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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

How 6,686 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 99 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

6,686 all-time photos · 4,214 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 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 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. 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
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 8%
  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 · 582 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 17% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 14% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 9% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 9% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% down
  6. 6 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 8% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 2% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 2% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 2% down
  12. 12 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 2% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 77% 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 275 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 -38
  • Shadows +28
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +10
  • Saturation -4

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
97%
lift blacks
76%
lower whites
68%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 96%
  3. Blacks 94%
  4. Whites 94%
  5. Blue saturation 93%
  6. Green saturation 91%
  7. Red saturation 90%
  8. Orange luminance 89%
  9. Orange saturation 89%
  10. Yellow saturation 88%
  11. Green hue 88%
  12. Magenta saturation 83%
  13. Exposure 83%
  14. Blue luminance 83%
  15. Aqua saturation 81%
  16. Contrast 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
71%
As Shot
28%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 70%
  2. Portra 160⁺¹ - C 11%
  3. Embedded 4%
  4. INDIA 3%
  5. Kodak Gold 100 - C 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
4%
Grain
60%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
66%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 76% · sat 90% · lum 72%
  • Orange hue 78% · sat 89% · lum 89%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 88% · lum 63%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 91% · lum 58%
  • Aqua hue 71% · sat 81% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 74% · sat 93% · lum 83%
  • Purple hue 67% · sat 66% · lum 47%
  • Magenta hue 75% · sat 83% · lum 39%

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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.