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EOS R6 Mark II Inaccurate colors and skin tones

cameragirl5
Apprentice

I have been doing portraits for years and my editing has become so effortless. However, I can't for the life of me get a good color on my images from the Canon R6 Mark 2. The skin is YELLOW and desaturated looking. I feel like I have to do editing gymnastics and I still cannot figure out how to make my images look good. For reference, I have been using the 6D and my images were flawless in color or I could push the boundaries in post. I am at a loss. HELP!

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rs-eos
Elite
Elite

What is your complete color workflow? Here's my checklist that I use when I need completely accurate color:

  • Set camera to either Faithful or Neutral
  • Capture in RAW
  • Use lighting that can properly reproduce all colors (either the sun, or strobes that score very high in TM-30; a better specification than CRI)
  • Set appropriate color temperature (while this isn't baked in to RAW files, if it's far off, it can affect exposure). For all my strobes, this is 6300ºK
  • Every time the lighting changes, capture an image of a color chart.
  • In post-production, edit in the widest possible color gamut (ProPhoto RGB)
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Ricky

Camera: EOS R5 II, RF 50mm f/1.2L, RF 135mm f/1.8L
Lighting: Profoto Lights & Modifiers

johnrmoyer
Whiz
Whiz

rs-eos gave good advice.

If using the "Standard" picture style in 2 different Canon cameras and the same white balance, the results for both cameras will be similar when editing the raw file in Canon DPP software.

If using other software or some sort of camera specific preset, then it is difficult to predict.

It might help if you provided a raw file from each camera showing the difference.

 

Peter
Authority
Authority

Are you using third-party software?

justadude
Whiz
Whiz

I'm curious if you are shooting in jpeg?  I find the R6 Mk ll very accurate with skin tones, but I shoot in RAW.


Gary
Lake Michigan Area MI

Digital Cameras: Canon EOS R6 Mk ll, EOS R8, EOS RP, ...and a few other brands
Film Cameras: Mostly Pentax, Kodak, and Zenit... and still heavily used
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