My newish 6D was shooting images "red". I changed everything I could think to change and... even in bright daylight, the images were red... especially skin tones.
Not just a little bit red... but... REALLY RED.
I couldn't even PP most of them out.
Today, PROM DAY... with eight Prommers coming for "professional photos" from my son's mom... I went out with Son all handsome in his tux... with my spare 20D there for help... (took the battery from the wall charger and put it in all fresh...)
Nervously, I shot... chimped ... red.
Changed everything I could think of to "overdone"... still ... red. REALLY RED.
No problem! I pulled out the ever trusty 20D (wore out a 40D since I bought the 20D... replaced the shutter two times and the mirror assembly once..
20D is my faithful friend. We are one.
Yet... this time... I tried to shoot with him to save me.. and...
Dead Battery.
I'd only JUST pulled it from the charger. Not cool.
Stuck.
I told son to go on and pick up his date and let the others come. I'd think of something.
(Right... no chance of that... )
But... I shot some more with the 6D. Still red. I'd shot consistently red for a long while... even Photography Son looked and cringed...
So... I "Cleared all camera settings" and shot some tests.
Done!!
Whew!
I shot the Prom couples... and my son and his date (this was a freebie, but Monday, I had a pay session scheduled). I was stressing my little heart out!
Unfortunately, it didn't work my butt off.
*sigh again*
Does anyone know what could have been wrong? I'm sure it was something I set and didn't know I did. But... WHAT??
I changed white balance a million times... and... and... and...
My newish 6D was shooting images "red". I changed everything I could think to change and... even in bright daylight, the images were red... especially skin tones.
Not just a little bit red... but... REALLY RED.
...
Nervously, I shot... chimped ... red.
Changed everything I could think of to "overdone"... still ... red. REALLY RED.
...
So... I "Cleared all camera settings" and shot some tests. And took off my 3-D glasses.
When I got my new 6D, it was underexposing some shots randomly. E.g. here is one that came out of the camera:
While it really was more like this in real life:
I even emailed Canon tech support and they agreed its not normal. Then I thought about resetting it to factory default before I send it in for service and that seems to have fixed the issue. So something probably off with 6D settings from factory.
Sadly it is a fault with the sensor and will need to go back for repair.. charge the 20D battery or source a new one, the older cameras are built better and more reliable IMO I love my old M8, never let me down yet the new M240 I have had 3 of them thus far and all had faults, finally, touch wood, the one i have now seems error free.
it seems the more they try to cram into a digital camera the more problems they get.
B&W would be my only suggestion to save the day if you cannot get a battery for the 20D. do you have a grip for the 20D they usually have a AA battery tray with them.
