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EOS 5DS sample images

Sample images from the EOS 5DS, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 220 real photos.

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

#74
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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.