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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

How 6,981 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

#8
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/500s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark III photos are shot

6,981 all-time photos · 4,372 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 38%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 35%
  2. 50mm 26%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 24mm 5%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 100mm 2%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 16mm 1%
  9. 135mm 1%
  10. 200mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%
  3. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 10%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2012-2026

  1. 2012 1%
  2. 2013 1%
  3. 2014 2%
  4. 2015 3%
  5. 2016 8%
  6. 2017 8%
  7. 2018 12%
  8. 2019 11%
  9. 2020 8%
  10. 2021 9%
  11. 2022 7%
  12. 2023 9%

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

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

Last 90 days · 314 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 18% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 13% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 7% down
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 7% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 7% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 6% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 5% down
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 4% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 4% up
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 3% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 3% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 86% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS 5D Mark III photos are edited

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

from 171 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 5D Mark III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Highlights -46
  • Shadows +27
  • Whites -20
  • Blacks +10

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III tone curve

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

Custom curve
78%
lift blacks
55%
lower whites
47%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 94%
  2. Exposure 92%
  3. Shadows 91%
  4. Highlights 87%
  5. Whites 84%
  6. Contrast 78%
  7. Green saturation 71%
  8. Yellow saturation 70%
  9. Blue saturation 69%
  10. Yellow hue 66%
  11. Orange hue 65%
  12. Orange saturation 64%
  13. Orange luminance 64%
  14. Saturation 63%
  15. Green hue 63%
  16. Blue luminance 61%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 82%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  3. Embedded 3%
  4. Fuji 800Z 2C 3%
  5. Camera Faithful 2%

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III 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
9%
Grain
42%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
64%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 59% · sat 60% · lum 43%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 64% · lum 64%
  • Yellow hue 66% · sat 70% · lum 60%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 71% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 53% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 58% · sat 69% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 50% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 45% · lum 34%

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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 September 28, 2026.