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Canon EOS R

How 4,994 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

#11
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
96%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R photos are shot

4,994 all-time photos · 3,070 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 32%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 18%
  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 17%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 23%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 85mm 10%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 70mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 30mm 1%
  8. 400mm 1%
  9. 42mm 1%
  10. 47mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 96%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2018-2026

  1. 2018 2%
  2. 2019 3%
  3. 2020 4%
  4. 2021 9%
  5. 2022 16%
  6. 2023 20%
  7. 2024 21%
  8. 2025 18%
  9. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R

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

Last 90 days · 555 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 19% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 12% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 9% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 8% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 7% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 3% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 3% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 30% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R photos are edited

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

from 407 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R edit

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

  • Exposure -0.05
  • Contrast -4
  • Highlights -29
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -3
  • Blacks +6
  • Vibrance +5
  • Saturation -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
75%
lower whites
69%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 95%
  2. Contrast 95%
  3. Exposure 95%
  4. Green saturation 91%
  5. Yellow saturation 90%
  6. Orange saturation 90%
  7. Shadows 89%
  8. Highlights 89%
  9. Red saturation 88%
  10. Orange luminance 88%
  11. Blue saturation 85%
  12. Yellow hue 82%
  13. Orange hue 81%
  14. Saturation 81%
  15. Whites 79%
  16. Red hue 77%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
19%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,950K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard v2 50%
  2. Adobe Standard 43%
  3. Embedded 5%
  4. Camera Neutral v2 2%
  5. Camera Standard 0%

The Canon EOS R 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
46%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
82%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 77% · sat 88% · lum 73%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 90% · lum 88%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 90% · lum 67%
  • Green hue 73% · sat 91% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 67% · sat 66% · lum 48%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 85% · lum 77%
  • Purple hue 54% · sat 75% · lum 41%
  • Magenta hue 47% · sat 73% · 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 September 21, 2026.