Canon · camera stats

EOS M50

How 112 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

#108
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 6,400
1/319s
median shutter
79%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS M50 photos are shot

112 all-time photos · 37 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 39%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 25%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 15%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 21%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 7%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 6,400.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 21%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 33%
  4. 1/125s 10%
  5. 1/60s 9%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 18%
  2. 15mm 13%
  3. 40mm 6%
  4. 35mm 5%
  5. 45mm 5%
  6. 140mm 5%
  7. 200mm 5%
  8. 24mm 5%
  9. 30mm 5%
  10. 95mm 4%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 79%
  2. Program AE 15%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 6%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
00:00 · 12%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 11%
  2. 2017 13%
  3. 2018 17%
  4. 2019 1%
  5. 2020 1%
  6. 2021 11%
  7. 2022 15%
  8. 2023 12%
  9. 2024 5%
  10. 2025 4%
  11. 2026 11%

What's mounted on the EOS M50

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

  1. 1 EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM 37% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 24% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 15% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM 7% flat
  5. 5 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 016 4% flat
  6. 6 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 3% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 3% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 2% flat
  9. 9 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM 1% flat
  10. 10 EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM 1% flat
  11. 11 EF20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM 1% flat
  12. 12 EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 51% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How EOS M50 photos are edited

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

from 37 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical EOS M50 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.54
  • Highlights -4
  • Whites -30
  • Blacks +10

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The EOS M50 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
83%
lower whites
83%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 97%
  2. Shadows 97%
  3. Highlights 97%
  4. Whites 89%
  5. Clarity 78%
  6. Exposure 78%
  7. Orange saturation 70%
  8. Orange luminance 65%
  9. Yellow saturation 62%
  10. Saturation 62%
  11. Blue saturation 60%
  12. Green saturation 60%
  13. Blue luminance 57%
  14. Red saturation 57%
  15. Red luminance 57%
  16. Contrast 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
60%
As Shot
41%
Median temperature
5,250K
Median tint
-1
  1. Adobe Standard 57%
  2. Embedded 43%

The EOS M50 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.

  • Midtones 219° · sat +25 used in 52% of edits
Black & white
0%
Grain
54%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
68%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 32% · sat 57% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 54% · sat 70% · lum 65%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 62% · lum 46%
  • Green hue 35% · sat 60% · lum 51%
  • Aqua hue 46% · sat 57% · lum 57%
  • Blue hue 35% · sat 60% · lum 57%
  • Purple hue 27% · sat 54% · lum 41%
  • Magenta hue 46% · sat 54% · lum 35%

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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.