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Canon EOS R3

How 1,493 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 105 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

1,493 all-time photos · 822 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  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 12%
  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 19%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 11%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 12%
  2. 24mm 8%
  3. 28mm 7%
  4. 35mm 7%
  5. 85mm 7%
  6. 70mm 5%
  7. 39mm 3%
  8. 31mm 3%
  9. 200mm 3%
  10. 15mm 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 · 15%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 9%
  2. 2023 21%
  3. 2024 31%
  4. 2025 18%
  5. 2026 21%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R3

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

Last 90 days · 185 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 29% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 17% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 14% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 11% flat
  5. 5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 7% down
  6. 6 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 018 5% up
  7. 7 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 3% down
  8. 8 EF400mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat
  9. 9 RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM 2% flat
  10. 10 RF400mm F2.8 L IS USM 1% flat
  11. 11 RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 16% 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 105 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -50
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -16
  • Blacks +4
  • Clarity -5
  • Vibrance -1

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. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Whites 92%
  4. Contrast 92%
  5. Blacks 91%
  6. Orange saturation 86%
  7. Yellow saturation 86%
  8. Green saturation 86%
  9. Exposure 86%
  10. Green hue 79%
  11. Yellow hue 77%
  12. Purple saturation 76%
  13. Blue saturation 76%
  14. Red luminance 76%
  15. Blue luminance 74%
  16. Yellow luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
27%
Daylight
2%
Median temperature
5,689K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 61%
  2. DVLOP FILM II 20%
  3. Camera Standard 14%
  4. Camera Neutral 2%
  5. Embedded 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
26%
Grain
55%
Vignette
11%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 61% · lum 76%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 86% · lum 61%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 86% · lum 72%
  • Green hue 79% · sat 86% · lum 68%
  • Aqua hue 69% · sat 60% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 76% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 59% · sat 76% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 55% · 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 September 28, 2026.