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In 2019, I reviewed the Canon M6 II. This was one of the company’s last and best entries into the EOS M series of cameras. With a beautiful rangefinder style camera body and an optical EVF, it’s quite the nice looking camera and I’d even say that it was Canon’s best looking that they made. But the EOS M series is long gone now in place of the EOS R series. So is this camera still good in 2025?
If bought brand new, it’s probably too much money. But if you manage to find it used, then I’d hope that you can find it for a good price of under $700 or so. The only things really working against this camera are the lack of weather resistance and, if you’re a certain type, the lack of an integrated viewfinder.
Otherwise, the autofocus performance and image quality of this camera are incredible. Best of all, it’s designed to be a camera that you’d really want to bring with you everywhere.
In our review, I said that the M6 II is a great JPEG camera, and I’m pretty sure that with some tinkering you could load film styles onto the camera.
Here’s what I concluded in my review:
Despite the Canon EOS M6 Mk II not having weather sealing, I’m pleased with the camera. It just means that you need to be a tad more careful with it. Photographers who are hobbyists will seriously enjoy it. But in addition to that, a professional looking for something smaller to simply toss around will be very satisfied. The camera not only takes excellent images but has a very satisfying shutter sound. I can’t get over it. It sounds and feels like an old school film camera in some ways. The autofocus is also excellent in good lighting. Once things dim a little, though, it can suffer in some situations. The face detection is very good, and I can’t really complain about that at all. Overall, I think that the Canon M6 Mk II is a great camera.
But here’s what I really don’t understand. Canon’s pricing is very wacky. For $1,200, they’re offering a full-frame mirrorless camera with pretty much better everything. That’s not too much more. In my opinion, the Canon EOS M6 Mk II should be less money as a result. But that’s not for me to decide.
Sometimes, I think that Canon prices things in a way designed to kill a product lineup. And that’s what I feel ultimately did the M6 II in. Despite this, if you can get it for a very good price, I recommend that you do so. It will be a while until Canon makes a good rangefinder style camera again for photographers.
