I would have liked to have seen. I also would have liked to have seen a touch screen on the back of this camera, because they’re especially good for beginners.
The screen itself is actually pretty nice, but i’d like to see those improvements made in the next camera.
MENUS
So let’s quickly talk about the menus on the T6.
If you’ve ever used a Canon camera before you’ll feel right at home with the menu system. It’s incredible easy to get around and change the settings you need.
A little tip is that if you switch the dial on the top to manual mode, you’ll get a lot more settings that you can change which can be great.
Again it would have been nice to have a touch screen to make it quicker to change the settings not eh fly, but this little d pad right here isn’t too bad and it’s pretty responsvie.
So overall the menus are good, but make sure to check out more of the fearless in manual mode.
WIFI & NFC
So one of the new inclusions to the Canon T6 is wifi & nfc.
So essentially what this allows you to do is connect your camera to your phone and do a number of things like transfer your photos and also get a live view of what your shooting.
To me this is the perfect camera to have this feature, because it’s targeting a younger generation of users who love to share their photos on instagram and Facebook.
It was pretty easy to setup the wifi, but not as intuitive as the 80d that i tested a few weeks ago.
BURST MODE & AUTOFOCUS
So let’s talk about the burst mode of the Canon T6.
So essentially what this means is how fast the camera can take photos in a row per second.
The Canon T6 isn’t super quick and can only shoot 3 shots per second.
Now most of the time when you take a photo you’ll only be taking one shot anyway so it won’t make a big difference, but if you want to take some photos at a sports game or of a bird, this might not be the best camera for you.
Autofocus in stills mode is actually surprisingly good, it’s snappy and should be fast enough for most situations. Now the lens that comes with the camera isn’t great, and is noisy in autofocus, but if you can get passed the noise, which sounds bit like a bee, it’ll work pretty well in well lit situations.
VIDEO
So let’s talk about using this camera for video.
It’s pretty basic for video and will be fine for day to day videos.
Unfortunately though the autofocus in video isn’t great.
The lens that comes in the kit with the t6 isn’t an stm lens, which means it’s not going to have smooth and responsive af in video mode.
My tip would be to switch it over to manual focus o the lens and then just shoot like that.
One thing howver though which was good to see is that we have full manual control over our video and audio settings.
Where as on some older rebel cameras, you could only shoot in auto mode, the t6 does allow to have some manual control. We are missing a microphone jack though unfortunately, so if you are in need of some better audio, I might advise looking at the t6i and t6s.
PRICE & VALUE FOR MONEY
So let’s talk about price and more importantly value for money.
Now the T6 comes in at $549, which is one of the cheapest DSLR’s you can buy on the market today.
You also get a lens with that so all you need to get up and running after that is an sd card and you’re good.
To me it’s not a bad price, but there are definitely some very competitive options that I might look at, for example if you pay just a few hundred dollars more you can get a Canon t6i which is very good camera.
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So overall the Canon t6 isn’t a bad little camera, and for beginners, it’ll be a lot of fun to learn on. If you’ve never owned a dslr this is a good camera to learn on, but if you want to go a little further with your dslr, I’d definitely be looking at a camera like the Canon t6i or t6s.
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