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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 6,753 real photos.

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

6,753 all-time photos · 4,236 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. 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 7%
  12. 2023 8%

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 · 489 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 14% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 10% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 10% up
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 10% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 7% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 6% down
  8. 8 Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM 4% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 3% up
  11. 11 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% down
  12. 12 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L 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 228 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 +26
  • 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
100%
lift blacks
76%
lower whites
65%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 96%
  3. Blacks 96%
  4. Whites 94%
  5. Orange luminance 94%
  6. Blue saturation 94%
  7. Orange saturation 92%
  8. Red saturation 92%
  9. Green hue 91%
  10. Green saturation 90%
  11. Yellow saturation 89%
  12. Blue luminance 87%
  13. Magenta saturation 86%
  14. Orange hue 86%
  15. Exposure 84%
  16. Aqua saturation 82%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
28%
Median temperature
6,009K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 69%
  2. Portra 160⁺¹ - C 11%
  3. INDIA 4%
  4. Kodak Portra 800 2C 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
61%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
65%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 77% · sat 92% · lum 70%
  • Orange hue 86% · sat 92% · lum 94%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 89% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 91% · sat 90% · lum 60%
  • Aqua hue 79% · sat 82% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 73% · sat 94% · lum 87%
  • Purple hue 72% · sat 67% · lum 51%
  • Magenta hue 80% · sat 86% · 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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.