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Significant Motion Blur, Canon R6. Caused by IBIS? Wide angle only.

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OP electronicsenthusiast Junior Member • Posts: 43
Re: Significant Motion Blur, Canon R6. Caused by IBIS? Wide angle only.
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This is indeed disappointing news, although not unexpected. Thanks for your post. I may not have discovered the issue had it not been for the samples I posted here, chalking up the blurred images to poor technique. But I did later find several samples that were not user error, as it would be extremely difficult to create even intentionally at these shutter speeds. Easy to pick them out when filtering on shutter speed. Putting them side by side with other motion blur images at 4x longer exposures, it's quite obvious that IS is the culprit.

Good to know shutter mode doesn't seem to have an effect.

Toothwalker wrote:

I experience the same issues with my R6, with 3 different RF lenses, and not only wide angle. Sometimes the entire image is blurred, sometimes only a part of it, and sometimes with a clear double-image look (like the mirrored glasses in your example). When only a part of the image is affected it is usually the left side or the right side (in landscape orientation), not the lower or the upper half like in your case. Like you, I notice it mostly in the first shot of a series/burst. The second shot is tack sharp.

The firmware is up to date. Tripod shots with IS switched off are fine, and shutter mode does not seem to matter. At one point I thought that setting the image stabilization to mode 3 "shot only" cured the problem, but this is not an option with all lenses. I am also no longer sure of this. Everything about this issue is difficult to reproduce.

I contacted Canon and they advised to have the products checked by one of their authorized service partners. I went there, and at first they only wanted to check the camera, but I convinced them to keep at least one lens (RF 100-500) for testing.

After two weeks, I could pick up the camera again. They had adjusted the gyro sensors. The lens took a long time. The technician said he could reproduce my reported behavior with his own R6, and eventually replaced two lens groups.

Did it help? I am not sure. Maybe the problem occurs less frequently, but it is definitely not gone.

I will not turn in the equipment again, but rather take a short burst when possible. One of the images will be sharp.

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