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Canon EOS R6 Mark II

How 21,460 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

#4
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 R6 Mark II photos are shot

21,460 all-time photos · 14,716 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 7%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 22%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 18%
  2. 50mm 13%
  3. 28mm 11%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 8%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 32mm 2%
  8. 33mm 2%
  9. 39mm 2%
  10. 38mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%

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 · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 7%
  2. 2024 33%
  3. 2025 45%
  4. 2026 15%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R6 Mark II

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

Last 90 days · 7,258 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 40% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 14% down
  3. 3 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 7% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 4% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 3% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% up
  8. 8 RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM 2% up
  9. 9 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 2% down
  10. 10 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM 2% flat

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

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R6 Mark II photos are edited

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

from 4,508 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Canon EOS R6 Mark II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -21
  • Shadows +15

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R6 Mark II tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
68%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 91%
  2. Exposure 90%
  3. Contrast 90%
  4. Shadows 85%
  5. Green saturation 84%
  6. Yellow saturation 84%
  7. Blacks 82%
  8. Orange saturation 80%
  9. Whites 80%
  10. Orange luminance 76%
  11. Blue saturation 75%
  12. Green hue 71%
  13. Green luminance 71%
  14. Orange hue 67%
  15. Red luminance 65%
  16. Red saturation 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
82%
As Shot
17%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,921K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 87%
  2. Embedded 6%
  3. Camera Standard 3%
  4. lineare_standard 1%
  5. lineare_monocromo 1%

The Canon EOS R6 Mark II 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
46%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 59% · sat 65% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 67% · sat 80% · lum 76%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 84% · lum 63%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 84% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 46% · sat 58% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 75% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 51% · sat 60% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 56% · lum 23%

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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.