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EOS 6D Mark II Support
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System Requirements for Applications (EOS 6D Mark II)

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To use the software, download and install it from the Canon Web site.

You can download EOS DIGITAL camera software installers as well as the EOS Digital Solution Disk Software 32.5A from the Canon Web site.

Caution

The information below is for the current software version (as of June 2017).

The latest software version is available for download from the Canon Web site.

Windows

SoftwareDigital Photo Professional 4.6.30EOS Utility 3.6.30Picture Style Editor 1.18.30Map Utility 1.8.1EOS MOVIE Utility 1.7
Supported OSesWindows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7(*)
*With Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 installed
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7 (All 32-bit/64-bit systems except for Starter Edition)
Windows 10 (All 32-bit/64-bit systems)
Windows 8.1 (All 32-bit/64-bit systems)
Windows 8 (All 32-bit/64-bit systems)
Windows 7 (All 32-bit/64-bit systems expect for Starter Edition)
Windows 10,
Windows 8.1,
Windows 8,
Windows 7 (Compatible with Service Pack 1)
Windows 10 (32bit/ 64bit)
Windows 8.1 (32bit/ 64bit)
Windows 8 (32bit/ 64bit)
Windows 7 SP1 (32bit/ 64bit)
Supported ComputersPC with one of the above OS preinstalled (Upgraded machines not supported)PC with one of the above OS preinstalled and a USB port as a standard feature (Upgraded machines not supported)
.NET Framework 4.5 or later is required.*
*.NET Framework is Microsoft software. It is installed together with EOS Utility.
One of the supported OSes listed above must be pre-installed.Computers running one of the above operating systems (preinstalled), with an included
USB port. Internet access required.
Computers preinstalled with the OS above (The operation of upgraded computers is not guaranteed.)
CPUIntel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or higher (recommended Intel® Core™ i series or later)Intel® Pentium® 1.6GHz or fasterIntel® Pentium® 1.6 GHz or faster (Intel® Core™2 Duo or faster is recommended.)Intel® Pentium® 1.6 GHz or higherIntel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 or Xeon®
RAM2.0 GB or more of RAM (4.0 GB or more recommended)1 GB or greater
2 GB or greater (Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit)
1 GB or greater
2 GB or greater (Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit)
64-bit: 2 GB or more
32-bit: 1 GB or more
4 GB or more
Hard disk driveInstallation: Min. 300 MB of available space
Operation: Min. 600 MB of available space
DisplayResolution: 1,024 x 720 or more (1,600 x 1,200 or more recommended)
Colors: 16-bit color (65,536 colors) or more
Screen Resolution: 1,024x768 pixels or more
Screen colors: Medium (16-bit) or more
Screen Resolution: 1,024x720 pixels or more
Color Quality: Medium (16-bit) or more
1,024 x 768 resolution or higherResolution: 1,024x768 or higher
Display font size setting: 96 dpi

Caution

Digital Photo Professional 4.6.30

- The recipes in Digital Photo Professional 4-series cannot be used interchangeably with the recipes in Digital Photo Professional 1 through Digital Photo Professional 3.

- Digital Photo Professional 4-series and Digital Photo Professional 3.15 can be simultaneously installed to one computer.

- Use of the Digital Photo Professional on a PC with 32-bit OS is subject to some restrictions on the operation. For details, refer to the Digital Photo Professional Instruction Manual.

- Improved the display speed by using a graphics processor (GPU) to process images for preview in 64-bit OS (32-bit OS not supported). For converting and saving, and printing, the conventional CPU processing is used. To use this function, a GPU that has 1.0GB or more of built-in video memory and that supports CUDA (Compute Capability 2.0 or later) made by NVIDIA is required. In addition, the latest driver made by NVIDIA must be installed.

EOS Utility 3.6.30

- EOS Utility 3-series and EOS Utility 2.14 can be simultaneously installed to one computer. (When installing EOS Utility 3-series, EOS Utility 2.x will also be updated to the newest version.)

- When any model other than EOS 6D Mark II, EOS Kiss X9 / EOS REBEL SL2 / EOS 200D, EOS Kiss X9i / EOS REBEL T7i / EOS 800D, EOS 9000D / EOS 77D, EOS M6, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1DC, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M10, EOS Kiss X8i / EOS REBEL T6i / EOS 750D, EOS Kiss X80 / EOS REBEL T6 / EOS 1300D, EOS 80D, EOS 8000D / EOS REBEL T6s / EOS 760D, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS 6D, EOS 5DS R, EOS 5DS, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark III is connected, EOS Utility 2.14 will be started.

- To download a GPS log file using EOS Utility, use Map Utility 1.8.1 or later for EOS 6D Mark II, use Map Utility 1.7.2 or later for EOS 5D Mark IV, use Map Utility 1.7.0 or later for EOS-1D X Mark II, use Map Utility 1.5.3 or later for EOS 7D Mark II, and use Map Utility 1.4 or later for EOS 6D.

Picture Style Editor 1.18.30

To apply the Picture Style files you created to RAW images, please use the latest version of Digital Photo Professional. Also, to apply Picture Style files to EOS / PowerShot cameras, please use the latest version EOS Utility / CameraWindow DC.

Caution

EOS MOVIE Utility 1.7

Recommended System Configuration: To enable playback of a 4K clip in preview mode at 50fps/60fps, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU/GPU:

- Intel® Xeon® X5690 3.47 GHz or greater (x2 pcs.)

- NVIDIA QUADRO 5000/6000

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

Recommended System Configuration: To enable playback of a 4K clip in preview mode at 24fps/25fps/30fps, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU/GPU:

- Intel® Xeon® X5690 3.47 GHz or greater (x2 pcs.)

- NVIDIA QUADRO 5000/6000

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

CF Card / Card Reader:

- CF Card: UDMA7-compatible card's actual writing/reading speed is faster than 100MB/sec.

- CF Card Reader: UDMA7-compatible card's actual reading speed is faster than 100MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

Recommended System Configuration: To preview playback Full HD clip, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU:

- Quad Core Intel® Core™ i7 3.0GHz or faster

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

CF Card / Card Reader:

- CF Card: UDMA7-compatible card's actual writing/reading speed is faster than 30MB/sec.

- CF Card Reader: UDMA7-compatible card's actual reading speed is faster than 30MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

SD Card / Card Reader:

- SD Card: Actual writing/reading speed is faster than 20MB/sec.

- SD Card Reader: Actual reading speed is faster than 20MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

Supported Models

EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 6D, EOS 70D

- For EOS 6D Mark II, only MOV format time-lapse movies are supported.

- MP4 movie and Video Snapshot are not supported.

Macintosh

SoftwareDigital Photo Professional 4.6.30EOS Utility 3.6.30Picture Style Editor 1.18.30Map Utility 1.8.0 EOS MOVIE Utility 1.7
Supported OsesOS X 10.10, 10.11, macOS 10.12OS X 10.10, 10.11, macOS 10.12OS X 10.10, 10.11, macOS 10.12
Disks that are formatted with the Unix File System (UFS) are not supported.
OS X 10.10, 10.11, macOS 10.12OS X 10.10, 10.11, macOS 10.12
Supported ComputersPC with one of the above OS preinstalled (Upgraded machines not supported)Macintosh with one of the above OS installed and a USB port as a standard featureMacintoshes with an OS above pre-installedComputers running one of the above operating systems (preinstalled), with an included USB port. Internet access required.A Mac computer supporting the OSes above.
CPUIntel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or higher (recommended Intel® Core™ i series or later)Intel® ProcessorsIntel® Processor (Intel® Core™2 Duo or faster is recommended.)Intel® Core™2 Duo or higher
RAM2.0 GB or more of RAM (4.0 GB or more recommended)2 GB or greater2 GB or greater2 GB or more4 GB or more
Hard disk driveInstallation: Min. 300 MB of available space
Operation: Min. 600 MB of available space
DisplayScreen resolution: XGA (1,024 x 768) or more (1,600 x 1,200 or more recommended)
Screen Colors: 16-bit color (65,536 colors) or more
Screen Resolution: 1,024x768 pixels or more
Colors: Approx. 32,000 colors or more
Screen Resolution; 1,024x768 pixels or more
Color Quality; Approx. 32,000 colors or more
1,024 x 768 resolution or higherResolution: 1,024x768 or higher

Caution

Digital Photo Professional 4.6.30

- The recipes in Digital Photo Professional 4-series cannot be used interchangeably with the recipes in Digital Photo Professional 1 through Digital Photo Professional 3.

- Digital Photo Professional 4-series and Digital Photo Professional 3.15 can be simultaneously installed to one computer.

- Improved the display speed by using a graphics processor (GPU) to process images for preview. For converting and saving, and printing, the conventional CPU processing is used. To use this function, a GPU that has 1.0GB or more of built-in video memory and that supports CUDA (Compute Capability 2.0 or later) made by NVIDIA is required. In addition, the latest driver made by NVIDIA must be installed.

EOS Utility 3.6.30

- EOS Utility 3-series and EOS Utility 2.14 can be simultaneously installed to one computer. (When installing EOS Utility 3-series, EOS Utility 2.x will also be updated to the newest version.)

- When any model other than EOS 6D Mark II, EOS Kiss X9 / EOS REBEL SL2 / EOS 200D, EOS Kiss X9i / EOS REBEL T7i / EOS 800D, EOS 9000D / EOS 77D, EOS M6, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1DC, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M10, EOS Kiss X8i / EOS REBEL T6i / EOS 750D, EOS Kiss X80 / EOS REBEL T6 / EOS 1300D, EOS 80D, EOS 8000D / EOS REBEL T6s / EOS 760D, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS 6D, EOS 5DS R, EOS 5DS, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark III is connected, EOS Utility 2.14 will be started.

- To download a GPS log file using EOS Utility, use Map Utility 1.8.0 or later for EOS 6D Mark II, use Map Utility 1.7.2 or later for EOS 5D Mark IV, use Map Utility 1.7.0 or later for EOS-1D X Mark II, use Map Utility 1.5.3 or later for EOS 7D Mark II, and use Map Utility 1.5.2 or later for EOS 6D.

Picture Style Editor 1.18.30

To apply the Picture Style files you created to RAW images, please use the latest version of Digital Photo Professional. Also, to apply Picture Style files to EOS / PowerShot cameras, please use the latest version EOS Utility / CameraWindow DC.

Caution

EOS MOVIE Utility 1.7

Recommended System Configuration: To enable playback of a 4K clip in preview mode at 50fps/60fps, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU/GPU:

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

- Intel® Xeon® 2.7GHz 12 Core

- Dual AMD FirePro D700

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

Recommended System Configuration: To enable playback of a 4K clip in preview mode at 24fps/25fps/30fps, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU/GPU:

Mac Pro (Mid 2010 / Mid 2012)

- Intel® Xeon® 2.93GHz or greater (x2 pcs.)

- NVIDIA QUADRO K5000 for Mac

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

- Intel® Xeon® 2.7GHz 12 Core

- Dual AMD FirePro D700

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

CF Card / Card Reader:

- CF Card: UDMA7-compatible card's actual writing/reading speed is faster than 100MB/sec.

- CF Card Reader: UDMA7-compatible card's actual reading speed is faster than 100MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

Recommended System Configuration: To preview playback Full HD clip, besides the required system configuration above, the following additional configuration is recommended.

CPU:

- Quad Core Intel® Core™ i7 3.0GHz or faster

CFast Card / Card Reader:

- CFast Card: CFast 2.0

- CFast Card Reader: USB3.0 connection card reader that supports CFast 2.0

CF Card / Card Reader:

- CF Card: UDMA7-compatible card's actual writing/reading speed is faster than 30MB/sec.

- CF Card Reader: UDMA7-compatible card's actual reading speed is faster than 30MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

SD Card / Card Reader:

- SD Card: Actual writing/reading speed is faster than 20MB/sec.

- SD Card Reader: Actual reading speed is faster than 20MB/sec via USB3.0 connection.

Supported Models

EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 6D, EOS 70D

- For EOS 6D Mark II, only MOV format time-lapse movies are supported.

- MP4 movie and Video Snapshot are not supported.

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