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Canon EOS R5

How 23,565 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

#3
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R5 photos are shot

23,565 all-time photos · 13,713 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 34%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 14%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 28mm 11%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 39mm 1%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 45mm 1%
  10. 41mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 10%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 11%
Flash fired
15%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 3%
  2. 2022 13%
  3. 2023 27%
  4. 2024 31%
  5. 2025 22%
  6. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R5

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

Last 90 days · 3,499 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 39% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 12% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 11% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 5% down
  5. 5 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 3% down
  6. 6 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 3% flat
  7. 7 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 2% up
  9. 9 Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 16% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R5 photos are edited

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

from 2,095 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Contrast -7
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +21
  • Whites -1
  • Blacks +4
  • Clarity -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R5 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
56%
lower whites
45%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Blacks 89%
  5. Green saturation 85%
  6. Orange luminance 84%
  7. Contrast 84%
  8. Green hue 82%
  9. Orange saturation 82%
  10. Whites 81%
  11. Blue saturation 78%
  12. Orange hue 77%
  13. Yellow hue 75%
  14. Green luminance 73%
  15. Clarity 70%
  16. Blue hue 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
23%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,639K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 80%
  2. Camera Standard 10%
  3. TAP Natural 5%
  4. Embedded 3%
  5. DVLOP X 1%

The Canon EOS R5 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
13%
Grain
52%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 60% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 82% · lum 84%
  • Yellow hue 75% · sat 68% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 85% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 54% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 69% · sat 78% · lum 66%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 59% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 59% · lum 26%

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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.