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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

How 1,381 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

#30
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/250s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark II photos are shot

1,381 all-time photos · 732 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 11%
  6. f/8+ 25%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 11%
  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 23%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 14%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 29%
  2. 35mm 23%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 40mm 3%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 45mm 2%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 100mm 1%

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
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 2%
  2. 2008 1%
  3. 2009 1%
  4. 2010 1%
  5. 2011 3%
  6. 2012 2%
  7. 2013 2%
  8. 2014 10%
  9. 2015 3%
  10. 2016 8%
  11. 2017 10%
  12. 2018 11%

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 · 130 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 16% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 14% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 11% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 8% up
  5. 5 Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM | A 8% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 7% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 6% down
  8. 8 Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 6% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% down
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 3% up
  11. 11 EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens 2% up
  12. 12 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 77% 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 81 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 5D Mark II edit

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

  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +15
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +6
  • Saturation -1

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
83%
lift blacks
61%
lower whites
49%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 94%
  2. Whites 88%
  3. Shadows 85%
  4. Blacks 83%
  5. Yellow saturation 78%
  6. Blue saturation 76%
  7. Saturation 75%
  8. Green saturation 74%
  9. Green luminance 73%
  10. Orange luminance 73%
  11. Red saturation 69%
  12. Yellow luminance 68%
  13. Blue luminance 64%
  14. Orange saturation 64%
  15. Green hue 64%
  16. Exposure 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
51%
As Shot
46%
Auto
4%
Median temperature
5,355K
Median tint
0
  1. Adobe Standard 65%
  2. Kodak BW400CN - C 7%
  3. Fuji 160C 2C 6%
  4. Kodak Portra 400 2C 6%
  5. Embedded 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
30%
Grain
61%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
58%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 53% · sat 69% · lum 46%
  • Orange hue 62% · sat 64% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 78% · lum 68%
  • Green hue 64% · sat 74% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 56% · sat 46% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 53% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 35% · sat 54% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 53% · sat 44% · lum 49%

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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 November 09, 2026.