Review on 📷 Wi-Fi Enabled Canon EOS Rebel T6i Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) - Enhanced SEO by Paul Sanchez

The first few paragraphs describe my journey, reasoning and learning curve for buying a T6i. (+) Much better than my previous T5i. I resold my 2016 Revained T5i and have been eyeing the next step for months. I've heard that many have given up Canon and Nikon for Sony and looked at the rx100ii and a6000-6500 but keep coming back to Canon for great optics at affordable prices. Canon has such a huge range of lenses that have been around for years so there was no point in throwing away my 24mm, 40mm, 18-55mm and 55-250mm that I left behind when I sold my T5i at Revain . I also got some great shots with my T5i. (-+) I like to photograph animals, birds, plants and landscapes. I mainly use my cameras with center autofocus on M. I'm a hunter! I've tried autofocus shooting on the T6i and T5i at parties and think I'm too picky to like the result. I want Flash and Auto to work great, but I never see good results. Faces are often a bit soft (with built-in flash). Now my friend in this shop has a Sony RX100ii which I think is the perfect party camera. Multiple face detection and more AF points make this camera a win-win for candid photos or party poses, thanks to a powerful pocket camera and Zeiss lens. Shooting hummingbirds on the other hand, T6i is great, RX100ii forget it (stay party and holiday). If I wanted to work harder, like at a wedding, in manual mode with better flash, the T6i would be the clear winner of the party. In low light without a flash, the Sony RX100ii is just great. I tested it against Canon 6d in Yosemite and outperformed 6d for dark scenes (e.g. Ahwahnee Hotel). Enough about the RX100ii. The T6i has a video snapshot function that stitches several seconds of video together into one movie, which is a much better party option for this camera and ideal for travel. In minutes, people can be watching videos of your entire trip anywhere, without boring them to death with hours of videos. I've used the T5i for about 2 years and rented a Canon 6d and 80d last year while testing for my next camera purchase. I really wanted an 80d or 6d but ended up spending money on furniture designed for photographic gear and I had to aim for affordability/quality. I rented the 80d for a trip to Lassen County's Eagle Lake and paired it with a 400mm lens to shoot eagles/birds and other distant subjects. I don't know exactly why, but that combination didn't produce good photos. I had better luck with my EF-S lenses and got a lot closer, like dogs and people at a campsite. Again, I'm picky. I'm a bit of a pixel snob. I was very disappointed but remember I rented them and don't know how they were treated before. A new 80d costs over $1,000 and a used one costs less. As for the Canon 6d and its full frame sensor, WOW! Now this is a $1,500 camera worthy of its admission fee. The photos were the best I've ever taken. I did this on my new favorite two day trail, Yosemite, and then at the Fresno Zoo. Don't laugh folks, the Fresno Zoo is ready and boasting top-notch amenities! Amazing photos of animals and birds and landscapes of Yosemite. I also used a Canon 70-200mm f2.8L for a super combo. Okay, judging by my furniture costs, I couldn't afford that $3,000 combo. So, with great photos in my hands, I've come back to earth and geared my wallet towards something more practical, but high-tech. (+) This is how the year-long journey with the Canon T6i ended. I already had four lenses, so buying them was even easier. By the way, remember what I said about party photos, I bought a camera from a guy who has photographed several weddings and I understand why he sold it. There are other wedding cameras that are much better, like the 6d. I gave this camera 5 stars because it combines great features, photos and a great price. I can definitely see better photos with the same lenses listed above. The Digic 6 processor with a 24 megapixel camera produces much better images than the T5i. When I bought the T5i, a lot of people didn't switch from the T4-3-2 to this camera because they just didn't see the best features. I think that's the first big leap from one iteration to the next. My bird photos are much better than the T5i. There are no flowers yet, so nothing to report. I've only used this with STM lenses and 24mm/40mm primes. I can't wait to fit a Canon 70-200mm f2.8L lens to this T6i and hope to see a big jump from my 55-250mm. (+) My first major trip in the T6i was to the Sacramento Wildlife Sanctuary. Millions of birds, no, millions! I have taken the best photos of hawks I have ever taken, the best birds in flight and videos of thousands of birds in flight. I paid $550 for the T6i and it's the best camera in this price range. The refuge included deer, eagles, ducks, geese, hawks and many species of each. Video on the T6i is really good HD at 30 fps. Other more expensive cameras will give you 60 fps or 4k video. The 80d had 60fps time-lapse video that sounded like a lot of fun, but I never got a chance to try it. I don't have a 4k TV yet and I don't need 4k video either. The T6i kills the competition (as well as Canon's more expensive cameras) with a large pan-tilt function and a fold-out LCD screen. The second big thing that beats most other cameras (other $$$ Canons too) is the touchscreen and it's absolutely amazing. Thanks to the movable touchscreen, this camera takes a top position among most Canon and competitor cameras. Most professionals always say they thought it was a useless feature until they started using it. Try kicking your boots up or down in water or mud, forget it! They will move on or take a silly photo. None of the Canon cameras above this one (OK, T6s) have a tilting touchscreen LCD. I still can't confirm that the 80d was the best tilt and touch camera based on my usage. The video is advertised as the best but I haven't used it. (-+) I liked the fact that the T6i has NFC and wireless capabilities compared to my old T5i which didn't. I downloaded the Canon software to my Android phone and controlled the camera's main functions for remote shooting from the phone. A fun feature, but usually for fully automated applications that I don't usually use. NFC, I set it up and tried it, but I usually shoot in RAW mode and phones don't show RAW I guess and my Android is 4 years old. So again a nice addition, but plugging a USB into a computer or removing an SD card is more functional for transferring images or videos. Again, viewing your photos on the camera is much better than other cameras that DO NOT offer a touch screen. You can instantly zoom in to see how good this photo is instead of juggling buttons or dials! MAJOR ADVANTAGE! Of all the Canon cameras I've used in the last two years, the T6i has the worst battery life. Now I'll say the worst, and it sounds bad, but you can get a whole day out of a few hundred photos on one battery. The T5i and T6i are equally rated at 440fps on battery (what's the lowest JPEG quality at 440fps in a row and then off?). I've never seen 440 fps on either camera, which in single shot mode can take a lot of people a couple of days. I bought a camera with three batteries and used at least one battery in half a day by taking a few hundred single shots while the camera was doing a lot of work. The Canon 6d and 80d have ridiculously good battery life that's hard to burn through in a day of normal recording. I still think the T5i has the best battery life, which is a subjective analysis. I had three of these batteries and rarely got hold of the second or spare battery. All batteries charge relatively quickly. Purchase a USB charger or cigarette lighter AC/DC adapter to charge your battery on the go. AC charges devices much faster and can be bought cheaply. There are a lot of great cameras out there now, and they're improving exponentially. With the big steps from T5i to T6i, the achievements are bigger. Canon have two other cameras above that, the T6s, not counting the 80d and 6d, and the 6d is the clear winner outside of the T6 range, but again for another $1,000! I still have hopes for 6d and 70-200mm f2.8L (with or without stabilization). I got mediocre results with 80d. This 6d + f2.8L photography combo is everything you need to get close to professional photography for over $3,000. My recommendation for new buyers on a budget: just buy this body or the T6s body and spend a few bucks more on great lenses. I've found myself using 40mm and 55-250mm STMs, while 24mm and 18-55mm STMs are used less frequently. With a pair of better lenses, you get even sharper graphics. Often the included 18-55mm lens is FREE with purchase, a nice bonus. Read the manual or get the David Bush T6i/T6s manual on Kindle or print it out (Kindle is better). His version actually teaches a lot of camera basics as well as T6 usage/features smart dude. I'm still learning every time I pick up a camera. With your camera by your side, read these things, snap them, and try them all. The T6i is a powerful camera in a small space. I have only minimally corrected these photos, none of them have been edited by Lightroom or Photoshop. I learned a lot on the T5i and how to take better photos and this Y6i is definitely a much better camera. Seeing is believing. I went back and looked at the photos of the T5i moon which didn't even correspond to reality! Combinations of kit lenses with the T6i are also very inexpensive. For an additional $200, you can get $500 worth of lenses when you buy a new camera. Get one!