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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

How 14,171 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

#6
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 IV photos are shot

14,171 all-time photos · 9,277 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 9%
  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 19%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 14%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 41%
  2. 50mm 21%
  3. 24mm 7%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 200mm 1%
  7. 100mm 1%
  8. 28mm 1%
  9. 135mm 1%
  10. 45mm 1%

Exposure mode

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

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 10%
Flash fired
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2017 2%
  3. 2018 5%
  4. 2019 10%
  5. 2020 10%
  6. 2021 14%
  7. 2022 16%
  8. 2023 17%
  9. 2024 15%
  10. 2025 9%
  11. 2026 1%

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

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

Last 90 days · 1,799 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 22% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 22% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 13% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 7% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 2% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 2% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 78% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS 5D Mark IV photos are edited

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

from 1,152 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 5D Mark IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.22
  • Contrast -14
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +22
  • Whites -2
  • Blacks +9

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV tone curve

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

Custom curve
98%
lift blacks
71%
lower whites
55%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Blacks 93%
  4. Whites 92%
  5. Contrast 91%
  6. Exposure 89%
  7. Blue saturation 88%
  8. Yellow saturation 85%
  9. Green hue 85%
  10. Yellow luminance 84%
  11. Orange luminance 83%
  12. Orange saturation 83%
  13. Blue luminance 82%
  14. Green saturation 80%
  15. Red luminance 79%
  16. Green luminance 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
24%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,650K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  3. DVLOP X 2%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. Portra 400⁺¹ - C 0%

The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 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
14%
Grain
73%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
87%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 78% · lum 79%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 83% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 85% · lum 84%
  • Green hue 85% · sat 80% · lum 79%
  • Aqua hue 67% · sat 74% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 74% · sat 88% · lum 82%
  • Purple hue 62% · sat 68% · lum 39%
  • Magenta hue 71% · sat 75% · lum 30%

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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.