Canon · camera stats

EOS 5DS

How 261 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

#80
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/160s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS 5DS photos are shot

261 all-time photos · 50 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 8%
  3. f/2.8 12%
  4. f/4 11%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 54%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 26%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 6%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 7%
  2. 1/500s 10%
  3. 1/250s 18%
  4. 1/125s 29%
  5. 1/60s 9%
  6. slower 27%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 18%
  2. 24mm 15%
  3. 35mm 11%
  4. 85mm 8%
  5. 70mm 7%
  6. 45mm 5%
  7. 100mm 4%
  8. 17mm 3%
  9. 28mm 3%
  10. 46mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%
  3. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 12%
Flash fired
26%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 1999-2026

  1. 1999 1%
  2. 2016 3%
  3. 2017 5%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 9%
  6. 2020 13%
  7. 2021 19%
  8. 2022 10%
  9. 2023 15%
  10. 2024 14%
  11. 2025 3%
  12. 2026 3%

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 16% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM 10% flat
  3. 3 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 7% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 4% flat
  6. 6 Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 4% flat
  7. 7 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 3% flat
  8. 8 Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II 3% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 3% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 2% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 55% 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 50 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical EOS 5DS edit

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

  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +17

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
92%
lift blacks
42%
lower whites
61%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 96%
  2. Whites 92%
  3. Blue saturation 90%
  4. Orange saturation 88%
  5. Red saturation 86%
  6. Purple saturation 86%
  7. Aqua saturation 84%
  8. Red hue 84%
  9. Green saturation 84%
  10. Shadows 84%
  11. Green hue 82%
  12. Red luminance 82%
  13. Highlights 80%
  14. Orange hue 80%
  15. Orange luminance 80%
  16. Blue luminance 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
22%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,373K
Median tint
+1
  1. Embedded 40%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 30%
  3. Camera Standard 16%
  4. Adobe Standard 8%
  5. Camera Faithful 2%

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
44%
Vignette
40%
Cropped
72%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 84% · sat 86% · lum 82%
  • Orange hue 80% · sat 88% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 54% · sat 74% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 84% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 44% · sat 84% · lum 74%
  • Blue hue 68% · sat 90% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 44% · sat 86% · lum 56%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 72% · lum 46%

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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 November 02, 2026.