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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 14,500 real photos.

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

14,500 all-time photos · 9,456 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+ 37%
  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 15%
  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 · 1,608 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 21% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 20% flat
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 15% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 11% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 2% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 1% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 1% new
  12. 12 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 76% 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 975 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 +0.23
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -44
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +12
  • Saturation -1

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
99%
lift blacks
72%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Blacks 94%
  3. Shadows 93%
  4. Contrast 90%
  5. Exposure 90%
  6. Whites 90%
  7. Blue saturation 89%
  8. Green hue 87%
  9. Orange saturation 87%
  10. Yellow saturation 84%
  11. Orange luminance 83%
  12. Blue luminance 82%
  13. Green saturation 81%
  14. Red saturation 81%
  15. Yellow luminance 80%
  16. Orange hue 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
23%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,701K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Camera Standard 2%
  3. DVLOP X 2%
  4. Embedded 2%
  5. Camera Neutral 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
13%
Grain
70%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
88%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 81% · lum 73%
  • Orange hue 78% · sat 87% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 84% · lum 80%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 81% · lum 76%
  • Aqua hue 68% · sat 76% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 72% · sat 89% · lum 82%
  • Purple hue 62% · sat 67% · lum 40%
  • Magenta hue 71% · sat 75% · lum 31%

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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.