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Canon EOS R3

How 1,554 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

#27
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 5,000
1/400s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R3 photos are shot

1,554 all-time photos · 854 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 26%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 14%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 12%
  6. 6400+ 8%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 5,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 11%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 11%
  2. 24mm 8%
  3. 28mm 7%
  4. 35mm 7%
  5. 85mm 7%
  6. 70mm 5%
  7. 39mm 3%
  8. 31mm 3%
  9. 400mm 3%
  10. 200mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 14%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 9%
  2. 2023 21%
  3. 2024 30%
  4. 2025 18%
  5. 2026 23%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R3

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

Last 90 days · 132 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 29% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 14% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 11% up
  4. 4 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 018 8% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 7% down
  6. 6 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 5% down
  7. 7 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 5% down
  8. 8 RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM 2% up
  9. 9 EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% up
  11. 11 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Sports 018 2% new
  12. 12 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 2% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 15% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R3 photos are edited

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

from 77 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +30
  • Blacks -11

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R3 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
64%
lower whites
56%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Contrast 96%
  3. Shadows 96%
  4. Blacks 95%
  5. Whites 91%
  6. Exposure 84%
  7. Green saturation 79%
  8. Blue saturation 77%
  9. Orange saturation 77%
  10. Blue luminance 73%
  11. Yellow saturation 72%
  12. Green hue 72%
  13. Clarity 71%
  14. Yellow hue 71%
  15. Purple saturation 71%
  16. Yellow luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
74%
As Shot
25%
Daylight
1%
Median temperature
5,689K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 55%
  2. DVLOP FILM II 23%
  3. Camera Standard 12%
  4. Embedded 8%
  5. Camera Neutral 1%

The Canon EOS R3 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
23%
Grain
53%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 57% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 54% · sat 77% · lum 56%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 72% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 79% · lum 68%
  • Aqua hue 68% · sat 54% · lum 45%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 77% · lum 73%
  • Purple hue 53% · sat 71% · lum 36%
  • Magenta hue 32% · sat 54% · lum 0%

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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 October 19, 2026.