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Canon EOS R6 Mark II

How 26,766 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

#3
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
92%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R6 Mark II photos are shot

26,766 all-time photos · 18,604 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 46%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 16%
  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+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 22%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  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 12%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 8%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 32mm 2%
  8. 41mm 2%
  9. 33mm 2%
  10. 39mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 92%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%

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 6%
  2. 2024 29%
  3. 2025 44%
  4. 2026 21%

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 · 8,899 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 34% down
  2. 2 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 18% down
  3. 3 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 8% up
  4. 4 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 4% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 4% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 4% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 3% up
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 2% flat
  11. 11 RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 14% 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 6,018 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 +0.14
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -21
  • Shadows +19
  • Clarity -2

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
69%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 92%
  2. Exposure 91%
  3. Highlights 90%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Blacks 84%
  6. Yellow saturation 83%
  7. Whites 81%
  8. Green saturation 81%
  9. Orange saturation 80%
  10. Blue saturation 75%
  11. Orange luminance 74%
  12. Green hue 74%
  13. Green luminance 67%
  14. Orange hue 66%
  15. Clarity 63%
  16. Purple saturation 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
21%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,950K
Median tint
+5
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. TAP Natural 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
9%
Grain
47%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 57% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 80% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 62% · sat 83% · lum 61%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 81% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 60% · lum 31%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 75% · lum 54%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 62% · lum 29%
  • Magenta hue 51% · sat 58% · 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 October 12, 2026.