Canon 6D - What's inside?

Is Canon 6D worth the money? TEARDOWN & Review - part 1

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Weather sealing warning!

Canon 6D - this is the cheapest full frame DSLR from Canon. Let’s take a look inside and see how cheap this thing really is. I’ll also show you how the weather sealing looks like inside of this camera, parts quality, how it all works together, and all of the usual stuff. The user interface is snappy and fast, I rather like it. What I also like from the user’s point of view, is this multi-controller thing. It’s so nice and effortless, the more expensive canon 5D Mark 3 or Canon 1 DX or Nikon D4 all have a joystick type of switch from Alps, yes, they all use the same internal part, which I personally find rather annoying to use. This one is not of the best quality and it does get a bit loose overtime, but still I think it works great.
I also like some other minor features, but I bet you’re not watching this video for my user experience opinions, it’s a complete teardown, so let’s get to it. Okay, so as always, I get rid of all accessories, memory cards, eyepieces, straps, batteries, rubber grips and move on from here. Rubber grips are usually much easier to remove from Canon cameras than from Nikon ones. The major downside of this particular model, for most people I think, is that it has only 11 focusing points. And only the center one is cross type. So after playing with it for some time today I can tell you that the center focusing point is excellent even in very low light, the outer ones not so much. The bottom cover, as you can see, is made of thin plastic. And it’s a bit of elastic, fantastic type. So far, when it comes to weather sealing, there are no seals at all. There are seams instead. Which is a specific shape on the edges that supposedly prevents some liquid and dust from getting in. So, for example, this large opening here by the lens release button, there 2 small pieces of sponge over here, but will they prevent any liquid from getting inside? Hmm…. Same thing about the rear cover, no seals, just seams. Top cover. There are 2 tiny modules hidden inside, one of them is GPS and the other one is Wi-Fi. Top cover is made of plastic and it has to be, because otherwise the signal wouldn’t be able to get in or out from these modules.
All covers in cameras are either made of metal or they are metallized from the inside to shield electronic parts against EMI or RF signals coming from the outside world that could cause some problems, but around these modules here, there is no metallization at all. Which is exactly what you expect to see. Okay, so that’s how canon 6D looks like without covers, nothing unusual, looks quite good so far. Mainboard. The only thing I don’t like about these U-shaped boards is that they are very delicate at the junction point. On the other hand, there are only connectors located on this very flexible part. No major components anywhere close to it like BGA chips. This one is far enough. BGA chips are not flexible at all, so over time they could separate from the board. It shouldn’t be a problem here. Bottom board. Also very thin and flexible, not too many parts on it, especially in the middle. CMOS sensor. In many DSLR’s these days, including this one, CMOS sensors are adjustable by screws. There are springs under these 3 Torx screws. So by turning them you are changing the distance between the sensor surface and the lens mount. It’s super important, to measure the position of the sensor before removing it or before touching these screws.


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