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Canon EOS 6D Mark II

How 1,820 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

#24
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
87%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D Mark II photos are shot

1,820 all-time photos · 1,243 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 24%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 38%
  2. 50mm 27%
  3. 85mm 7%
  4. 24mm 5%
  5. 70mm 3%
  6. 16mm 1%
  7. 100mm 1%
  8. 28mm 1%
  9. 30mm 1%
  10. 40mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 6%
  3. Program AE 3%
  4. Action (High speed) 3%
  5. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 9%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 2%
  3. 2019 5%
  4. 2020 4%
  5. 2021 11%
  6. 2022 10%
  7. 2023 15%
  8. 2024 18%
  9. 2025 22%
  10. 2026 11%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS 6D Mark II

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

Last 90 days · 203 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 20% down
  2. 2 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 12% up
  3. 3 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 9% up
  5. 5 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 8% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 8% down
  7. 7 Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A025) 6% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 4% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 2% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM 2% up

Adapted EF lenses still account for 50% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS 6D Mark II photos are edited

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

from 165 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D Mark II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.07
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +34
  • Whites -11
  • Blacks +3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS 6D Mark II tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
83%
lower whites
79%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Blacks 88%
  4. Exposure 87%
  5. Whites 82%
  6. Contrast 72%
  7. Vibrance 63%
  8. Green saturation 62%
  9. Saturation 60%
  10. Yellow saturation 60%
  11. Orange saturation 60%
  12. Orange luminance 58%
  13. Magenta saturation 53%
  14. Blue luminance 51%
  15. Orange hue 51%
  16. Red hue 50%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
15%
Daylight
2%
Median temperature
5,600K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Camera Faithful 2%
  3. Camera Neutral 2%
  4. Camera Landscape 1%
  5. DVLOP X 1%

The Canon EOS 6D Mark II 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
32%
Vignette
12%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 50% · sat 46% · lum 25%
  • Orange hue 51% · sat 60% · lum 58%
  • Yellow hue 41% · sat 60% · lum 38%
  • Green hue 38% · sat 62% · lum 39%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 40% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 48% · sat 49% · lum 51%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 47% · lum 20%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 53% · lum 19%

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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.