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Canon EOS 6D Mark II

How 1,951 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 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 1,600
1/400s
median shutter
87%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D Mark II photos are shot

1,951 all-time photos · 1,313 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 51%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

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 25%
  3. 85mm 7%
  4. 24mm 5%
  5. 70mm 3%
  6. 16mm 1%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 51mm 1%
  9. 100mm 1%
  10. 30mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  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 · 8%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 3%
  3. 2019 5%
  4. 2020 4%
  5. 2021 11%
  6. 2022 9%
  7. 2023 16%
  8. 2024 18%
  9. 2025 21%
  10. 2026 10%

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 · 247 photos

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 13% up
  2. 2 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 12% up
  3. 3 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 8% up
  4. 4 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 7% up
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 6% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM 6% up
  8. 8 Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A025) 5% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 5% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 5% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 2% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 51% 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 171 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 +0.19
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +38
  • Whites -23
  • Blacks +3
  • Saturation -2

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
72%
lower whites
79%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Highlights 98%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Blacks 88%
  5. Whites 83%
  6. Contrast 77%
  7. Orange saturation 72%
  8. Yellow saturation 71%
  9. Orange luminance 70%
  10. Green saturation 69%
  11. Orange hue 64%
  12. Saturation 63%
  13. Red hue 61%
  14. Blue saturation 60%
  15. Blue luminance 59%
  16. Vibrance 58%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
21%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,300K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 83%
  2. Embedded 12%
  3. Camera Faithful 2%
  4. Camera Neutral 2%
  5. Camera Landscape 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
9%
Grain
29%
Vignette
20%
Cropped
81%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 61% · sat 54% · lum 24%
  • Orange hue 64% · sat 72% · lum 70%
  • Yellow hue 46% · sat 71% · lum 38%
  • Green hue 48% · sat 69% · lum 36%
  • Aqua hue 49% · sat 48% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 60% · lum 59%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 55% · lum 15%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 58% · lum 13%

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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 November 09, 2026.