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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

How 1,276 real photos from this camera were shot — and how they were edited in Lightroom.

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

#29
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/200s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark II photos are shot

1,276 all-time photos · 670 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 25%

ISO

  1. <=200 42%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 21%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 3%
  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 12%
  3. 1/250s 14%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 14%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 26%
  2. 35mm 26%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 40mm 3%
  6. 70mm 2%
  7. 45mm 2%
  8. 100mm 2%
  9. 28mm 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 · 10%
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 11%
  7. 2015 3%
  8. 2016 8%
  9. 2017 10%
  10. 2018 10%
  11. 2019 12%
  12. 2020 5%

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

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

Last 90 days · 107 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 18% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 16% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 12% down
  4. 4 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 8% up
  5. 5 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 7% up
  6. 6 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 6% up
  8. 8 Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 3% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 3% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 3% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 3% down
  12. 12 EF100mm f/2 USM 1% new

Adapted EF lenses still account for 67% 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 45 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 5D Mark II edit

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

  • Contrast +25
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +40
  • Whites -15
  • Saturation -7

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
91%
lift blacks
85%
lower whites
71%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Whites 96%
  3. Shadows 96%
  4. Orange saturation 95%
  5. Orange luminance 90%
  6. Contrast 86%
  7. Saturation 84%
  8. Vibrance 82%
  9. Blacks 82%
  10. Red luminance 80%
  11. Blue luminance 76%
  12. Blue saturation 69%
  13. Green saturation 67%
  14. Red saturation 67%
  15. Yellow hue 64%
  16. Exposure 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
50%
As Shot
48%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
4,950K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Fuji 160C 2%
  4. Ilford Delta 3200 C 2%

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.

  • Midtones 24° · sat +1 used in 57% of edits
Black & white
16%
Grain
71%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
76%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 54% · sat 67% · lum 80%
  • Orange hue 40% · sat 95% · lum 90%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 56% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 58% · sat 67% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 45% · sat 55% · lum 29%
  • Blue hue 40% · sat 69% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 34% · sat 37% · lum 18%
  • Magenta hue 37% · sat 40% · lum 21%

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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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 31, 2026.