topic EOS R6 writing JPG instead of RAW in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

jellyfish — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:56 GMT

I've been using my R6 for a while and I usually write RAW to both SD cards. Recently, I decided to try writing Raw to Card 1 and JPG to Card 2. R6 strangely malfunctioned and 31 photographs in Card 1 were saved as JPG instead of Raw. All photographs in Card 2 were saved as JPG (as instructed). Anyone encountered similar ?

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Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

shadowsports — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:31:46 GMT

Greetings,

Just a guess, but did you by chance remove card 1 from the camera? (and close the door). If you remove the card and close the media slot door, the settings for storage will change. I'll bet this is what might have happened. The trick when doing this is don't close the media slot door 😀

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

jellyfish — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:42:23 GMT

Greetings Shadowsports ,

Unfortunately no. The cards were inserted before and left untouched until after the shoot. Its a perplexing issue .. .

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

Waddizzle — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:26:48 GMT

What were you photographing? Were you using any of the special features that are only captured in JPG format?

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

rs-eos — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:48:28 GMT

Double-checking that you've intended to capture C RAW (Compact RAW) instead of RAW.

What types of SD cards are you using? Full-sized or micro with an apapter? The latter can cause issues.

I would recommend resetting the camera to factory settings; perhaps some setting got changed or corrupted.

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

ebiggs1 — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:18:12 GMT

"I would recommend resetting the camera to factory settings;..."

Always when things don't go according to plan and there doesn't seem to be a good explanation. Reset it to default settings and start over.

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

jellyfish — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:22:32 GMT

Hi~ Thanks for commenting. I was photographing an event and I was mostly in Manual mode. Unfrotunately, I'm not aware of any special features for JPG format so I guess no ? haha...

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

jellyfish — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:25:38 GMT

Hi rs-eos~

Thanks for commenting.

Yes I've been using CRAW because they save more space and haven't had a problem before (until this time?"
Both cards are Sandisk Extreme Pro 32GB . Full sized and not very old either. Bought maybe a few months ago.
I see.... I guess if push comes to shove I guess I might have no other choice. This is such a strange problem....

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

jellyfish — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:27:40 GMT

Hahah the golden rule.

I was hoping to maybe get some insights and see if anyone else had a similar problem before reformatting since it was such strange issue. But yes, ultimately it might be the only solution haha.

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

Pogol — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:00:40 GMT

I just experienced the same issue. Card 1 set to RAW, Card 2 to Medium JPEG. Out of 570 files, 30 was captured as compressed JPEG (2432x1824). And 72dpi.

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

Waddizzle — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:45:36 GMT

“ I just experienced the same issue. Card 1 set to RAW, Card 2 to Medium JPEG. Out of 570 files, 30 was captured as compressed JPEG (2432x1824). And 72dpi. “

Please start a new thread about your issue. It becomes confusing whenever restarts an old thread.

Starting a new thread puts your question at the top of the page. Thanks, in advance.

Re: Canon R6 writing JPG instead of RAW

ebiggs1 — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:58:14 GMT

"And 72dpi. "

Just for clarity, there is no DPI in a camera. All images are shot at 100% resolution no matter what your settings are. The change happens when the camera saves the image. There is never a DPI.