Started by noisyshadows, 16 Oct 2025. 9 replies, 257 views
Gear in this topic: Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon EOS R6
so sony just put prices up again and i'm assumming canon isn't far behind. i shoot gigs on an original R6 and it's mostly fine but the AF in really dark rooms with lasers everywhere is getting on my nerves. i'd been planning on an R6 II around christmas.
everyone says an R6 III is coming soon but if that lands at $2,800+ with whatever tariff markup gets added after, i can't do it. is buying now the smart move or am i panic buying lol. anyone in the US actually seen canon prices move yet?
noisyshadows said:is buying now the smart move or am i panic buying
Bit of both. If the R6 II solves a problem you have right now, buy it and go make money with it. I added a second body last spring because I didn't want to gamble on pricing before wedding season, and I don't regret it for a second. A camera that's earning is never the expensive one.
But be honest with yourself about whether it solves the problem. The II is better in the dark than the original, no question, but it's not magic in a room full of haze and moving lasers. Nothing is. If your keeper rate goes from 60% to 75%, is that worth the money to you? For paid gigs, probably. For fun, maybe not.
If the R6 is "mostly fine", I'd wait a few weeks and see what Canon announces. The II only gets cheaper once the III is out, and you'll have a clearer idea of what the tariff situation actually looks like by then.
Third tariff thread this month. Prices in Poland did not change at all, for what it is worth, and the R6 II is same price as summer. Maybe buy from Europe and fly home with it, cheaper than waiting.
TomekKRK said:Third tariff thread this month
sorry, we're having a time over here
FWIW I kept an eye on prices for a few Nikon lenses I was watching this summer and they moved maybe 5-8%, not the doom people were predicting. Sony seems to be the one actually pushing prices up so far. Canon has been quieter, at least on the stuff I looked at.
IMHO the bigger risk for you isn't the tariff, it's the R6 II simply getting hard to find once the replacement ships. Dealers don't restock an outgoing model, and the good used ones get snapped up the first week by folks who were waiting for exactly that. I watched it happen with the D850 when the Z bodies came along... everybody said they'd wait for the price drop and then there weren't any left at the price they wanted.
If I were you I'd decide what you'd pay for an R6 II, write it down, and buy the day it hits that number. Doesn't matter if it's October or February.
noisyshadows said:the AF in really dark rooms with lasers everywhere is getting on my nerves
Have you tried it with a faster lens before throwing a body at it? A 50 1.8 wide open gives the AF a lot more light to work with than whatever zoom you're on, and it costs about the same as a decent dinner out. I'd try that for a month before spending two grand... just saying
i'm already on the 50 1.8 and the 35 1.8 lol. it's the venues, they're basically caves with a smoke machine. the R6 does lock on, it just takes its time and by then the singer's moved. which is the whole problem
noisyshadows said:everyone says an R6 III is coming soon
honestly i'd wait. new canon is supposedly weeks away and the II will drop the second it's announced. black friday is right after too
noisyshadows said:anyone in the US actually seen canon prices move yet?
Nobody knows what the prices will do, including the people writing articles about it. Buy when you need it.
update for anyone who finds this: R6 III got announced and it's more than i want to spend, so i'm watching R6 II prices now. already seen it come down a bit at one place. waiting for black friday the III looks great on paper but i'd rather have the II and a nicer lens.