Help Please....Weirdness - LCD Canon 7DMarkII: These quick examples taken with my P&S at the LCD of my Canon 7DMarkII. Sorry they are not clearer. When I view the image with the jump...

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

These quick examples taken with my P&S at the LCD of my Canon 7DMarkII. Sorry they are not clearer.

When I view the image with the jump button after taken, I see the image as I shot it and then it changes so that the brightest highlights in the photo change to black and then go back to the normal image. Multiple flashing of these 2 images until the power saver turns off. Do I need an exorcist?

Trish

tresap23 Loc: Texas

When you hit the review button then hit it againon my canon, there are different options that pop up along the sides of the image, you might can look trough those and turn off the option that causes it to flash. I accidentally hit a similar one on mine that would show overexposed areas It flashed like that. good lucki

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

tresap23 wrote:

When you hit the review button then hit it againon my canon, there are different options that pop up along the sides of the image, you might can look trough those and turn off the option that causes it to flash. I accidentally hit a similar one on mine that would show overexposed areas It flashed like that. good lucki

Thank you tresap23, I'll check that out. The camera is new to me. Would the "review button" be the "right pointed arrow button" above the trash can icon? No hard copy manual so have to find my downloaded version.

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

I found the highlight alert in the menu.... thanks again for your help tresap23!

tresap23 Loc: Texas

Islandgal wrote:

I found the highlight alert in the menu.... thanks again for your help tresap23!

Anytime! I had the same issue, so I can relate to your frustration!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Islandgal wrote:

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Commonly called "the blinkies" it is to show you areas that are so badly over exposed as to be washed out and have no details left in the image.
A help in deciding to change your exposure to avoid blown highlights.

I see you found and turned them off. Just keep them in mind for future use, they can be very helpful.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Hi,
I have owned the 7D MII for a few years. I love it. You may find the Kindle version of Doug Klosterman's, "Canon7D Mark II Experience" helpful. Kindle is a free download at Amazon and the digital book is $9.99. It is more comprehensive and friendlier than the Canon manual.
https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Mark-Experience-Photography-Operation-ebook/dp/B00R58CF7G
Mark

Islandgal wrote:

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Islandgal wrote:

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Yes, the dreaded Blinkies. I never use that feature, but I guess it can come in handy.

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

robertjerl wrote:

Commonly called "the blinkies" it is to show you areas that are so badly over exposed as to be washed out and have no details left in the image.
A help in deciding to change your exposure to avoid blown highlights.

I see you found and turned them off. Just keep them in mind for future use, they can be very helpful.

Thank you Robert, I do think it would be helpful for me as I do blow highlights from time to time! And now that I know where it is I'm set!

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Islandgal wrote:

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It's not "weirdness". You have the Highlight Alert "blinkies" turned on. Under third playback tab (blue) of the menu, it's the first item. Navigate there, press "set", change to "disable", then press "set" again. You'll no longer see those.

The "blinkies" are just a warning of areas in an image that are "100% white" and lack all detail. That will include anything you photograph that's actually 100% white, as well as any actually over-exposed areas.

Post-processing software can have similar warnings. Lightroom, for example, can be set up to warn both extreme highlights (in red) and extreme shadow (in blue).

None of these will appear in finished images. The blinkies or warnings only display on reviews or previews of the image.

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

markngolf wrote:

Hi,
I have owned the 7D MII for a few years. I love it. You may find the Kindle version of Doug Klosterman's, "Canon7D Mark II Experience" helpful. Kindle is a free download at Amazon and the digital book is $9.99. It is more comprehensive and friendlier than the Canon manual.
https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Mark-Experience-Photography-Operation-ebook/dp/B00R58CF7G
Mark

Hi Mark,
Thank you for the book tip! I've just downloaded the ibook version. It seems that finding a original manual for the 7Dmark II is like pulling hens teeth. Only download version these days. I like to have a manual on my person when I'm out and one day I hope to find David Busch's Compact Field Guide that is currently out of print. Always appreciate your help!

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, the dreaded Blinkies. I never use that feature, but I guess it can come in handy.

The dreaded "blinkies" had me thinking my camera was shorting out lol!

Islandgal Loc: Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada

amfoto1 wrote:

It's not "weirdness". You have the Highl... (show quote)

Thanks for clarifying how it works Amfoto1, much appreciated. The menu's on 7DII are mind boggling at the moment especially all the AF options. Set ups for AF so far are different for everyone depending on what one shoots. What one photographer recommends the other doesn't. I know I'm going to get it eventually. I've also viewed Canon's AF Setting Guidebook.... so much reading to do.

Photocraig

robertjerl wrote:

Commonly called "the blinkies" it is to show you areas that are so badly over exposed as to be washed out and have no details left in the image.
A help in deciding to change your exposure to avoid blown highlights.

I see you found and turned them off. Just keep them in mind for future use, they can be very helpful.

Just to add to your excellent reply, robertjerl. This means that here is NO DATA IN THE RAW FILE recorded for those pixels. That means even the Grand Wizzard of Post Processing can fix it! Or as we said in the film days, it will print paper white, no matter what you do.

Glad you found the answer. I urge you to shoot RAW for maximum forgiveness and processing recovery.

Photocraig

Photocraig wrote:

Just to add to your excellent reply, robertjerl. This means that here is NO DATA IN THE RAW FILE recorded for those pixels. That means even the Grand Wizzard of Post Processing can fix it! Or as we said in the film days, it will print paper white, no matter what you do.

Glad you found the answer. I urge you to shoot RAW for maximum forgiveness and processing recovery.

EDIT: To NOT even the Grand Wizard (you pick your favorite) can fix this.