R5 underexposing with auto ISO in otherwise Manual mode?

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SwissFrank

1N 3 1V 1Ds I II III R R5
Dec 9, 2018
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Just in boring photos around the house I see the camera using like the bottom 70% of the brightness, when it's in Manual but with ISO set to Auto. I've tried setting comp at +1/3 stop but would probably need more like 1 2/3 stop to correct the issue. Even with +1/3 it is often using pixel values like 0..210 or something, missing the top 20% of values. I just adjust levels in Photoshop but still the result looks just a little dead.

I have bad eyes and have a hard time reading the manual, but I can't think what camera setting it could be.
 
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koenkooi said:
Which metering mode is it in, evaluative?
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I don't know why the topic was "5D", I meant "R5." And yes, evaluative. I can understand if the camera wants to have some headroom so the whites don't blow out, but there's no shadow detail. (This is the JPG from the camera, I don't shoot raw for around-the-house photos.) Looking through the menus for clues, I see Expo.Comp./AEB is +1/3, HDR off, Auto Lighting off, Highlight Tone Priority off, anti-flicker disable.

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#6
The R3 offers an AE Microadjustment setting that lets you adjust the auto exposure by up to 1 stop in 1/8-stop increments. Looks like the R5 does not have that feature (with DSLRs, it was 1-series only).
 
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