Canon 80D vs Canon M6 MII

Below is a thorough assessment of the Canon 80D and Canon M6 MII, one being a Advanced DSLR and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless and they are both produced by Canon. There is a huge difference among the sensor resolutions of the 80D (24MP) and M6 MII (33MP) but they enjoy the exact same sensor sizing (APS-C).

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The 80D was released 4 years prior to the M6 MII and that is a fairly significant gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Canon 80D being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Canon M6 MII being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before delving in to a full comparison, below is a quick highlight of how the 80D grades versus the M6 MII with regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Canon EOS 80D and Canon EOS M6 Mark II. The complete galleries are viewable at Canon 80D Gallery and Canon M6 MII Gallery.

When you are looking to lug around your camera often, you have to think about its weight and volume. The Canon 80D comes with outside measurements of 139mm x 105mm x 79mm (5.5" x 4.1" x 3.1") with a weight of 730 grams (1.61 lbs) whilst the Canon M6 MII has sizing of 120mm x 70mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.8" x 1.9") having a weight of 408 grams (0.90 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you use at that time. The following is the front view overall size comparison of the 80D against the M6 MII.

Factoring in size and weight, the portability score of the 80D and M6 MII is 59 and 83 respectively.

Usually, it's hard to see the contrast in sensor measurements purely by looking through technical specs. The photograph underneath will help provide you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the 80D and M6 MII.

As you can tell, both of these cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements but not the same MP. You should expect to see the Canon M6 MII to provide you with more detail as a result of its extra 9 Megapixels. Greater resolution will make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The older 80D will be behind with regard to sensor technology.