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Canon EOS R6 sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS R6, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 39,259 real photos.

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

39,259 all-time photos · 27,439 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 17%
  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 27%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 28mm 9%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 85mm 6%
  7. 43mm 1%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 38mm 1%
  10. 33mm 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
11%

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 4%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R6

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

Last 90 days · 6,909 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 32% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 16% up
  3. 3 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 5% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 5% down
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% down
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM 2% up
  11. 11 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 23% 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 4,834 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +22
  • Whites -1
  • 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
66%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 94%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Exposure 92%
  4. Contrast 92%
  5. Whites 90%
  6. Blacks 89%
  7. Green saturation 88%
  8. Orange saturation 88%
  9. Yellow saturation 87%
  10. Blue saturation 83%
  11. Green hue 81%
  12. Orange luminance 79%
  13. Red saturation 78%
  14. Orange hue 77%
  15. Green luminance 75%
  16. Red hue 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,874K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. DVLOP X 1%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. TAP Natural 1%
  5. Camera Neutral 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
8%
Grain
59%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 78% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 88% · lum 79%
  • Yellow hue 70% · sat 87% · lum 73%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 88% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 70% · lum 37%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 83% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 54% · sat 61% · lum 31%
  • Magenta hue 53% · sat 58% · lum 27%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.