topic Re: Shadow in R% in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Shadow in EOS R5

julianesaccon — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:08:28 GMT

This is the shadow that I am getting in the R%5. Any idea why this is happening. I have 2 5D MarkIII and I wish I had never upgrade to R5. I just dont like the colors, contrast and these terrible shadows.

Re: Shadow in R%

Tronhard — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:40:12 GMT

Hi Julian and welcome to the forum:

Sorry to learn you are having a bad experience. The R5 is an excellent camera, and a major step up from the 5DIII - and I have owned that model myself and currently shoot with the R5. These mirrorless cameras take a bit of getting used to, so let's see what we can do to sort this out for you. In the meantime, if you have not done so, I recommend really downloading the manual and checking out the areas you have issues with. Also you might want to check out some of the material in this video on the R5:

Do you mean noise in the shadows? If not, please clarify.

Can you please provide an unprocessed and uncropped image (pref RAW) image, via a shared link, so we can get an idea of how much this is magnified and the original exposure Also, it would be helpful to have the full EXIF data for the image.

Re: Shadow in R%

Peter — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:14:06 GMT

Have you raised the shadows a lot in post?

Re: Shadow in R%

jaewoosong — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:06:37 GMT

Do you see the shadow in the original picture? The weird shadow that you are seeing looks like auto-masking vs something that the R5 would do.

Re: Shadow in R%

shadowsports — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 03:45:25 GMT

Hi julianesaccon,

Please tell us what lens or lenses you are shooting with. Are you adapting EF lenses? If so, are you using a Canon branded adapter?

Your entire image appears to be out of focus and poorly exposed.

I'm confident we can help you identify what the issue is.

Re: Shadow in R%

ebiggs1 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:47:40 GMT

A misplaced light source to the left.

Re: Shadow in R%

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:39:58 GMT

Please post the original file (hopefully you shot in RAW) to a One Drive or Dropbox folder so we can examine the file.

What software did you edit with?

Re: Shadow in R%

Danfaz — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:45:41 GMT

Yep, looks software induced.

Re: Shadow in R%

julianesaccon — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 02:46:51 GMT

Yes, the exposure is not perfect. End of day, middle of the forest, but this kind of shadow never happened with the Mark IV. It is a client photo, I don't feel comfortable about posting the raw file here. I am using an adapter, Canon brand original and 50MM LENS. ISO was 1000.

Re: Shadow in R%

rs-eos — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:13:19 GMT

Definitely strange. What were other details about the photo and where you took it. e.g. shutter speed. Could there have been anything that temporarily obscured that area along the right-hand side of the face and hair?

In Photoshop, I traced an outline of what my eyes could see was an edge of a darkened area. Though I couldn't find its right-side edge; even after applying some "help" layers).

Re: Shadow in EOS R5

shadowsports — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:00:17 GMT

I'm not clear about your gear. Above its 5D3, then below its 5D4? Regardless, the R5 is 10x more capable than either of them. Is the lens an EF 50mm f1.8 or f1.2? Shutter speed was?

You have the eyes of several experts on your thread. We are happy to try and help, but that's difficult with a sliver of a photo, incomplete information about your gear and pieces of EXIF data for us to speculate on.

If the website I found under the same name is you, its safe to say you know what you are doing, but this isn't some of your best work. It appears to be a combination of bad lighting and poor exposure.

If you haven't heavily modified any of the camera settings, or modified picture styles, etc, its just a bad shot.

I've been scouring my photos for something similar. I have seen a similar artifact like this once or twice, and if I find one, I'll try and post it for comparison.

Re: Shadow in EOS R5

Tronhard — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:19:55 GMT

This is very hard to assess with a very limited amount of information - you are not proving the information we are requesting and will not let us see an original photo. We need to know any specific settings you have made to the camera, and ALL of the EXIF data. We don't even know for sure what PP has been applied!
It's like going to a hospital, refusing to be examined and not giving all the symptoms. We cannot provide a decent diagnosis under those conditions.

The R5 is an awesome camera, and way ahead of any of the other cameras you own, but is has a focus and exposure system that may take some getting used to.

I suggest you go out without a client and take a couple of photos that exhibit these symptoms and post a link to the RAW, unprocessed images. Then we can help you.