topic Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

devdvr — Thu, 09 May 2019 23:21:17 GMT

New owner of the RP but not sure of this camera because of the horrible banding.

I'm a night photograhper so all my images are pretty much dark but properly exposed.

I'm getting banding without even pushing the shadows or the night sky, and when I do push them the image is becomes usless.

Will there be a firmware fix for this like the one the EOS R received?

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

shadowsports — Fri, 10 May 2019 13:31:54 GMT

We can't see what you are seeing. Some images of this "banding" might be helpful. Not saying the community can solve your problem, but at least we'll see what you are describing.

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

devdvr — Fri, 10 May 2019 19:18:08 GMT

I raised it 3 stops to show it easier. But shows up in all my stylized edits.

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Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

Waddizzle — Fri, 10 May 2019 17:08:06 GMT

Raising exposure by three stops can cause banding. The most common cause for banding is too much editing.

Are you editing RAW or JPG files?

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

devdvr — Fri, 10 May 2019 17:39:21 GMT

This is RAW. I only raised it 3 stops to show it easier. It starts to show up at less then 1 stop raised aswell. Also shows up really well in foggy night pics without any editing and correctly exposed.

Either way even compared to my 77D i've never seen anything like this with any of my pictures or same presets.

I guess the RP can't handle what the 77D can do.

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

Waddizzle — Fri, 10 May 2019 19:18:46 GMT

Should I be looking at the night shot of the house? Using a cell phone I do not see any banding.

Links are discouraged, with some exceptions. Did you know that you can post images in the forum? [We took care of it!]

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

Iroshe — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:17:11 GMT

Nice foto!

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

CaliforniaDream — Sat, 11 May 2019 15:03:11 GMT

Don't know much about it so this may not apply, but I have read that the way focus pixels are embedded in mirror-less sensors can cause banding in some situations.

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

devdvr — Sat, 11 May 2019 15:26:33 GMT

Thanks for the info. Aside from this problem I’m loving everything else about this camera. This pic was taken with the new RF 24-105 lens which is just 👌

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

Markoc — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:25:43 GMT

I have the same issues when doing sunrises and sunsets. Spoke to someone last evening whose experience is testing various cameras from various manufacturers. He told me about the banding issue on the rp before I asked about it. I guess the sensor is not the best in canons line and cannot be corrected with firmware. Wish I knew that before I bought the camera but I still really like it otherwise. I remove the banding as best as I can in photoshop

Re: Canon EOS RP Banding Issue

lynmay — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:06:26 GMT

I just discovered this problem as well, even though I've had the camera for almost two

years. Caring for an elderly parent has curtailed my photography, but I took my RP out

the other afternoon and for the first time I noticed very prominent purple banding in my

RAW images straight out of the camera and shooting at ISO 400 and ISO 800 with no

PUSH in the exposure. Like I said, straight out of the camera with NO processing. I loaded

the images in to the Canon software as well as, Lightroom, Affinity and Exposure and they are

all showing the same result. I just wanted to make certain that the processing softwares were

loading the images correctly. These were taken just before sunset and at sunset. I was using

a Tamron 35-150 and this lens produces perfect images in my 6D, my 80D and has in the recent

past always produced them in the RP. I love the utility of the RP. I have partial paralysis in my right hand,

so the smaller form factor is a huge plus, add the lower weight and easy ergonomics, plus, the usually great

images and it's in my go to bag all the time.

I'll post an image as soon as possible. I really want to get this issue addressed and will

take all of the help I can get. Thanks