Canon EOS M6 Mark II Compared to the Canon EOS 90D

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Specifications	Canon EOS M6 Mark II	Canon EOS 90D

Year Introduced	2019	2019
Megapixels	32.5	32.5
Total Pixels	34.4	34.4
Sensor Size	22.3 x 14.9mm	22.3 x 14.9mm
Pixel Dimensions	6960 x 4640	6960 x 4640
Pixel Size	3.20µm	3.20µm
Diffraction-Limited Aperture	f/5.2	f/5.2
Sensor Stabilization	N	N
Lens Mount	EF-M (EF, EF-S, TS-E, MP-E lenses compatible via Mount Adapter EF-EOS M)	EF, EF-S, TS-E, MP-E
FOVCF	1.6x	1.6x
Image Processor	DIGIC 8	DIGIC 8

Autofocus
Type	Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face+Tracking AF, Spot AF, Zone AF, 1-point AF)	TTL secondary image-forming phase-difference detection system with AF-dedicated sensor
Points	Maximum 143 automatically selected Maximum 5481 manually selectable positions	45 cross-type AF points (45 f/5.6 cross-type AF points, 27 f/8 points [9 cross-type], centre point is f/2.8 and f/5.6 dual cross-type)
Working Range	EV -5–18 (at room temperature, ISO 100, f/1.4, center AF point, One-Shot AF)	EV -3 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)
Modes	(1) Autofocus • One-Shot AF • Servo AF (2) Manual focus (3) Movie Servo AF	One-Shot AF Predictive AI Servo AF (AI Servo AF II) AI Focus AF
Point Selection	Single-point AF (5,481 selectable AF points), Zone AF (5x5, 25 points), Face + Tracking AF (13x11, 143 points), and Single-point Spot AF	Automatic selection: 45 point AF Manual selection: Spot AF Single point AF Manual selection: Zone AF Manual selection: Large Zone AF AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
Microadjustment	No	Yes

Exposure Control
Metering Modes	Real-time metering using the image sensor (1) Evaluative metering (384 zones 24 x16) (2) Partial metering (approx. 4.5% of screen, at center) (3) Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of screen, at center) (4) Center-weighted evaluative metering	216-zone (18 x 12) metering with approx. 220,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor and TTL full-aperture. 384-zone (24 x 16) metering using image sensor output signals (Live View and Movie Recording). The following metering modes selectable: (1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) (2) Partial metering on the center part of the viewfinder (approx. 6.5% of viewfinder/approx. 4.5% in live view) (3) Spot metering (approx. 2.0% of viewfinder/approx. 2.6% in live view) (4) Center-weighted average metering
Metering Range	Still image: EV -2–20 Movie recording: EV 0–20	EV -3 – 18
Exposure Comp	+/-3 EV in 1/3 stop increments	±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AEB	+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2-stop increments	+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
ISO Sensitivity	ISO AUTO (100 - 25600), 100 - 25600 in 1/3 stop increments Movie: ISO AUTO (100 - 6400), 100 - 12800 in 1/3-stop increments	ISO 100–25600 (1/3-stop), Expanded 51200
Shutter Speed	30-1/4000 sec (1/3 stop increments) (Available range varies by shooting mode), 1/16000 with Electronic Shutter	30 - 1/8000 sec (1/3 stop increments) + Bulb (Shutter speed range available varies according to shooting mode), 1/16000 with Electronic Shutter
WB Settings	AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature (100 Kelvin increments) White balance bracketing	AWB (Ambience priority, White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature Setting. White balance compensation: 1. Blue/Amber +/-9 2. Magenta/ Green +/-9
Custom WB	Yes, 1 setting can be registered	Yes, 1 setting can be registered

Viewfinder
Type	Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC1, EVF-DC2	Pentaprism
Coverage	Approx. 100%	Approx. 100%
Magnification	Approx.	Approx. 0.95x
Eyepoint	Approx.	Approx. 22mm
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 Customizable settings: Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio	AF information: AF points, focus confirmation, AF area selection mode Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB. Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light. Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+). Composition information: Grid, Electronic level, Aspect Ratio Other information: Battery check, Alert symbol, Flicker Detection
DOF Preview	Yes, via customizable buttons	Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
Eyepiece Shutter		On strap

LCD
Type	Touchscreen, Tiltable (180° up, 45° down) 3.0” (7.5 cm) 3:2 ClearView II TFT, approx. 1,040k dots	Touch screen Vari angle 3.0" (7.7cm) 3:2 Clear View II TFT, approx. 1040K dots
Coating		Anti smudge
Brightness Adj	Adjustable to one of seven levels	Adjustable to one of seven levels
Display Options	Customizable and toggle via INFO. Button (1) Live View image with basic info (2) Live View image with full info (3) Live View image with no information (4) Quick Control Screen Customizable settings: Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio	(1) Quick Control Screen (2) Camera settings (3) Electronic Level

Flash
Built-in GN	4.6 (ISO 100, meters)	12 (ISO 100, meters)
Built-in Coverage	Up to 15mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 24mm)	Up to 17mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
Built-in Recycle Time	Approx. 4 seconds	Approx. 3 seconds
Modes	Auto (E-TTL II)	Auto, Manual flash, Integrated Speedlite Transmitter
X-Sync	1/200 sec	1/250 sec
Exposure Compensation	±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments	±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
Hot Shoe/PC Terminal	Yes / No	Yes / No
External Flash Comp	E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support	E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support
External Flash Control	Via camera setting/flash setting menu	Via Flash Setting Menu

Shooting
Shooting Modes	Scene Intelligent Auto, Hybrid Auto, Creative Assist, SCN (Self-Portrait, Portrait, Smooth Skin, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Food, Panning, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Creative Filters (Grainy B/W, Soft Focus, Fish-eye Effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect, HDR Art standard, vivid, bold, embossed), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Flexible Priority (FV), Manual exposure, Movie (Movie auto exposure, Movie manual exposure, HDR movies, Movie creative Effects, Time-lapse movie (3 scenes and custom))	Scene Intelligent Auto (Stills and Movie), Creative Auto, SCN(Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Food, Kids, Candlelight), Creative filters, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom1, Custom 2, Group Photo, Panning
Picture Styles	Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)	Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
Image Processing	Highlight Tone Priority (standard and enhanced) 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: Presets Background Blur (5 settings) Brightness (19 levels) Contrast (9 levels) Saturation (9 levels) Color Tone 1 & 2 (9 levels) Monochrome (Off/Black and white/Sepia/Blue/Purple/Green)	Highlight Tone Priority (normal plus enhanced) Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings) Long exposure noise reduction High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings) Multi Shot Noise Reduction Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination and Chromatic aberration correction Creative Assist Creative filters (Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect) Multi-exposure RAW image processing - during image Playback only Resize to M or S1, S2 Digital Lens Optimizer HDR art vivid, HDR art bold, HDR art embossed, HDR art standard to Creative Filters
Drive Modes	Single, High-Speed Continuous, Low-Speed Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s, Custom, Remote)	Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s +remote), Silent single shooting, Silent continous shooting Self-Timer: Continuous, Continuous Panning
Continuous Shooting	One shot / Servo AF: Approx. 14 shots/sec for up to 54 frames in JPEG and 23 frames in RAW or 36 in CRAW	Max. Approx. 10fps. (speed maintained for 58 JPEG and 25 RAW with UHS-II card) Live view Max. Approx 11fps. with One-Shot AF, 7fps with Servo AF
Shutter Lag	53ms	59ms
Viewfinder Blackout	N/A	96ms

Live View
FrameRate		59.94 fps
Focusing	Manual Focus (Magnify 5x or 10x at any point on screen) Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face detection and Tracking AF, Eye AF, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single)	Manual Focus (Magnify 5x or 10x at any point on screen) Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face detection and Tracking AF, Eye AF, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Tracking sensitivity adj, accel tracking, AF auto pt. switching
Metering	Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor. Evaluative metering, partial metering, spot metering, center-weighted average metering.	Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor. Evaluative metering, partial metering, spot metering, center-weighted average metering.
Display Options	Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button (1) basic info (2) full info (3) screen buttons Customisable settings: Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio	Grid overlay (x3), Histogram, Electronic level

File Information
Still ImageType	JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0) RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit) Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant	JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0) RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit), CRAW (Compact RAW) Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
Image Size	RAW: (3:2) 6960 x 4640, (4:3) 6160 x 4640, (16:9) 6960 x 3904, (1:1) 4640x 4640 JPEG 3:2 (L) 6960 x 4640, (M) 4800 x 3200, (S1) 3472 x 2320, (S2) 2400 x 1600 JPEG 4:3 (L) 6160 x 4640, (M) 4256 x 3200 (S1) 3072 x 2320 (S2) 2112 x 1600 JPEG 16:9 (L) 6960 x 3904, (M) 4800 x 2688 (S1) 3472 x 1952 (S2) 2400 x 1344 JPEG (1:1) (L) 4640 x 4640, (M) 3200 x 3200, (S1) 2300 x 2300 (S2) 1600 x 1600 In-camera RAW processing & Image Resize available in playback	RAW: (3:2) 6960 x 4640, (4:3) 6160 x 4640, (16:9) 6960 x 3904, (1:1) 4640x 4640 JPEG 3:2 (L) 6960 x 4640, (M) 4800 x 3200, (S1) 3472 x 2320, (S2) 2400 x 1600 JPEG 4:3 (L) 6160 x 4640, (M) 4256 x 3200 (S1) 3072 x 2320 (S2) 2112 x 1600 JPEG 16:9 (L) 6960 x 3904, (M) 4800 x 2688 (S1) 3472 x 1952 (S2) 2400 x 1344 JPEG (1:1) (L) 4640 x 4640, (M) 3200 x 3200, (S1) 2300 x 2300 (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)]	MP4 [Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo)]
Movie Size	4K - 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps) Full HD - 1920 x 1080 (119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 fps) HD - 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) HDR - 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25 fps) 4K Timelapse - 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps)	4K - 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps) Full HD - 1920 x 1080 (119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 fps) HD - 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) HDR - 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25 fps) 4K Timelapse - 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps)
Movie Length	Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB (If file size exceeds 4GB a new file will be created automatically)	Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB (If file size exceeds 4GB a new file will be created automatically)

Other Information
Wireless Features	Built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth	Built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
GPS		via optional GP-E2 GPS Receiver
Custom Functions	9 Customizable Buttons / 3 dials	29 Custom Functions
LCD Panel / Illumination	Yes / Yes	Yes / Yes
Water & Dust Resistance		Yes
Sound Memo	No	No

Interface
Computer Interface	USB Type C (Speed equivalent to High-speed USB 2.0)	Hi-Speed USB (Micro-B USB connector)
Other Interface	Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch) Bluetooth® (Specification version 4.1, Bluetooth low energy technology) HDMI (Micro - Type-D connector), Output options include [With info], [Clean / 4K output], and [Clean / FHD output]. HDR output to compatible TV supported	Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch) Bluetooth (v4.1, Bluetooth low energy) HDMI mini output (YCbCr 4:2:2, 8bit, streaming with or without shooting info., HDR output of photos to compatible TV) External microphone (3.5mm Stereo mini jack) Headphone socket (Stereo mini jack)

Memory
Memory Type	SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-II)	SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-II)

Batteries & Power
Battery	Rechargeable Battery Pack LP-E17	Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6N
Battery Life	Approx. Approx. 305 shots (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) Eco Mode: Approx. 410 shots Movie Recording: Approx. 80 mins Playback time when playing back a slideshow of still images: Approx. 4 hrs	Approx. 1300 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) Approx. 1200 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) Approx. 1860 (at 23°C, AE 100%)
Power Supply Battery Chargers	Battery charger LC-E17E Compact Power Adapter CA-PS700 DC Coupler DR-E17	AC Adapter AC-E6(N), DC coupler: DR-E6, Battery charger LC-E6, Car Battery charger CBC-E6

Physical Specs
Body Materials		Polycarbonate resin with glass fiber
Shutter Durability Rating		120,000
Operating Environment	32–104°F / 0–40°C	32–104°F / 0–40°C, 85% or less humidity
Dimensions Inches	4.71 x 2.76 x 1.94" (119.6 x 70.0 x 49.2mm)	5.54 x 4.13 x 3.03" (140.7 x 104.8 x 76.8mm)
CIPA Weight	12.73 oz (361g)	24.73 oz (701g)

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	Eyecup Eb, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15II, Angle Finder C
Wireless File Transmitter	Built in	Built in
Compatible Lenses	EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)	All EF, EF-S, TS-E and MP-E lenses
Battery Grip		BG-E14 Buy ►
Remote	Bluetooth Remote BR-E1	Remote Switch RS-60E3, Remote Controller RC-6, Remote Controller BR-E1, Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3 only when used with Remote Controller Adapter RA-E3
Other	Interface Cable IFC-100U, IFC-400U Mount Adapter EF-EOSM USB Power Adapter PD-E1	Directional Stereo Microphone DM-E1 GPS Reciever GP-E2 Hand Strap E2

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