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. This 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 this.
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.
With this you’re 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 this
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.
Burst Mode & Auto focus
So let’s talk about the burst mode of this
So essentially what this means is how fast the camera can take photos in a row per second.
The Canon 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 this 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 overall this Canon 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.