Canon EOS M6 Mark ii

[SwimmingFish849]

Hi

I currently have the NIKON d3300 which isn't great as I can't control it via a pc. 

Would the CANON EOS M6 Mark ii make a good camera for astrophotography? 

One of the reasons for considering this one is its size, it could mean I can sell my Nikon and my Canon Power shot and just use this

Cheers :) 

[PeterCPC]

Unless it has manual exposure mode it will not be suitable.

[SwimmingFish849]

45 minutes ago, PeterCPC said:

Unless it has manual exposure mode it will not be suitable.

According to the manual it does

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1636802/Canon-Eos-M6-Mark-Ii.html?page=112&term=Manual+Exposure+Mode+(M)&selected=1#manual

I've read on a few forums that mirrorless aren't best for using with programs like APT, is this true? 

[PeterCPC]

3 minutes ago, SwimmingFish849 said:

According to the manual it does

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1636802/Canon-Eos-M6-Mark-Ii.html?page=112&term=Manual+Exposure+Mode+(M)&selected=1#manual

I've read on a few forums that mirrorless aren't best for using with programs like APT, is this true? 

I cannot comment on that. Perhaps someone else can help.

[Chris]

3 hours ago, SwimmingFish849 said:

Hi

I currently have the NIKON d3300 which isn't great as I can't control it via a pc. 

Would the CANON EOS M6 Mark ii make a good camera for astrophotography? 

One of the reasons for considering this one is its size, it could mean I can sell my Nikon and my Canon Power shot and just use this

Cheers

Here is a list of backyard EOS (Canon's PC control software) compatible cameras, and the M6mkII appears to be on there:

https://www.otelescope.com/byecameras.html/

If you plan on just having one camera it does cover a lot of bases such as shooting 14fps for sports and wildlife, dual pixel auto focus and mic input for video and full manual control and flippy screen for astronomy. It has the same sensor as the 90D, so should be pretty decent

 

[SwimmingFish849]

9 minutes ago, Lockie said:

Here is a list of backyard EOS (Canon's PC control software) compatible cameras, and the M6mkII appears to be on there:

https://www.otelescope.com/byecameras.html/

If you plan on just having one camera it does cover a lot of bases such as shooting 14fps for sports and wildlife, dual pixel auto focus and mic input for video and full manual control and flippy screen for astronomy. It has the same sensor as the 90D, so should be pretty decent

 

Thanks - I appreciate the input

[Shimrod]

3 hours ago, SwimmingFish849 said:

Thanks - I appreciate the input

The potential downside of the 'M' system is that Canon doesn't appear to be fully invested in it - just look at the small number of lenses available (7 vs 17) when compared to the newer 'RF' mount series of cameras. There have also been rumours over the last year that Canon could kill off the 'M' series at some point during 2021 - so worth doing a bit more research first. If you want Canon, could you stretch your budget to the 'RP' series  -you will be buying into a system likely to be  around for another 30 years! Alternatively, consider one of the competing 4/3 mirrorless brands such as Fuji or Panasonic. Both have very good systems. Both have a good range of lenses, although Fuji do tend to be a bit more expensive.

[Chris]

4 hours ago, Shimrod said:

The potential downside of the 'M' system is that Canon doesn't appear to be fully invested in it - just look at the small number of lenses available (7 vs 17) when compared to the newer 'RF' mount series of cameras. There have also been rumours over the last year that Canon could kill off the 'M' series at some point during 2021 - so worth doing a bit more research first. If you want Canon, could you stretch your budget to the 'RP' series  -you will be buying into a system likely to be  around for another 30 years! Alternatively, consider one of the competing 4/3 mirrorless brands such as Fuji or Panasonic. Both have very good systems. Both have a good range of lenses, although Fuji do tend to be a bit more expensive.

I guess the good thing about mirrorless is there's tons of great vintage lenses that can be easily adapted when push comes to shove. I thought about suggesting the RP also, but it has that low dynamic range noisy sensor out of the 6DmkII which performs more like an APS-C according to reviews on YT. Weird as the 6D mkI had a great sensor. 

Fuji are nice, I've used an XT100 for astro but you do need to convert fuji's RAW files to Fits before you can use them with software like Deep Sky Stacker. Fuji run two lines, APS-C and medium format. I'd like a Fuji GFX50R at some point when the prices drop even further.