Canon R and R5 banding issues in Silent Mode

[MissLili84]

Hi all!

Here's my issue. I'm currently shooting for a job on set and I'm required to shoot in silent mode. The problem is, I often times experience banding issues with my R5 and R. I don't have the option to shoot in Mechanical or anti-flicker so that's out. I've tried slowing down my shutter speed but my photos still come out slightly soft or blurry since my subjects move around a lot.

Any help to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much!

[deebatman316]

Banding issues are due to the lighting there really isn’t much you can about it. Then adjusting the shutter speed or use anti flicker shooting.

[Waddizzle]

Why would anti-flicker not be a viable option?

[MissLili84]

I'm not able to enable anti-flicker when shooting in silent mode.

[Waddizzle]

I think the order in how things are enabled makes a difference. I fooled around with this for around 15 minutes. I don’t remember the order, but I think I set it to mech shutter so I could enable High Speed Flicker. 

 

 

[MissLili84]

My camera isn't set up exactly like yours, but I appreciate your help! I may just keep adjusting the shutter speed until I buy a new camera later on.

[Waddizzle]

“ My camera isn't set up exactly like yours, but I appreciate your help! I may just keep adjusting the shutter speed until I buy a new camera later on. “ 

I am using the R6 Mark II. You should be able to set yours up the same way.  I encountered the same issue as you.  I could not enable HF Flicker mode. 

As I noted, the order in which settings I changed made the difference!

• Enable mechanical shutter 
• Enable HF Flicker Detection 
• Enable Silent Mode 

Once you enable Silent Mode, the Shutter Mode will automatically switch to Electronic Shutter and become greyed out. 

[deebatman316]

I checked the manual for the EOS R5 (classic) its NOT possible to use BOTH the electronic shutter and Anti Flicker shooting at the same time. The EOS R6 (classic) has this same restriction too.

[Waddizzle]

The R6ii manual says the same thing.  

Did you set mechanical shutter first?  Did you follow the order I suggested?

[deebatman316]

On the EOS R5 if the shutter mode is set to mechanical and you enable anti flicker mode. It switches the shutter mode to Electronic and it cannot be changed. It’s grayed out and says that anti flicker needs to be turned off before switching to mechanical.