Overexposure 5d mark iv

[sm60]

My 5d mark iv occasionally will overexpose images by about three stops, it will be working fine then suddenly happen without me making any change in settings. It doesn’t matter which mode I am in. I originally thought it. GitHub  the lens bit I switched lenses and that was not it. I have tried removing the battery but it seems that only after the camera is off for several minutes that it returns to normal. Has anybody else had this problem? Thanks

[Peter]

Same in Live view? If not, then it is the light meter that is off.

[sm60]

I have not tried in live view.

[Waddizzle]

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@sm60 wrote:

My 5d mark iv occasionally will overexpose images by about three stops, it will be working fine then suddenly happen without me making any change in settings. It doesn’t matter which mode I am in. I originally thought it. GitHub  the lens bit I switched lenses and that was not it. I have tried removing the battery but it seems that only after the camera is off for several minutes that it returns to normal. Has anybody else had this problem? Thanks

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You should provide more details about issue.  No one can test and reproduce your issue.  If you want help, then help someone to help you.  Providing a sample photo or two, good and bad images, with EXIF data would be a double bonus.

[sm60]

I was simply asking if anybody else has experienced this problem. Stupid me I deleted the images while I was out shooting realizing I should keep one or two. Next time it happens I plan on keeping them. But here is a little better explanation. When taking a meter reading and setting the camera to what is says would be a correct exposure the image would come out overexposed by about 3 stops. I knew the exposure setting didnt seem correct before taking the shot. Thanks

[jrhoffman75]

Did you possibly have Exposure Compensation set?

Sounds like you were manually metering in Manual mode? What metering mode?

[sm60]

It doesn’t matter what mode I am in once it starts I can switch to any mode and it is the same. Seems to clear up only after the camera has been turned off for roughly five minutes or more.

[ebiggs1]

I agree with John. It sounds like a call to Canon is in order but in the meantime do a full reset of the camera first.  They will likely ask you to do it anyway when you call.

A fully charged, known good, battery and a know good CF card is also a good idea to try first.

After the reset and battery and CF card (format it in the camera), set the Mk IV to P mode. ISO fixed to 200. Average WB.

Try it again, shooting whatever it was you were shooting before.  Make sure you set P mode and fix ISO to 200.  Do no other settings.

[jrhoffman75]

Give Canon a call at 1-800-OK-CANON.