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Canon EOS R6 Mark II

How 16,318 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

#5
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 Mark II photos are shot

16,318 all-time photos · 11,433 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 35%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 5%
  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 21%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 19%
  2. 50mm 12%
  3. 28mm 12%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 8%
  6. 85mm 3%
  7. 32mm 2%
  8. 39mm 2%
  9. 33mm 2%
  10. 43mm 1%

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
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 8%
  2. 2024 36%
  3. 2025 45%
  4. 2026 11%

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 · 5,172 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 46% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 12% down
  3. 3 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 6% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 5% up
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% flat
  7. 7 Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 3% up
  8. 8 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 2% down
  10. 10 Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 13% 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 3,390 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 +0.05
  • Contrast -7
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +15
  • Whites -7
  • Blacks +3

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
100%
lift blacks
71%
lower whites
58%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 94%
  2. Shadows 90%
  3. Yellow saturation 90%
  4. Green saturation 90%
  5. Blacks 89%
  6. Whites 88%
  7. Contrast 88%
  8. Exposure 88%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Blue saturation 81%
  11. Green hue 79%
  12. Orange luminance 77%
  13. Green luminance 73%
  14. Purple saturation 70%
  15. Yellow luminance 70%
  16. Yellow hue 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
14%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,752K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 86%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Standard 5%
  4. lineare_standard 1%
  5. Camera Neutral 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
44%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
91%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 65% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 86% · lum 77%
  • Yellow hue 69% · sat 90% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 79% · sat 90% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 61% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 66% · sat 81% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 70% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 57% · sat 68% · 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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.