EOS R6 body is affecting my lenses and the image stabilizer

[julesbrown]

I have been shooting on my R6 the past 2 years no problem, no issues. Recently, I turned on my camera and it has my RF attachment to be able to use my RF 70-200, and the image stabilizer started going crazy moving back and forth constantly when I am not touching or focusing with buttons. I used another lens thinking it was the lens and it turns out it did the same thing. I recently updated my firmware to see if it was the issue with my camera body and that did not seem to do anything. I tried cleaning like everyone says and it did nothing as well.

Any secret to this would be great.

[deebatman316]

What do you mean by "RF Attachment". All RF Mount lenses natively mount on RF Mount cameras. Or are you using older EF Mount lenses on a mount adapter. If so is this mount adapter the official Canon brand Mount adapter or a 3rd Party Mount adapter. I would also like to confirm that you're using the original EOS R6 and NOT the newer EOS R6 Mark II. Also please provide the Full Names of the lenses you're using. "70-200mm" IS NOT a COMPLETE NAME. A complete name would be EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS II USM lens for example. An example lens is pictured below to help identify your lens model and where to find the complete name.

[julesbrown]

I had a typo, I meant my Canon RF adapter with my Canon EF Zoom lens 70-200mm 1: 2.8L IS ||| USM. It is the original Canon EOS R6. All items are directly from Canon. I tried other lenses to see if it was a lens or body issue and it seems to be the camera body issue. Thanks

[deebatman316]

Which Canon mount adapter do you have. Canon has made a few different versions of EF-RF Mount adapters. Do you have the basic one, control ring or drop in filter version. Do you have an EF Mount camera to try these lenses on to see if they function properly. Also do you have any native RF Mount lenses to try on the camera that have optical IS. The camera also features IBIS (In Body Image Stabilization) which works in conjunction with lenses that feature optical IS. These 2 systems cannot work independently from each other. When lens IS is turned off IBIS is also turned off.

[p4pictures · Accepted solution]

I'm wondering if you are actually seeing the camera constantly focusing the lens, not it operating the IS. Image Stabiliser is active all the time on mirrorless cameras unless you switch it off with the switch on the side of the lens.

Can you check what setting you have for Continuous AF on the AF1 menu page, it should be disabled. If not then the lens will constantly hunt for focus when the camera is switched on. If you have the EOS R6 Mark II the setting to check is called Preview AF on the third page of the AF menus. 

[stevet1]

julesbrown,

You wrote, "the image stabilizer started going crazy moving back and forth...:

Image stabilizers don't move back and forth.

If something is moving back and forth, it isn't the image stabilizer.

Steve Thomas

[ebiggs1]

" I recently updated my firmware to see if it was the issue with my camera body and that did not seem to do anything."

It is good practice to never do any FW updates or upgrades when a camera is malfunctioning and no reason is known. That can result in a bricked camera and then on Canon can fix it. And as you have seen it didn't help.

[julesbrown]

Oh my gosh that was it! I always assume it's something silly like this, so thank you so much for being helpful and a quick problem solver in this. More than anything, thank you for not making me feel like an idiot. I appreciate it!