R6 Mark III randomly, and intermittently, takes two exposures with one press of the shutter button.

[HankJ]

Hoping someone may have experienced this, or might think of something I am overlooking. This issue only recently began, totally out of the blue. Camera is only 4 months old, and has latest (1.0.2) firmware. Drive mode is set to single shot. Shutter mode is primarily set to EFC. Occasionally ES. Virtually never use MS. I have double-checked every setting I can think of, that might cause multiple exposures. AEB, HDR, multiple-exposure, etc... All are set to OFF. At this point I am at a total loss. Not sure what, if anything, I may be overlooking. I have gone through the Q menu, and all the menu pages except for WiFi, Playback and Movie settings. (Can't imagine anything in there that might be relevant.)

As I said, this is totally random and intermittent. I can find no pattern or circumstance that might be causing this to occur. However, while I was searching the internet for answers, I did read one particularly strange suggestion. Someone offered the possibility that the R6 Mk 3 shutter button was so sensitive in ES mode, that a user might inadvertently cause 2 exposures, even though they "thought" they only pressed the shutter button once. Seems implausible, but at this point I'm willing to entertain just about anything. Ever heard of anything like that?

Any and all help/suggestions are most welcome. Thanks in advance.

Hank

[stevet1]

HankJ,

You wrote, "(BTW - this is a mirrorless camera. 😉)

Haha. You're right 😄 I didn't look closely enough. Some of us are still stuck in the Dark Ages.   😃

Steve Thomas

[HankJ]

So, here is the resolution. Figured all you guys, who took the time to try and help, deserve to know where things stand. Seems the two people who suggested “user error”, as regards to a very sensitive shutter button (relative to the R7, my previous camera) were correct after all.

Canon support tech suggested I reset camera to factory settings and see if problem persists. I did. And it does. So, as I had stated in a previous post, I was determined be very diligent and hyper-aware of how I am pressing the shutter button. I now agree that the R63 shutter button is way more sensitive than the R7. And, apparently, I had become quite lazy and haphazard with my shutter finger. As long as I remained focused on a steady and deliberate press, the result is always just a single exposure. Problem solved. It was me.

Thanks again to all who took the time. Much appreciated.

Hank