EOS M50 Pics Are Too Dark

[Far-Out-Dude]

First off let me say I am not a noob at this, I understand the settings and I have read the manual. It is also doing this with all lenses and the camera was just repair by Canon not long ago and has not been used much as I had foot surgery in Sept. foot got infected and I almost lost the foot so I have not been out photographing much.

Now for some reasons lately in Manual mode my pictures are turned out very dark unless I go all the way down to 4" which is much to slow for what I am trying to shoot and it is of course causing a blurred effect. I would normally take this picture at 1200 FPS when not on a tripod but when I try to do that the picture is jet black. Settings for this are as follows.  Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens 400mm f5.6 1/200 ISO 100 No flash. I had lighting set for an overcast day. I am hoping it is just something I am forgetting because I have not been shooting much and not a problem with the lens.

Oh I put it in Aperture mode and the pictures are bright enough but it is setting ISO to 6400 every time. I have tried to reset the camera but it does not seem to be resetting as BBF is still on after I have reset the camera. I had lens brace against window of truck though not entirely steady as I could not reach the pool noodle I normally put on window and only had it on the light camera skin. Thank you for any help given.

One thing I realized I forgot to mention when I was laying in bed is if I push the shutter button halfway down everything will get brighter for just a second and then look dark again in the screen and the viewfinder.

[Far-Out-Dude]

Oh I am far from thinking that, especially with anything that entails numbers, I have had problems with numbers my entire life. As I said though it is a very resent thing. I will try now that I have reset everything, though not having BBF is going to drive me nuts, I can't stand the old way, much to slow when shooting wildlife and so on for me with my messed up hands. lol

[Far-Out-Dude]

No, that is one odd thing, I always shoot in RAW with Jpeg but for some reason these were all Jpeg and I do not understand why.

When I shoot landscapes or on a tripod like when I am seriously shooting wildlife I try to always use exposure compensation, I did not with this series though.

[Far-Out-Dude]

By the way, now that I have reset everything do I have to reload bios and all? Thanks.

[Tronhard]

That's odd... Did the camera return to RAW+JPG without further interaction by you, or did it remain in JPG mode?

[Tronhard]

That should not be necessary.   Have you been able to shoot with correct exposure since then?

[Far-Out-Dude]

Will not be able to find out til morning,  I can't turn on any lights as my GF is sleeping. I will reply back tomorrow,  thank you for all the help.

[rs-eos]

Now that Trevor mentions it, exposure compensation is quite plausible to explain what happened.

[Far-Out-Dude]

Remained in Jpeg. I have reset everything and have set it back to RAW and Jpeg I will be going out this morning, it has snowed so it will be brighter out and will take some pictures then with the Canon EF-S 18 55 macro 0.25m 0.8ft as well as the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens, mostly with the second as I am hoping to get wildlife in the snow.

[Far-Out-Dude]

I am pretty sure you mean Focal Length for FS but I am not sure on SS? Would you please be kind enough to let me know? Thank you. I have to go lay down for another hour before I have to go, I only got one hours rest. I will try to post results from the cell if I can, if not I will when I get home and resize them. Thanks again.

[Far-Out-Dude]

One thing I realized I forgot to mention when I was laying in bed is if I push the shutter button halfway down everything will get brighter for just a second and then look dark again in the screen and the viewfinder. I have to get back to bed of I will crash the truck when I drive. I will see your replies when I get home. I will add this above as well.