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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

How 1,105 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

#28
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/4
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

1,105 all-time photos · 560 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 24%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 22%
  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 12%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 26%
  2. 50mm 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 16% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 14% 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 4% 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 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 2% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 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 560 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 77%
  11. Red saturation 77%
  12. Red luminance 76%
  13. Yellow saturation 75%
  14. Red hue 75%
  15. Aqua saturation 73%
  16. Blue luminance 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,687K
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 55%
  • Aqua hue 53% · sat 73% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 51% · sat 78% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 38% · sat 64% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 58% · sat 55% · 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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.