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Canon EOS R6

How 37,938 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 99 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 R6 photos are shot

37,938 all-time photos · 26,391 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 46%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 5%
  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 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 28mm 9%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 85mm 6%
  6. 70mm 6%
  7. 43mm 1%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 33mm 1%
  10. 38mm 1%

Exposure mode

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

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 3%
  2. 2022 13%
  3. 2023 27%
  4. 2024 31%
  5. 2025 21%
  6. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R6

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

Last 90 days · 6,673 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 30% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 17% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 6% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 5% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 3% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% down
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM 2% up
  11. 11 Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM 1% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 24% 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 4,616 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 -13
  • Highlights -27
  • Shadows +20
  • Blacks +6

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
67%
lower whites
56%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Contrast 90%
  5. Whites 89%
  6. Blacks 89%
  7. Green saturation 88%
  8. Yellow saturation 87%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Blue saturation 83%
  11. Green hue 80%
  12. Orange luminance 80%
  13. Orange hue 77%
  14. Red saturation 76%
  15. Green luminance 75%
  16. Red hue 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,833K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. DVLOP X 1%
  3. Camera Standard 1%
  4. Camera Neutral 1%
  5. Embedded 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
7%
Grain
59%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 74% · sat 76% · lum 66%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 86% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 69% · sat 87% · lum 72%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 88% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 72% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 83% · lum 63%
  • Purple hue 54% · sat 61% · lum 31%
  • Magenta hue 55% · sat 60% · lum 28%

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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.