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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

How 1,353 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 111 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/200s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark II photos are shot

1,353 all-time photos · 706 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 10%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  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 15%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 14%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 28%
  2. 35mm 24%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 40mm 3%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 45mm 2%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 100mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 10%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 2%
  2. 2008 1%
  3. 2010 1%
  4. 2011 3%
  5. 2012 2%
  6. 2013 2%
  7. 2014 10%
  8. 2015 3%
  9. 2016 8%
  10. 2017 10%
  11. 2018 10%
  12. 2019 12%

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 · 125 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 13% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 12% down
  3. 3 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 11% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% up
  5. 5 Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM | A 9% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 7% up
  7. 7 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 5% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 5% flat
  9. 9 Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 4% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 4% up
  11. 11 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 4% down
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 4% up

Adapted EF lenses still account for 62% 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 60 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 +7
  • Highlights -15
  • Shadows +15
  • Whites -10
  • 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
90%
lift blacks
70%
lower whites
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 92%
  2. Whites 88%
  3. Shadows 86%
  4. Blacks 81%
  5. Green saturation 77%
  6. Blue saturation 76%
  7. Saturation 76%
  8. Orange saturation 76%
  9. Green luminance 73%
  10. Orange luminance 73%
  11. Yellow saturation 71%
  12. Contrast 70%
  13. Red saturation 68%
  14. Exposure 68%
  15. Blue luminance 64%
  16. Yellow luminance 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
62%
As Shot
33%
Auto
5%
Median temperature
5,367K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 65%
  2. Kodak BW400CN - C 10%
  3. Fuji 160C 2C 8%
  4. Embedded 3%
  5. Fuji 800Z 2C 3%

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
27%
Grain
52%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
50%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 43% · sat 68% · lum 47%
  • Orange hue 60% · sat 76% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 59% · sat 71% · lum 62%
  • Green hue 59% · sat 77% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 40% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 46% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 51% · lum 34%
  • Magenta hue 48% · sat 38% · lum 43%

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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 October 19, 2026.