topic Re: R6 screen in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R6 LCD screen doesn't reflect final image

nicholemcelvain — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:03:07 GMT

Hello, I have a R6 canon camera and I'm needing some help with the screen. I'm going to try and word this the best way I know how. My display screen image in not reflecting the correct final image im shooting. I've never had this problem before. Usually, whatever image is displaying on the electronic viewfinder is the image I end up with after taking the photo. I don't quite know how to look up the solution. Whenver I change my ISO or shutter speed the viewfinder does not reflect any changes. Thank you for any tips!

Re: R6 screen

Stephen — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:41:28 GMT

Hello!

Welcome to the Canon Community!

Can you take a photo or video (with your phone) of what you're experiencing and send it? That way, the Community can see exactly what's going on!

Re: R6 screen

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:37:56 GMT

@nicholemcelvain wrote:

Hello, I have a R6 canon camera and I'm needing some help with the screen. I'm going to try and word this the best way I know how. My display screen image in not reflecting the correct final image im shooting. I've never had this problem before. Usually, whatever image is displaying on the electronic viewfinder is the image I end up with after taking the photo. I don't quite know how to look up the solution. Whenver I change my ISO or shutter speed the viewfinder does not reflect any changes. Thank you for any tips!

Please re-read your post and see if it needs clarifying. In one place you say the display does not reflect the final image (do you mean what you see in the EVF is different than the rear LCD?). But later you say the EVF is not reflecting changes you make to the exposure settings.

Have you tried resetting the camera settings?

Re: R6 screen

Stephen — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:43:33 GMT

Thank you, John!
You prompted me to re-read my post, and I realized I also needed to clarify what I was saying! 🙃

Re: R6 screen

nicholemcelvain — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:05:30 GMT

Rewording: I see the same thing in EVF and rear LCD when going to take the picture. After I take the picture it appears totally different than what I'm viewing in real-time (like my old DSLR). The "live view" is depicting something totally different than the actual picture after being taken. It's never done this before. I turned it on before a shoot and it did this for the first time. While I'm looking in the live view (both in EVF and rear LCD) nothing changes visually as im adjusting settings. I have no idea what it looks like until after the photo is revealed. Hope that clarifies things.

Re: R6 screen

nicholemcelvain — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:10:54 GMT

Re: R6 screen

nicholemcelvain — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:12:37 GMT

These photos have two totally different settings and both appear the same when shooting. The last image I took an actual photo with and obviously its extremely overexposed. It's just never done that before. It seems like I've somehow messed up some setting.

Re: R6 screen

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:19:31 GMT

@nicholemcelvain wrote:

These photos have two totally different settings and both appear the same when shooting. The last image I took an actual photo with and obviously its extremely overexposed. It's just never done that before. It seems like I've somehow messed up some setting.

The exposure meter appears centered for both images.

Re: R6 screen

Stephen — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:31:36 GMT

It does, but from what I'm gathering, it shouldn't.

I'm tagging in our pro specialist, Ron to see if he can offer advice.

Re: R6 screen

Ron — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:48:52 GMT

Hi nicholemcelvain,

You may want to check your Exposure Simulation setting. Its described on page 249 of the manual. If you have it set to disable, the rear LCD and EVF will show a constant brightness and not reflect the camera exposure.

https://canon.us/2T5pwcI

Re: R6 screen

deebatman316 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:52:05 GMT

Is the picture still overexposed in Full Auto? If so there maybe a problem with your camera that requires service from Canon.

Re: R6 screen

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:06:43 GMT

@Ron wrote:

Hi nicholemcelvain,

You may want to check your Exposure Simulation setting. Its described on page 249 of the manual. If you have it set to disable, the rear LCD and EVF will show a constant brightness and not reflect the camera exposure.

https://canon.us/2T5pwcI

But the exposure meter needle shouldn’t be centered with two different camera settings in the same lighting conditions, correct?

Re: EOS R6 - screen

nicholemcelvain — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:05:01 GMT

This worked! Thank you so much!