Canon · camera stats

EOS 5DS

How 220 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

#71
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/7.1
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,250
1/125s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS 5DS photos are shot

220 all-time photos · 40 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 8%
  3. f/2.8 11%
  4. f/4 11%
  5. f/5.6 15%
  6. f/8+ 53%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 31%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 6%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,250.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 8%
  2. 1/500s 11%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 10%
  6. slower 29%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 19%
  2. 24mm 18%
  3. 35mm 10%
  4. 70mm 8%
  5. 85mm 7%
  6. 45mm 6%
  7. 100mm 4%
  8. 17mm 4%
  9. 28mm 3%
  10. 46mm 2%

Exposure mode

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

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 13%
Flash fired
24%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 1999-2026

  1. 1999 1%
  2. 2000 1%
  3. 2015 1%
  4. 2016 4%
  5. 2017 7%
  6. 2018 6%
  7. 2019 11%
  8. 2020 14%
  9. 2021 20%
  10. 2022 10%
  11. 2023 16%
  12. 2024 7%

What's mounted on the EOS 5DS

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

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 11% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 11% flat
  3. 3 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 9% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 9% flat
  5. 5 Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 5% flat
  6. 6 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 4% flat
  7. 7 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 4% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM 3% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 3% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 3% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 56% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How EOS 5DS photos are edited

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

from 40 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical EOS 5DS edit

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

  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +18

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The EOS 5DS tone curve

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

Custom curve
90%
lift blacks
35%
lower whites
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 98%
  2. Blue saturation 95%
  3. Orange saturation 93%
  4. Whites 93%
  5. Purple saturation 90%
  6. Aqua saturation 90%
  7. Red hue 90%
  8. Green saturation 88%
  9. Green hue 88%
  10. Red saturation 88%
  11. Orange hue 85%
  12. Blue luminance 85%
  13. Red luminance 85%
  14. Orange luminance 83%
  15. Yellow saturation 83%
  16. Blue hue 80%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Median temperature
5,673K
Median tint
+1
  1. Embedded 38%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 30%
  3. Camera Standard 20%
  4. Adobe Standard 10%
  5. Kodak Portra 400 2C 3%

The EOS 5DS 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
0%
Grain
38%
Vignette
40%
Cropped
70%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 90% · sat 88% · lum 85%
  • Orange hue 85% · sat 93% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 83% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 88% · lum 70%
  • Aqua hue 50% · sat 90% · lum 75%
  • Blue hue 80% · sat 95% · lum 85%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 90% · lum 53%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 73% · lum 40%

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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.