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Canon EOS 6D

How 1,798 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

#25
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/319s
median shutter
83%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D photos are shot

1,798 all-time photos · 1,030 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 16%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  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 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 50mm 28%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 24mm 8%
  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 12%
  3. Action (High speed) 2%
  4. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2015 2%
  3. 2016 5%
  4. 2017 8%
  5. 2018 7%
  6. 2019 12%
  7. 2020 11%
  8. 2021 13%
  9. 2022 12%
  10. 2023 8%
  11. 2024 8%
  12. 2025 7%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS 6D

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

Last 90 days · 185 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 13% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 13% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 9% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 9% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% down
  6. 6 EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro +LSC 6% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS 5% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 4% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM 4% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 3% up
  11. 11 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM 3% up
  12. 12 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% up

Adapted EF lenses still account for 75% 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 129 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D edit

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

  • Exposure +0.08
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -42
  • Shadows +19
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +3
  • 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
98%
lift blacks
76%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 90%
  2. Shadows 88%
  3. Highlights 87%
  4. Contrast 84%
  5. Saturation 84%
  6. Exposure 81%
  7. Green saturation 80%
  8. Red saturation 79%
  9. Whites 78%
  10. Yellow saturation 75%
  11. Orange saturation 75%
  12. Blue saturation 66%
  13. Yellow luminance 65%
  14. Orange luminance 64%
  15. Aqua saturation 64%
  16. Clarity 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
64%
As Shot
36%
Median temperature
5,550K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 74%
  2. Embedded 9%
  3. Kodak Gold 100 - C 5%
  4. Camera Standard 3%
  5. Kodak TRI-X 400 2C 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
14%
Grain
64%
Vignette
19%
Cropped
61%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 53% · sat 79% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 53% · sat 75% · lum 64%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 75% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 62% · sat 80% · lum 48%
  • Aqua hue 34% · sat 64% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 66% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 31% · sat 51% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 32% · sat 53% · lum 28%

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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 19, 2026.