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Canon EOS R

How 5,689 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

#12
most analyzed of 113 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

5,689 all-time photos · 3,509 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 15%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 22%
  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+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 22%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 29%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 85mm 11%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 70mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 30mm 1%
  8. 400mm 1%
  9. 42mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 96%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 3%

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 3%
  4. 2021 8%
  5. 2022 18%
  6. 2023 19%
  7. 2024 22%
  8. 2025 18%
  9. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R

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

Last 90 days · 648 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 17% up
  2. 2 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 7% up
  5. 5 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 5% up
  8. 8 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 4% down
  9. 9 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 3% down
  11. 11 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 3% up
  12. 12 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 3% up

Adapted EF lenses still account for 27% 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 446 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R edit

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

  • Contrast +3
  • Highlights -46
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -25
  • Blacks +23
  • Clarity -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
64%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Contrast 95%
  3. Highlights 93%
  4. Blacks 92%
  5. Yellow saturation 92%
  6. Green saturation 91%
  7. Exposure 89%
  8. Whites 87%
  9. Orange luminance 85%
  10. Red saturation 85%
  11. Orange hue 83%
  12. Orange saturation 82%
  13. Clarity 81%
  14. Blue saturation 80%
  15. Blue luminance 78%
  16. Yellow hue 77%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
19%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,750K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard v2 54%
  2. Adobe Standard 36%
  3. Embedded 5%
  4. Camera Standard 4%
  5. Camera Standard v2 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
11%
Grain
60%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 70% · sat 85% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 83% · sat 82% · lum 85%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 92% · lum 62%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 91% · lum 57%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 62% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 64% · sat 80% · lum 78%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 61% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 38% · sat 52% · lum 21%

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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 02, 2026.