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Canon EOS 5D Mark II sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 1,117 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#28
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/250s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark II photos are shot

1,117 all-time photos · 568 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 26%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 24%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 21%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 15%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 11%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 27%
  2. 35mm 26%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 40mm 3%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 100mm 2%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 45mm 2%
  10. 105mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
13:00 · 11%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 2%
  2. 2010 1%
  3. 2011 2%
  4. 2012 3%
  5. 2013 3%
  6. 2014 12%
  7. 2015 4%
  8. 2016 7%
  9. 2017 10%
  10. 2018 12%
  11. 2019 8%
  12. 2020 6%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 22% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 15% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 13% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 6% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS 4% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 4% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 3% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 2% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 88% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS 5D Mark II photos are edited

Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.

from 568 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Canon EOS 5D Mark II edit

Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.

  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +25
  • Saturation -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
89%
lift blacks
72%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Highlights 98%
  3. Blacks 93%
  4. Whites 92%
  5. Exposure 86%
  6. Green saturation 83%
  7. Saturation 81%
  8. Blue saturation 78%
  9. Orange saturation 78%
  10. Contrast 78%
  11. Red saturation 77%
  12. Red luminance 76%
  13. Yellow saturation 75%
  14. Red hue 75%
  15. Aqua saturation 74%
  16. Blue luminance 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,650K
Median tint
0
  1. Adobe Standard 65%
  2. Portrait XPS 160 - C 8%
  3. Fuji Superia 400 C 5%
  4. Embedded 4%
  5. Fuji Reala 100 C 4%

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II color profile

Rendered from aggregate color grading and HSL data — never from photos.

Color grading

Median hue and saturation per layer, shown as the color it produces.

No reliable color grading sample yet.

Black & white
6%
Grain
51%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
60%

Color mixer activity

How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.

  • Red hue 75% · sat 77% · lum 76%
  • Orange hue 51% · sat 78% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 75% · lum 54%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 83% · lum 56%
  • Aqua hue 54% · sat 74% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 51% · sat 78% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 64% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 58% · sat 56% · lum 37%

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Methodology

Stats are aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper, capped per contributor so no single uploader can dominate a page. Shooting values come from EXIF metadata; editing values come from Lightroom XMP develop settings when present. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.