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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

How 15,478 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 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/500s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 5D Mark IV photos are shot

15,478 all-time photos · 10,262 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 46%
  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 22%
  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 90%
  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 2%

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 · 1,798 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 25% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 16% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 15% up
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 4% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 3% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 3% down
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 2% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 2% up
  11. 11 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 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 1,357 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 +0.2
  • Contrast -6
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -11
  • Blacks +12

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
96%
lift blacks
61%
lower whites
50%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Whites 91%
  4. Contrast 91%
  5. Exposure 91%
  6. Blacks 88%
  7. Green hue 83%
  8. Blue saturation 82%
  9. Yellow saturation 80%
  10. Green saturation 79%
  11. Orange saturation 78%
  12. Yellow luminance 78%
  13. Orange luminance 76%
  14. Red saturation 75%
  15. Orange hue 73%
  16. Green luminance 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
20%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,749K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Embedded 4%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Camera Neutral 2%
  5. TAP Natural 2%

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
63%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
84%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 75% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 73% · sat 78% · lum 76%
  • Yellow hue 66% · sat 80% · lum 78%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 79% · lum 70%
  • Aqua hue 62% · sat 68% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 66% · sat 82% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 63% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 62% · sat 66% · lum 34%

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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.