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Canon EOS 5D Mark III sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 6,790 real photos.

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

#8
most analyzed of 98 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

6,790 all-time photos · 4,258 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 7%
  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 17%
  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. 200mm 1%
  10. 135mm 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
5%

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 · 412 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 15% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 12% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 10% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 9% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 8% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 5% down
  8. 8 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% down
  9. 9 Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM 3% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 2% down
  12. 12 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 78% 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 197 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 +0.1
  • Highlights -29
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +13
  • Saturation -2

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
99%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
61%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Blacks 94%
  3. Shadows 94%
  4. Whites 93%
  5. Blue saturation 89%
  6. Green hue 88%
  7. Red saturation 87%
  8. Orange luminance 87%
  9. Blue luminance 86%
  10. Green saturation 86%
  11. Orange saturation 85%
  12. Orange hue 85%
  13. Magenta saturation 83%
  14. Exposure 82%
  15. Yellow saturation 82%
  16. Magenta hue 80%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
29%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 62%
  2. Portra 160⁺¹ - C 12%
  3. INDIA 5%
  4. Embedded 4%
  5. Kodak Portra 800 2C 3%

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
4%
Grain
56%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
69%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 72% · sat 87% · lum 66%
  • Orange hue 85% · sat 85% · lum 87%
  • Yellow hue 73% · sat 82% · lum 67%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 86% · lum 60%
  • Aqua hue 72% · sat 73% · lum 37%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 89% · lum 86%
  • Purple hue 77% · sat 66% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 80% · sat 83% · lum 42%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.