paddler4
Gold Member
Yes, it has a lot of features, and it took me a while to learn what I wanted, coming from a 5D IV. However, that is not a reason to give up control over shutter and aperture.
While there are a great many additional features on the R6 II, there is only one that in my opinion makes it worth changing the ways that you use manual, shutter priority, and aperture priority. That one feature is a new mode, Fv, which takes advantage of the additional control wheel to let you control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO simultaneously from a single screen. I use that occasionally, and it's well worth learning.
The rest of the features really have nothing to do with this. You just have to spend time learning the camera to learn how the menus and controls have changed and which of the new features you want to use. For example, since you now have an electronic viewfinder, you need to learn when you want exposure simulation on. And if you like having a histogram on the display when you are composing (I usually do), you need to decide which one, gray or RGB (I always use RGB), and you need to remember that the histogram only shows up when you have exposure simulation turned on. This is just one of many. So get a cup of coffee or a beer, sit down with the manual, and start trying things on the camera.
Keep in mind that the 40D and 5D are generations old. A great deal has changed since then. It took me a while coming from a camera that was only one generation behind. Give yourself time.
