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Canon EOS R3

How 1,268 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

#26
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.2
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 5,000
1/400s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R3 photos are shot

1,268 all-time photos · 712 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 30%
  4. f/4 31%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 12%
  4. 1600 12%
  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+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 10%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 9%
  2. 24mm 9%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 35mm 7%
  5. 28mm 6%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 31mm 3%
  8. 200mm 3%
  9. 39mm 3%
  10. 15mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 6%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 10%
  2. 2023 18%
  3. 2024 38%
  4. 2025 14%
  5. 2026 20%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R3

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

Last 90 days · 252 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 26% up
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 16% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 16% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 12% down
  5. 5 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% up
  6. 6 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 4% down
  7. 7 RF16mm F2.8 STM 3% up
  8. 8 EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM 1% down
  12. 12 Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 1% new

Adapted EF lenses still account for 22% 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 157 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.6
  • Highlights -43
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -11
  • Saturation -4

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
29%
lower whites
72%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 100%
  2. Highlights 99%
  3. Green saturation 96%
  4. Exposure 96%
  5. Green luminance 92%
  6. Green hue 90%
  7. Blacks 85%
  8. Yellow saturation 73%
  9. Orange saturation 71%
  10. Whites 71%
  11. Orange hue 68%
  12. Yellow hue 68%
  13. Red hue 67%
  14. Blue saturation 64%
  15. Purple saturation 62%
  16. Red luminance 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
66%
As Shot
33%
Daylight
1%
Median temperature
5,750K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  3. Embedded 3%
  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
12%
Grain
28%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 47% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 68% · sat 71% · lum 61%
  • Yellow hue 68% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Green hue 90% · sat 96% · lum 92%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 62% · lum 60%
  • Blue hue 44% · sat 64% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 62% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 38% · sat 57% · lum 32%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.