topic Delay when turning on EOS R6 in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Delay when turning on EOS R6

robinwhite1 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:17:50 GMT

I bought the canon r6 over the summer and I have noticed when I turn it on it takes almost 20 sec for it to completely turn on for me to use. The red light goes on then after a few seconds it turns off then back on. This happens every time. Is this normal? I’m a long time Canon user so very puzzled by this.
thank you

Re: Delay when turning on R6

rs-eos — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:33:57 GMT

Some troubleshooting tips:

Remove the memory cards, lens and any other accessory (flash, battery grip, etc.). If you turn the camera on now, does it still experience the delay? If no delay, turn off, re-attach/insert one item at a time and try again. This should lead to what is causing the issue.
Reset the camera back to factory defaults.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

robinwhite1 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:39:42 GMT

Thank you, I will try that and see what happens.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:46:44 GMT

I saw one post when Googling issue that said removing and reinstalling the battery resolved that user's issue.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

robinwhite1 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:28:16 GMT

Thank you Ricky,

I discovered it was one of the 2 memory cards. I even switched the slot of the one in question and same thing happened.
so thank you very much!!!!

Re: Delay when turning on R6

robinwhite1 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:28:52 GMT

Thank you,

it was actually a memory card.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

rs-eos — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:35:54 GMT

Glad it led to you to find the issue!

Re: Delay when turning on R6

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 21:20:10 GMT

If this is a change from the time when camera was new try reformatting the card.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

Peter — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:39:36 GMT

Yes, low level format in camera.

Re: Delay when turning on R6

Billmccan — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:14:06 GMT

Thank you for your help I found my problem by taking out the second card which was only a 4Gb 30mb/s.

Thanks again