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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

How 6,841 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 102 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

6,841 all-time photos · 4,303 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 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 36%
  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 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 · 303 photos

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

Adapted EF lenses still account for 79% 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 168 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 +0.14
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +26
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +15

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
72%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Whites 95%
  3. Blacks 94%
  4. Shadows 93%
  5. Exposure 92%
  6. Blue saturation 86%
  7. Orange luminance 85%
  8. Green hue 83%
  9. Orange hue 83%
  10. Contrast 82%
  11. Red saturation 82%
  12. Green saturation 81%
  13. Orange saturation 80%
  14. Yellow saturation 80%
  15. Blue luminance 76%
  16. Yellow luminance 76%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Median temperature
6,344K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 80%
  2. Kodak Portra 800 2C 4%
  3. Embedded 3%
  4. Fuji 800Z 2C 2%
  5. Kodak Portra 160 2C 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
52%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
77%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 70% · sat 82% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 83% · sat 80% · lum 85%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 80% · lum 76%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 81% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 64% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 86% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 65% · sat 70% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 72% · sat 75% · lum 45%

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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 August 31, 2026.