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Canon EOS 6D Mark II

How 1,637 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 102 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

1,637 all-time photos · 1,098 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 53%
  2. 400 19%
  3. 800 14%
  4. 1600 8%
  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+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 24%
  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 38%
  2. 50mm 26%
  3. 85mm 6%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 70mm 3%
  6. 16mm 1%
  7. 100mm 1%
  8. 105mm 1%
  9. 30mm 1%
  10. 28mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  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 · 9%
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 11%
  6. 2022 10%
  7. 2023 15%
  8. 2024 20%
  9. 2025 21%
  10. 2026 9%

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 · 126 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 28% up
  2. 2 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 10% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 9% down
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 8% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM 4% up
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM 4% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 3% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 3% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 3% new
  12. 12 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM 3% 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 86 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS 6D Mark II edit

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

  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +35
  • Whites -26
  • Blacks +10
  • Saturation -6

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
74%
lower whites
71%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 93%
  2. Highlights 93%
  3. Whites 92%
  4. Exposure 91%
  5. Contrast 85%
  6. Blacks 84%
  7. Green saturation 76%
  8. Yellow saturation 75%
  9. Saturation 74%
  10. Blue saturation 74%
  11. Orange saturation 72%
  12. Blue luminance 72%
  13. Blue hue 71%
  14. Red saturation 70%
  15. Aqua saturation 70%
  16. Orange luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
92%
As Shot
7%
Daylight
1%
Median temperature
5,800K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 6%
  3. 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
4%
Grain
43%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 63% · sat 70% · lum 50%
  • Orange hue 53% · sat 72% · lum 69%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 75% · lum 59%
  • Green hue 59% · sat 76% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 70% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 74% · lum 72%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 56% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 39% · sat 56% · lum 28%

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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.