EOS 6D: Using HDR Mode

Like several other cameras in the EOS range, the EOS 6D allows you to produce HDR images in-camera. The camera will capture 3 images, one correctly exposed, one over-exposed and one under-exposed and from these will make a single JPEG image. Unlike the EOS 5D Mark III, the EOS 6D will not save the three constituent images. If you would like to have the three original images, shoot them separately as stand alone images adjusting the exposure yourself and then create your HDR file from them using Canon’s DPP software.

EOS 6D: HDR and RAW mode

If you are usually a RAW shooter, you may find that when trying to access the in-camera HDR settings for the EOS 6D, they are greyed out and cannot be set. The solution is to turn the camera into JPEG shooting as HDR mode cannot be set in either RAW or RAW+JPEG image quality modes.

EOS 6D: In-camera multiple exposures and DPP

When using the in-camera multiple exposure options on the EOS 6D to composite up to nine images into a single shot, you have two options for how the images are put together – Additive and Average. For most uses, these two options should suffice however if you want more control, or wish to change how the images are blended, Canon’s DPP software is the answer. With DPP the compositing tool will allow you to choose from five different blending options depending on your aim.