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Canon EOS R3

How 1,434 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

#25
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 5,000
1/400s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R3 photos are shot

1,434 all-time photos · 769 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 28%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 13%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 13%
  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 20%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  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. 35mm 7%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 28mm 7%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 39mm 3%
  8. 200mm 3%
  9. 31mm 3%
  10. 400mm 3%

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 · 15%
Flash fired
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 9%
  2. 2023 21%
  3. 2024 31%
  4. 2025 17%
  5. 2026 22%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R3

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

Last 90 days · 261 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 23% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 15% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 15% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 15% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 9% down
  6. 6 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 018 4% up
  7. 7 RF16mm F2.8 STM 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 3% up
  9. 9 EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 2% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM 2% up
  12. 12 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 1% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 20% 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 139 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.5
  • Highlights -43
  • Shadows +22
  • Blacks -5

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
98%
lift blacks
40%
lower whites
73%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Green saturation 96%
  4. Exposure 95%
  5. Blacks 92%
  6. Green hue 87%
  7. Yellow hue 82%
  8. Green luminance 81%
  9. Orange hue 80%
  10. Red hue 76%
  11. Whites 71%
  12. Yellow saturation 70%
  13. Contrast 68%
  14. Orange saturation 62%
  15. Red luminance 60%
  16. Vibrance 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
57%
As Shot
40%
Flash
2%
Median temperature
5,589K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 79%
  2. Camera Standard 14%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 4%
  4. Camera Neutral 1%
  5. Camera Portrait 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
18%
Grain
41%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 76% · sat 36% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 80% · sat 62% · lum 47%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 70% · lum 52%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 96% · lum 81%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 55% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 26% · sat 55% · lum 52%
  • Purple hue 30% · sat 56% · lum 17%
  • Magenta hue 20% · sat 45% · lum 3%

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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.