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Canon EOS 6D

How 1,740 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 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
84%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D photos are shot

1,740 all-time photos · 998 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 16%
  3. f/2.8 32%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  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+ 27%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 32%
  2. 50mm 27%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 70mm 2%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 135mm 2%
  8. 40mm 1%
  9. 200mm 1%
  10. 105mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 84%
  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
16:00 · 11%
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 8%
  7. 2019 14%
  8. 2020 11%
  9. 2021 13%
  10. 2022 12%
  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 · 156 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 18% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 11% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 10% up
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 8% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 7% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS 6% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM 5% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 5% down
  9. 9 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 5% down
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 5% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 4% 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 94 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D edit

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

  • Exposure +0.21
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +35
  • Whites -14
  • Blacks -7
  • Saturation -5

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
96%
lift blacks
66%
lower whites
59%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 96%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Whites 89%
  6. Blue saturation 83%
  7. Highlights 79%
  8. Saturation 74%
  9. Clarity 72%
  10. Orange luminance 71%
  11. Blue luminance 69%
  12. Orange saturation 68%
  13. Green saturation 67%
  14. Red hue 67%
  15. Vibrance 66%
  16. Yellow saturation 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
69%
As Shot
31%
Median temperature
5,700K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 87%
  2. Embedded 10%
  3. Kodak Gold 100 - C 2%
  4. Camera Neutral 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
6%
Grain
56%
Vignette
19%
Cropped
71%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 53% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 44% · sat 68% · lum 71%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 65% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 58% · sat 67% · lum 58%
  • Aqua hue 43% · sat 43% · lum 26%
  • Blue hue 46% · sat 83% · lum 69%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 51% · lum 24%
  • Magenta hue 26% · sat 47% · lum 20%

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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 August 31, 2026.