Shutter failure? (new 6D)

Hi,
Few days ago I took a photo and the shutter sounded a little bit weird, and the photo is more than half dark.
The 6d has only 2k shutter auctions, and its only 2 months old..
I took another 50 shoots and all came fine, should I be worried or is it a one time thing?

Are you using flash? Looks like a flash sync issue to me. If it were your shutter it would probably be showing up more consistently.

Shutter sounds strange, EXIF says no flash was used. Shutter is toast.

TheNewLegend wrote in post #16235610
Hi,
Few days ago I took a photo and the shutter sounded a little bit weird, and the photo is more than half dark.
The 6d has only 2k shutter auctions, and its only 2 months old..
I took another 50 shoots and all came fine, should I be worried or is it a one time thing?

If a shutter is going to fail, it's usually pretty early on.... or after a whole lot of use.

And it's better to have it fail early on when the camera is still under warranty.

You probably have a shutter problem (though it also could be a sluggish mirror problem, just looking at the image). But since this has only happened once, it might be a complete fluke and never happen again.

I'd keep this image on file and continue shooting with the camera, watching for any reoccurance. If it happens again, send the camera off to Canon for repair under warranty. Be sure to include the image examples of the problem. It appears to be an intermittent problem that they might have a hard time replicating when they have the camera.

I didnt use flash, but maybe its because of fluorescent light? although 1/120 exposure isnt that fast..
I think the shutter sounded like it is on regular mode, and it was on silent mode
If it will happen another time I'll send it to canon.

I had that happen on my 7d a few thousand pics ago. It did it like 3 times.
I rattled off like 15 shots in 2 seconds to "unstick" everything. No problems since.

One of the guys I shoot with said it happens sometimes and a long burst can "unstick" it all.
Im not sure how 100% correct that is but its worked for me.

jhayesvw wrote in post #16236799
I had that happen on my 7d a few thousand pics ago. It did it like 3 times.
I rattled off like 15 shots in 2 seconds to "unstick" everything. No problems since.

One of the guys I shoot with said it happens sometimes and a long burst can "unstick" it all.
Im not sure how 100% correct that is but its worked for me.

Sounds like a good idea to me. It will either "unstick", as you said, or will kill the shutter ( which is better now, while under warranty).

Take your lens off and gently lift the mirror from under the front edge (no, you won't do any damage to it)
You'll be able to see if the shutter has dropped a blade.

jhayesvw wrote in post #16236799
I had that happen on my 7d a few thousand pics ago. It did it like 3 times.
I rattled off like 15 shots in 2 seconds to "unstick" everything. No problems since.

One of the guys I shoot with said it happens sometimes and a long burst can "unstick" it all.
Im not sure how 100% correct that is but its worked for me.

1Tanker wrote in post #16236805
Sounds like a good idea to me. It will either "unstick", as you said, or will kill the shutter ( which is better now, while under warranty).

Thanks for the advice, I shoot 30more frames and none has that problem.

philwillmedia wrote in post #16237311
Take your lens off and gently lift the mirror from under the front edge (no, you won't do any damage to it)
You'll be able to see if the shutter has dropped a blade.

I am afraid to lift the mirror, and what do you mean if the shutter dropped a blade? if it would drop a blade I will notice it at every picture I take

TheNewLegend wrote in post #16237821
...I am afraid to lift the mirror...

Why?...You won't damage it. It's on a spring, so you're not putting any load on it.
The camera makes it go up every time it takes shot.
You manually doing it is no different.
If you send it to Canon or any other repair tech, that will be the first thing they do.

TheNewLegend wrote in post #16237821
...and what do you mean if the shutter dropped a blade?...

This

TheNewLegend wrote in post #16237821
...if it would drop a blade I will notice it at every picture I take

You would expect so, but sometimes it doesn't.

If you don't want to lift the mirror yourself, put it into manual sensor clean mode.
That should show if it's dropped a blade as well.

I just tried the manual sensor clean mode and I ddidnt see a dropped shutters