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Canon EOS R6

How 46,545 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

#1
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R6 photos are shot

46,545 all-time photos · 33,228 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 25%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 7%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  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 27%
  4. 1/125s 14%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 27%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 28mm 10%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 85mm 6%
  7. 43mm 1%
  8. 45mm 1%
  9. 38mm 1%
  10. 32mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 10%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 3%
  2. 2022 13%
  3. 2023 26%
  4. 2024 30%
  5. 2025 23%
  6. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R6

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

Last 90 days · 8,208 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 31% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 13% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 7% up
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% up
  7. 7 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% down
  8. 8 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 4% down
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 25% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R6 photos are edited

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

from 6,479 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -6
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +19
  • Blacks +5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R6 tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
68%
lower whites
61%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 93%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Highlights 92%
  4. Exposure 91%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Whites 86%
  7. Yellow saturation 81%
  8. Green saturation 80%
  9. Orange saturation 79%
  10. Blue saturation 78%
  11. Green hue 72%
  12. Orange luminance 71%
  13. Orange hue 69%
  14. Red saturation 68%
  15. Green luminance 67%
  16. Yellow hue 66%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
16%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,845K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. DVLOP X 1%
  4. Camera Standard 1%
  5. Camera Portrait 1%

The Canon EOS R6 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
9%
Grain
56%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 59% · sat 68% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 69% · sat 79% · lum 71%
  • Yellow hue 66% · sat 81% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 80% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 48% · sat 64% · lum 33%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 78% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 52% · sat 61% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 57% · lum 21%

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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.