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Canon R6 bad/washed out colors?

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Franz Weber
Franz Weber Contributing Member • Posts: 675
Re: Canon R6 bad/washed out colors?

MasterWayne wrote:

Franz Weber wrote:

Hi all,

I have purchased a R6 last year and have taken it to a trip to a lake on sunny weather alongside with my Olympus Em10 MkIV. Same story here as well. The R6 produced pale images compared to the Olympus and my iPhone. The sky was overexposed and faces were underexposed in many cases. Since I was not able to figure out what was the reason I have decided to return the R6 for this reason.

What I have noticed however: the problem only occured in very sunny conditions. In modest light the Canon was superior to the Olympus and iPhone. Maybe the Canon needs an UV filter to get the Jpgs right?

Did you enable Auto Lighting Optimizer? I suggest you try out default or even strong. The latest RF cams give very good results in my experience.

You can boost the colors to your liking as well with choosing/altering the picture style. The default colors are not as bold as they used to be on the 6D. Notching up saturation by one or two brings them right back.

UV filters have no (positive) effect on image Quality of digital cameras, essentially they're a relict from the film era. The UV light is filtered out by the filters that are part of the digital imager.

Thanks MasterWayne this is helpful advice

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