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Canon EOS R3

How 1,688 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 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 5,000
1/400s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R3 photos are shot

1,688 all-time photos · 970 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 15%
  3. f/2.8 26%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 12%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 13%
  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+ 36%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  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 · 13%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 8%
  2. 2023 20%
  3. 2024 28%
  4. 2025 18%
  5. 2026 27%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R3

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

Last 90 days · 147 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 27% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 11% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 8% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 8% down
  6. 6 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 5% down
  7. 7 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 5% up
  8. 8 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 4% down
  9. 9 RF24mm F1.4 L VCM 2% up
  10. 10 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% up
  11. 11 RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM 2% up
  12. 12 EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 19% 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 97 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.28
  • Contrast +1
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +23
  • Blacks -13

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
99%
lift blacks
41%
lower whites
30%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 94%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Blacks 92%
  4. Exposure 91%
  5. Whites 88%
  6. Contrast 80%
  7. Green saturation 78%
  8. Orange saturation 76%
  9. Blue saturation 75%
  10. Yellow saturation 73%
  11. Blue luminance 71%
  12. Aqua hue 70%
  13. Yellow hue 69%
  14. Yellow luminance 69%
  15. Green luminance 63%
  16. Green hue 63%

White balance & profiles

Custom
79%
As Shot
21%
Median temperature
5,407K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 78%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 7%
  4. Camera Standard 3%
  5. Camera Neutral 2%

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
11%
Grain
27%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 60% · lum 36%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 76% · lum 30%
  • Yellow hue 69% · sat 73% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 78% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 70% · sat 40% · lum 47%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 75% · lum 71%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 44% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 39% · sat 40% · lum 12%

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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 09, 2026.