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Canon EOS 6D sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS 6D, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 1,631 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#23
most analyzed of 98 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

1,631 all-time photos · 926 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 46%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 18%
  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+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 50mm 27%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 2%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 135mm 2%
  8. 40mm 1%
  9. 200mm 1%
  10. 105mm 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 · 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.

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 11% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 10% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 9% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 9% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 7% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 5% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 4% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 3% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 66% 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 926 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Canon EOS 6D edit

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

  • Exposure +0.11
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +27
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +6

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
92%
lift blacks
67%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 94%
  2. Blacks 93%
  3. Highlights 93%
  4. Green saturation 90%
  5. Blue saturation 88%
  6. Exposure 87%
  7. Whites 87%
  8. Orange saturation 85%
  9. Yellow saturation 84%
  10. Contrast 82%
  11. Green hue 76%
  12. Orange luminance 74%
  13. Red saturation 73%
  14. Green luminance 69%
  15. Yellow hue 67%
  16. Saturation 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
23%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,562K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 81%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. Camera Standard 6%
  4. Kodak Max 800 - C 1%
  5. Kodak Gold 200 - C 1%

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
2%
Grain
42%
Vignette
22%
Cropped
73%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 62% · sat 85% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 67% · sat 84% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 76% · sat 90% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 63% · lum 48%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 88% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 55% · sat 65% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 64% · lum 37%

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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 August 10, 2026.