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Canon EOS 6D Mark II

How 1,466 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 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
86%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS 6D Mark II photos are shot

1,466 all-time photos · 967 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 53%
  2. 400 18%
  3. 800 15%
  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 23%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 35%
  2. 50mm 29%
  3. 85mm 7%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 16mm 2%
  7. 100mm 1%
  8. 30mm 1%
  9. 105mm 1%
  10. 28mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 86%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 6%
  3. Action (High speed) 3%
  4. Program AE 3%
  5. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 3%
  2. 2018 2%
  3. 2019 6%
  4. 2020 4%
  5. 2021 12%
  6. 2022 12%
  7. 2023 16%
  8. 2024 20%
  9. 2025 17%
  10. 2026 7%

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 · 172 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 22% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 19% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 10% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 10% down
  5. 5 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 8% up
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 7% up
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 5% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM 4% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 3% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 2% down
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 61% 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 107 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D Mark II edit

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

  • Contrast +4
  • Highlights -52
  • Shadows +43
  • Whites -33
  • Blacks +17
  • Saturation -8

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
100%
lift blacks
72%
lower whites
78%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Whites 98%
  3. Shadows 96%
  4. Contrast 95%
  5. Exposure 95%
  6. Blacks 94%
  7. Green saturation 92%
  8. Blue hue 91%
  9. Blue luminance 90%
  10. Blue saturation 90%
  11. Yellow saturation 90%
  12. Aqua saturation 89%
  13. Orange saturation 89%
  14. Red saturation 88%
  15. Green hue 85%
  16. Green luminance 84%

White balance & profiles

Custom
93%
As Shot
7%
Daylight
1%
Median temperature
5,500K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 81%
  2. Camera Standard 14%
  3. Embedded 5%

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
2%
Grain
47%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 88% · lum 73%
  • Orange hue 60% · sat 89% · lum 79%
  • Yellow hue 79% · sat 90% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 85% · sat 92% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 66% · sat 89% · lum 57%
  • Blue hue 91% · sat 90% · lum 90%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 70% · lum 25%
  • Magenta hue 43% · sat 65% · lum 23%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.