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Canon EOS 6D

How 1,591 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

#22
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
83%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D photos are shot

1,591 all-time photos · 891 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 17%
  3. f/2.8 32%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 10%
  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+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 50mm 28%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 2%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 135mm 1%
  8. 40mm 1%
  9. 105mm 1%
  10. 200mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 83%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 12%
  3. Action (High speed) 3%
  4. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2014 1%
  3. 2015 2%
  4. 2016 6%
  5. 2017 8%
  6. 2018 8%
  7. 2019 13%
  8. 2020 10%
  9. 2021 13%
  10. 2022 12%
  11. 2023 9%
  12. 2024 8%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS 6D

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

Last 90 days · 110 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 21% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 12% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 11% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 11% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 7% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% down
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 4% down
  9. 9 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 3% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM 3% up
  11. 11 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 2% up
  12. 12 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 2% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 84% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS 6D photos are edited

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

from 48 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D edit

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

  • Exposure +0.19
  • Contrast +1
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +28
  • Whites -20

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS 6D tone curve

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

Custom curve
88%
lift blacks
61%
lower whites
45%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blue saturation 96%
  2. Whites 90%
  3. Shadows 90%
  4. Green saturation 90%
  5. Exposure 87%
  6. Orange saturation 85%
  7. Yellow saturation 81%
  8. Blacks 81%
  9. Highlights 79%
  10. Green luminance 77%
  11. Purple hue 75%
  12. Contrast 75%
  13. Green hue 75%
  14. Yellow luminance 73%
  15. Aqua saturation 73%
  16. Vibrance 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
17%
Median temperature
5,857K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 77%
  2. Embedded 17%
  3. Kodak Gold 100 - C 4%
  4. Camera Standard 2%

The Canon EOS 6D 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
40%
Vignette
27%
Cropped
92%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 61% · lum 52%
  • Orange hue 52% · sat 85% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 81% · lum 73%
  • Green hue 75% · sat 90% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 68% · sat 73% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 69% · sat 96% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 75% · sat 68% · lum 37%
  • Magenta hue 40% · sat 64% · 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.