topic Re: Canon 6D Help in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon 6D Help

jasmync — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:59:03 GMT

Hello,
I’m currently studying my diploma in photography and I’m a little bit confused. On the tutorial, his exposure indicator has a line under it saying wether it under exposed or over exposed. I can’t seem to bring that up on my camera what ever I try. HEs using a canon 7d and I’m using a canon 6D. Could someone please help as to why my camera is not indicting over and under exposure? I have attached photos of my camera and the tutorial to show what I’m taking about. Thanks 😊

Re: Canon 6D Help

kvbarkley — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:56:48 GMT

Your Photos did not come through.

Are you in Manual mode?

Depending on the Aperture/shutter/ISO you could be so far off that the indicator is off scale.

Re: Canon 6D Help

jasmync — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:00:32 GMT

Just added the photos and yes in manual mode 😊

Re: Canon 6D Help

jasmync — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:01:19 GMT

I played around with the iso and aperture etc but still never came up

Re: Canon 6D Help

kvbarkley — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:19:57 GMT

Did you press the shutter button half-way?

Re: Canon 6D Help

diverhank — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 01:02:00 GMT

Yes try pressing the shutter button half way or the AF On button. The indication will show when activated, not all the time.

Re: Canon 6D Help

RobertTheFat — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 01:53:08 GMT

@jasmync wrote:
Just added the photos and yes in manual mode 😊

On the 7D at least, what you're looking at (in the small LCD window) is the exposure compensation setting, a manual override of the automatically generated exposure. Because exposure compensation isn't available in manual mode (it's considered redundant, since you're already setting the exposure manually), the marker isn't displayed.

Re: Canon 6D Help

kvbarkley — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 02:58:03 GMT

On my T6S, that also shows the exposure when in manual mode.

Re: Canon 6D Help

RobertTheFat — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:22:15 GMT

@kvbarkley wrote:
On my T6S, that also shows the exposure when in manual mode.

I didn't mean that it doesn't display the speed and aperture, just that in manual mode it doesn't show the mark that indicates the exposure compensation setting. I believe it's that mark that the OP was concerned that he didn't see.

I don't know, because I've never used one, but I suppose it's also possible that the T6S allows exposure compensation even in manual mode. You may recall that there was once a debate in the forum over whether Canon's cameras should allow it. But on my 7D the mark goes away when the camera is in manual mode.

Re: Canon 6D Help

diverhank — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 05:12:14 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:
@kvbarkley wrote:
On my T6S, that also shows the exposure when in manual mode.
I didn't mean that it doesn't display the speed and aperture, just that in manual mode it doesn't show the mark that indicates the exposure compensation setting. I believe it's that mark that the OP was concerned that he didn't see.

I don't know, because I've never used one, but I suppose it's also possible that the T6S allows exposure correction even in manual mode. You may recall that there was once a debate in the forum over whether Canon's cameras should allow it. But on my 7D the mark goes away when the camera is in manual mode.

I don't have the 6D but on both of my 5D3 and 7D2, the scale triple-duties as the exposure indicator, exposure compensation and the bracketing scale. Even in M mode, the exposure indicator will work showing whether your exposure setting is right on (in the middle), too dark (left) or too bright (right). You need to press the shutter speed or the AF-On button to activate it. Not sure which functions the OP was thinking of.

Re: Canon 6D Help

jasmync — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 06:01:09 GMT

Thanks everyone, yes I pressed shutter speed half way down. I even watched a tutorial on youtube about turning 6D on manual mode and his indicator was showing if it was under or over exposed in manual mode. I reset my camera settings just in case I had accidentally changed something, but nope still doesn’t indicate at all 😥

Re: Canon 6D Help

diverhank — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 06:08:15 GMT

@jasmync wrote:
Thanks everyone, yes I pressed shutter speed half way down. I even watched a tutorial on youtube about turning 6D on manual mode and his indicator was showing if it was under or over exposed in manual mode. I reset my camera settings just in case I had accidentally changed something, but nope still doesn’t indicate at all 😥

Can you try in Av and Tv mode? Maybe this scale is only for exposure compensation for the 6D in which case Robert is right, it doesn't allow Exp Comp in M mode.

Re: Canon 6D Help

Waddizzle — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 11:11:34 GMT

The 6D does not allow exposure compensation in M mode. Bracketing, yes. But, exposure compensation, no.

Re: Canon 6D Help

kvbarkley — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:31:21 GMT

It should work. Do you have the 6D or the 6D Mk II?

Do you see the little arrows on either side?

Try taking a shot in P mode and note the ISO, Shutter speed and Aperture.

Switch to M and set those same settings. Does the mark show up?

Re: Canon 6D Help

TCampbell — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:05:45 GMT

What your camera is displaying (metering scale with no indicator mark) is what my cameras display if I don't wake up the metering system by either pressing the shutter button half-way or by pressing the AF-On buttton. (This feature can be re-mapped to, for example, the asterisk button -- normally that's the exposure lock button.)

The same meter appears in 3 places on the camera.

The first is the top LCD panel -- as you've already found.

The second is visible if you look through the viewfinder and half-press the shutter to wake-up the display and metering system.

The third is visible on the rear LCD screen if you put the screen in the right display mode. You can cycle through what the rear LCD displays by repeatedly pressing the "Info" button located just left of the viewfinder on the back of the camera. Again, half-press the shutter or use AF-On to wake-up the camera's metering system and it should display that info.

Keep in mind... that you will ONLY see that black mark if you are within 3 stops of what the camera thinks is a correct exposure. If you are beyond the 3 stop limit, the end of the scale will draw a tiny arrow and you have to adjust the exposure to bring it back within the 3 stop range.

Do you see the exposure indicator in any of the other two displays (viewfinder or rear LCD)?

Re: Canon 6D Help

Waddizzle — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:15:39 GMT

@TCampbell wrote:
What your camera is displaying (metering scale with no indicator mark) is what my cameras display if I don't wake up the metering system by either pressing the shutter button half-way or by pressing the AF-On buttton.

Keep in mind... that you will ONLY see that black mark if you are within 3 stops of what the camera thinks is a correct exposure. If you are beyond the 3 stop limit, the end of the scale will draw a tiny arrow and you have to adjust the exposure to bring it back within the 3 stop range.

I think Tim has nailed it. One your metering system may not be active, and your indicated shutter speed is 1/2000, which could be putting your metering off the scale.

Re: Canon 6D Help

diverhank — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:26:33 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@TCampbell wrote:
What your camera is displaying (metering scale with no indicator mark) is what my cameras display if I don't wake up the metering system by either pressing the shutter button half-way or by pressing the AF-On buttton.

Keep in mind... that you will ONLY see that black mark if you are within 3 stops of what the camera thinks is a correct exposure. If you are beyond the 3 stop limit, the end of the scale will draw a tiny arrow and you have to adjust the exposure to bring it back within the 3 stop range.

I think Tim has nailed it. One your metering system may not be active, and your indicated shutter speed is 1/2000, which could be putting your metering off the scale.

In the OP's original post, his picture shows no such arrow, though...