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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

How 16,909 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 110 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

16,909 all-time photos · 11,290 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  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 16%
  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 22%
  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. 33mm 1%
  10. 135mm 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 · 2016-2026

  1. 2016 1%
  2. 2017 2%
  3. 2018 5%
  4. 2019 9%
  5. 2020 9%
  6. 2021 13%
  7. 2022 16%
  8. 2023 17%
  9. 2024 16%
  10. 2025 10%
  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 · 2,321 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 23% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 18% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 13% down
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 7% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 4% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 3% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 2% up
  11. 11 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 80% 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 1,729 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 +0.25
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +3

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
97%
lift blacks
64%
lower whites
51%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Contrast 90%
  5. Whites 88%
  6. Blacks 86%
  7. Green saturation 80%
  8. Yellow saturation 80%
  9. Green hue 78%
  10. Blue saturation 77%
  11. Orange hue 73%
  12. Orange saturation 73%
  13. Yellow hue 71%
  14. Orange luminance 71%
  15. Yellow luminance 71%
  16. Red hue 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
18%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,850K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. Camera Standard 1%
  4. TAP Natural 1%
  5. DVLOP X 1%

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
12%
Grain
63%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 61% · lum 61%
  • Orange hue 73% · sat 73% · lum 71%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 80% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 80% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 59% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 77% · lum 65%
  • Purple hue 54% · sat 60% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 60% · lum 29%

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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 October 12, 2026.