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Canon EOS 6D

How 1,726 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

#23
most analyzed of 105 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

1,726 all-time photos · 980 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 16%
  3. f/2.8 32%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 12%

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 29%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 31%
  2. 50mm 28%
  3. 85mm 9%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 70mm 3%
  6. 135mm 2%
  7. 28mm 2%
  8. 40mm 1%
  9. 200mm 1%
  10. 100mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 83%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 13%
  3. Action (High speed) 2%
  4. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

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

  1. 1 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 15% up
  2. 2 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 11% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 11% up
  4. 4 EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro +LSC 9% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 8% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 7% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS 7% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 5% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 5% down
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 4% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 3% up
  12. 12 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM 2% up

Adapted EF lenses still account for 71% 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 91 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast +2
  • Highlights -45
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -28
  • Blacks +12
  • Saturation -7

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
90%
lift blacks
68%
lower whites
77%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 95%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Blacks 90%
  4. Saturation 89%
  5. Green saturation 89%
  6. Exposure 87%
  7. Highlights 87%
  8. Orange saturation 85%
  9. Whites 85%
  10. Red saturation 83%
  11. Yellow saturation 82%
  12. Orange luminance 77%
  13. Green hue 74%
  14. Blue saturation 74%
  15. Clarity 73%
  16. Blue luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
20%
Median temperature
5,517K
Median tint
+2
  1. Adobe Standard 69%
  2. Embedded 14%
  3. Kodak Gold 100 - C 7%
  4. Camera Standard 3%
  5. Kodak UM 400 - C 3%

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
7%
Grain
59%
Vignette
18%
Cropped
65%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 63% · sat 83% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 59% · sat 85% · lum 77%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 82% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 89% · lum 66%
  • Aqua hue 44% · sat 62% · lum 55%
  • Blue hue 57% · sat 74% · lum 72%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 66% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 39% · sat 55% · 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 September 28, 2026.