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Canon EOS R8 sample images

Sample images from the Canon EOS R8, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 520 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#51
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 3,200
1/319s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Canon EOS R8 photos are shot

520 all-time photos · 263 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 2%
  2. f/1.8 11%
  3. f/2.8 30%
  4. f/4 30%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 14%

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 16%
  3. 800 12%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 7%
  6. 6400+ 4%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 29%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 19%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 85mm 10%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 70mm 7%
  6. 40mm 6%
  7. 105mm 4%
  8. 28mm 4%
  9. 200mm 2%
  10. 16mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  3. Program AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 10%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 7%
  2. 2024 42%
  3. 2025 43%
  4. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Canon EOS R8

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

  1. 1 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 12% flat
  2. 2 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 9% flat
  3. 3 Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 9% flat
  4. 4 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 7% flat
  5. 5 Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM 7% flat
  6. 6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 6% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 5% flat
  8. 8 Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM 5% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM 5% flat
  10. 10 RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM 4% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 28% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How Canon EOS R8 photos are edited

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

from 263 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Canon EOS R8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -40
  • Shadows +27
  • Clarity -3
  • Saturation -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Canon EOS R8 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
75%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 97%
  3. Whites 92%
  4. Exposure 90%
  5. Blacks 89%
  6. Green saturation 87%
  7. Contrast 87%
  8. Blue saturation 86%
  9. Yellow saturation 83%
  10. Orange hue 81%
  11. Red hue 79%
  12. Clarity 76%
  13. Magenta saturation 76%
  14. Orange luminance 76%
  15. Vibrance 75%
  16. Yellow hue 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
16%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,000K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 84%
  2. Embedded 13%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Camera Landscape 2%
  5. Camera Neutral 0%

The Canon EOS R8 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
3%
Grain
63%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 79% · sat 71% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 69% · lum 76%
  • Yellow hue 74% · sat 83% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 65% · sat 87% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 62% · lum 53%
  • Blue hue 72% · sat 86% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 48% · sat 68% · lum 23%
  • Magenta hue 57% · sat 76% · lum 24%

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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 August 10, 2026.