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Canon EOS R6

How 49,600 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 111 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

49,600 all-time photos · 35,684 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  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 13%
  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. 32mm 1%
  9. 38mm 1%
  10. 45mm 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 25%
  4. 2024 29%
  5. 2025 24%
  6. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R6

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

Last 90 days · 9,638 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 27% down
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 15% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 6% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% down
  8. 8 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 4% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 2% up
  11. 11 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM 2% 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 7,744 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.18
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +20
  • Blacks +3

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
100%
lift blacks
72%
lower whites
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 93%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Contrast 92%
  4. Exposure 90%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Whites 85%
  7. Yellow saturation 79%
  8. Green saturation 79%
  9. Blue saturation 78%
  10. Orange saturation 78%
  11. Orange luminance 72%
  12. Green hue 71%
  13. Orange hue 66%
  14. Yellow luminance 66%
  15. Red saturation 66%
  16. Green luminance 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
18%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Camera Standard 1%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. RNI Films Prime 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
10%
Grain
57%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 66% · lum 55%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 78% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 62% · sat 79% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 79% · lum 65%
  • Aqua hue 46% · sat 63% · lum 33%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 78% · lum 56%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 60% · lum 29%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 58% · lum 19%

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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 October 19, 2026.