Canon EOS M6

Specifications

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

• Type
  22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS
• Effective Pixels
  Approx. 24.2 megapixels
• Total Pixels
  Approx. 25.8 megapixels
• Aspect Ratio
  3:2
• Low-Pass Filter
  Built-in/Fixed
• Sensor Cleaning
  EOS integrated cleaning system
• Colour Filter Type
  Primary Colour

Image Processor

• Type
  DIGIC 7

• Lens Mount
  EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)
• Focal length
  Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens
• Image Stabilisation
  Optical Image Stabilizer on compatible lens
  
  Movie: In-camera 5-axis Digital IS available. Further stabilisation enhancements from lenses compatible with Dynamic IS

• Type
  Dual Pixel CMOS AF System. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor ²
• AF System / Points
  Maximum 49 AF points (Fixed location on 7x7 grid) via camera automatic selection 3
  
  Freely position 1 AF point/ 1 AF Zone (9 points, 3x3 grid) via manual selection 4
• AF working range
  EV -1 - 18 (at 23 °C, ISO 100, with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM)
• AF Modes
  One-Shot AF and Servo AF
• AF Point Selection
  Face + Tracking: Face and subject tracking via automatic recognition/ manual selection via touchscreen. Automatic selection over 49 AF points when no face recognised within frame.
  
  Smooth Zone AF: Manual zone selection, plus automatic selection over 9 AF points within selected zone
  
  1-point AF: Manual selection via touchscreen/ buttons
• Selected AF point display
  Indicated on LCD monitor/ EVF
• AF Lock
  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or customisable AE Lock Button
• AF Assist Beam
  via LED assist beam
• Manual Focus
  With EF & EF-S lenses - Select via AF/MF switch on lens
  
  With EF-M lenses - Select via dedicated MF Button/ other customisable buttons (toggle AF/MF).
  
  MF Peaking available
  AF+MF available (Manual focus adjustment after One-Shot AF)
  Magnify image available during MF (5x or 10x)

• Metering modes
  Real-time metering from the image sensor
  (1) Evaluative metering (384 zones)
  (2) Partial metering at center (approx. 10% of Live View Screen)
  (3) Center weighted average metering
  (4) Spot metering (approx. 2% of Live View Screen)
• Metering Range
  Still image: EV 1 - 20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)
  Movie: EV 2 - 20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100)
• AE Lock
  Auto: In One-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
  Manual: By AE lock Button in creative zone modes.
• Exposure Compensation
  +/-3 EV in 1/3 stop increments
• AEB
  3 shots, +/- 2 EV, 1/3-stop increments (can be used together with Exposure Compensation)
• ISO Sensitivity
  ISO AUTO (100 - 25600), 100 - 25600 in 1/3 stop increments 5
  
  Movie: ISO AUTO (100 - 6400), 100 - 12800 in 1/3-stop increments

Shutter

• Type
  Electronically controlled focal-place shutter
• Speed
  30 - 1/4000 sec (1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

• Type
  Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
• Settings
  AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White
  Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature (100 Kelvin increments)
  
  White balance compensation:
  1. Blue/Amber +/-9 levels
  2. Magenta/ Green +/-9 levels
• Custom White Balance
  Yes, 1 setting can be registered

• Type
  Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC1, EVF-DC2
• Viewfinder Information
  With EVF-DC2:
  
  Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
  (1) Liveview image with exposure info
  (2) Liveview image with basic info
  (3) Liveview image with full info
  
  Customisable settings:
  Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio
• Depth of field preview
  Yes, via customisable buttons

• Type
  7.5 cm (3.0”) ClearView II Touchscreen LCD (TFT). 3:2 aspect ratio. Approx. 1,040,000 dots. Electrostatic capacitive type. Tiltable 180 degrees up and 45 degrees down.
• Coverage
  Approx. 100%
• Brightness Adjustment
  Adjustable to one of five levels
• Display Options
  Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
  (1) Liveview image with basic info
  (2) Liveview image with full info
  (3) Liveview image with no information
  (4) Quick Control Screen
  
  Customisable settings:
  Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio

Flash

• Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)
  5
• Built-in Flash Coverage
  Maximum coverage at approx. 15mm (35mm equivalent: approx. 24mm)
• Built-in Flash recycle time
  Approx. 3 seconds 6
• Modes
  Auto (E-TTL II), Manual Flash On/Off (3 flash power output settings)
• Red-Eye Reduction
  Yes - with red eye reduction lamp
• X-sync
  1/200 sec
• Flash Exposure Compensation
  +/- 2 EV in 1/3 increments
• Flash Exposure Bracketing
  Yes, with compatible external flash
• Flash Exposure Lock
  Yes, via AEL Button
• Second Curtain Synchronisation
  Yes
• HotShoe / PC terminal
  Yes/ No
• External Flash Compatibility
  E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support
• External Flash Control
  Via camera setting/ flash setting menu

Shooting

• Modes
  Scene Intelligent Auto, Hybrid Auto, Creative Assist, SCN(Self-Portrait, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Food, Panning, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Creative Filters (Grainy B/W, Soft Focus, Fish-eye Effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect (Stills and Movie), High Dynamic Range), Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure, Custom (x2), Movie (Movie auto exposure, Movie manual exposure, Time-lapse movie)
• Picture Styles
  Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
• Colour Space
  sRGB
• Image Processing
  Highlight Tone Priority
  Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
  Long exposure noise reduction
  High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings + Multi Shot NR)
  Lens peripheral illumination correction
  Chromatic aberration correction
  Diffraction correction
  
  Creative Assist:
  Background Blur (5 settings)
  Brightness (19 levels)
  Contrast (9 levels)
  Saturation (9 levels)
  Color Tone (19 levels)
  Monochrome (Sharpness Strength / Sharpness Fineness / Sharpness Threshold / Contrast (9 levels) / Filter effect (Ye - Yellow / Or - Orange / R - Red / G (Green) / Toning effect (S - Sepia / B - Blue / P - Purple / G - Green))
• Drive modes
  Single, High-Speed Continuous, Low-Speed Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s, Custom, Remote)
• Continuous Shooting
  Fixed AF: Approx. 9 shots/s for up to 26 frames in JPEG and 17 frames in RAW 7
  With AF: Approx. 7 shots/s 8
• intervalometer
  Time-Lapse Movie Mode

Live View Mode

• Coverage
  Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)

File Type

• Still Image Type
  JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.30 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0)
  RAW: RAW (14-bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),
  Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
• RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording
  Yes, RAW + various JPEG compression possible
• Image Size
  RAW: (3:2) 6000 x 4000, (4:3) 5328 x 4000, (16:9) 6000 x 3368, (1:1) 4000 x 4000
  
  JPEG 3:2: (L) 6000 x 4000, (M) 3984 x 2656, (S1) 2976 x 1984, (S2) 2400 x 1600
  JPEG 4:3: (L) 5328 x 4000, (M) 3552 x 2664, (S1) 2656 x 1992, (S2)  2112 x 1600
  JPEG 16:9: (L) 6000 x 3368, (M) 3984 x 2240, (S1) 2976 x 1680 (S2) 2400 x 1344
  JPEG 1:1: (L) 4000 x 4000, (M) 2656 x 2656, (S1) 1984 x 1984, (S2) 1600 x 1600
  
  In-camera RAW processing & Image Resize available in playback
• Movie Type
  MP4 [Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo)]
• Movie Size
  Full HD - 1920 x 1080 (59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 23.976 fps)
  HD - 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps)
  VGA - 640 x 480 (29.97, 25 fps)
• Movie Length
  Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB
• Folders
  New folders can be automatically created monthly or daily
• File Numbering
  (1) Consecutive numbering
  (2) Auto reset

• Custom Functions
  13 customisable buttons/ dials
• Metadata Tag
  User copyright information (Author's Name, Copyright Details)
  Image rating (0-5 stars)
• Intelligent Orientation Sensor
  Yes, with Image Rotate
• Playback zoom
  2x - 10x enabled in 10 steps
• Display Formats
  (1) Single image with information (toggle up to 8 options)
  (2) Single image
  (3) Index display (6/12/42/110 images)
  (4) Jump Display (1/10/100 image, by shot date, by rating)
• Slide Show
  Playback time: 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/15/30 seconds
  Repeat: On/Off
  Transition Effects: Off, Fade
• Histogram
  Brightness/ RGB
• Highlight Alert
  Yes
• Image Erase/Protection
  Erase: Single image, Selected images, Selected range, All images
  Protection: Selected images, Selected range, All images. Unprotect all images
• Menu Categories
  (1) Shooting menu (x8)
  (2) Playback menu (x5)
  (3) Setup menu (x4)
  (4) Custom Functions menu
  (5) My Menu
• Menu Languages
  25 Languages
  English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese
• Firmware Update
  Firmware update possible by the user.

Interface

• Computer
  Hi-Speed USB (Micro USB connector)
• Other
  Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch), with Dynamic NFC support 9
  
  Bluetooth® (Specification version 4.1, Bluetooth low energy technology) 10, 11
  
  HDMI (Micro - Type-D connector)
  External microphone (3.5mm stereo jack)

Direct Print

• Canon Printers
  Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge
  Yes (via USB or Wireless LAN)

• Type
  SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I compatible)

• PC & Macintosh
  Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1 12
  Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10 / 10.11 / 10.12
  
  For Wi-Fi connection to a PC:
  Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
  Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10
  
  For Image Transfer Utility:
  Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
  Mac OS X 10.9 / 10.10 / 10.11 / 10.12

Software

• Image Processing
  Digital Photo Professional
• Other
  Picture Style Editor, EOS Utility, Image Transfer Utility
  
  Camera Connect app available on iOS and Android devices 13

Power Source

• Batteries
  1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E17
• Battery life
  With LCD monitor: Approx. 295 shots (at 23 °C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
  With optional EVF-DC2 : Approx. 290 shots (at 23 °C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
  
  ECO Mode: Approx. 425 shots (at 23 °C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
• Battery Indicator
  4 levels
• Power saving
  Display off (15, 30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 mins)
  Auto Power Down (30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10 mins, Disable)
  ECO mode
• Power Supply & Battery Chargers
  Battery charger LC-E17E
  
  Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700
  DC Coupler DR-E17

Accessories

• Viewfinder
  Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC1
  (0.48 type), 4:3 aspect ratio, Approx. 2,360,000 dots, 100% coverage. Approx. 43 g
  
  Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC2
  (0.39 type), 4:3 aspect ratio, Approx. 2,360,000 dots, 100% coverage. Approx. 29 g
• Cases / Straps
  Body Jacket EH30-CJ
  Neck Strap EM-300DB
  Neck Strap EM-E2
• Lenses
  EF-M lenses
  All EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M
• Flash
  Canon Speedlites (including 90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III, 430EX III-RT, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, 600EX II-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)
  
  Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3, Speedlite Bracket SB-E2
• Remote Controller / Switch
  Remote Switch RS-60E3
  Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3 14
  Remote Controller RC-6
• Other
  Interface cable IFC-600PCU