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EOS M50

How 101 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

#105
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 6,400
1/319s
median shutter
78%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS M50 photos are shot

101 all-time photos · 34 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 6%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 25%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 15%
  3. 800 14%
  4. 1600 19%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 10%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 23%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 33%
  4. 1/125s 6%
  5. 1/60s 12%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 15mm 14%
  2. 50mm 12%
  3. 45mm 8%
  4. 40mm 7%
  5. 18mm 6%
  6. 200mm 5%
  7. 24mm 5%
  8. 140mm 4%
  9. 35mm 4%
  10. 21mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 78%
  2. Program AE 15%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  4. Not Defined 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
19:00 · 14%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 5%
  2. 2017 12%
  3. 2018 17%
  4. 2020 1%
  5. 2021 11%
  6. 2022 15%
  7. 2023 12%
  8. 2024 5%
  9. 2025 2%
  10. 2026 18%

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 42% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 23% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 8% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM 7% flat
  5. 5 TAMRON 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 DiII VC B018 3% 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 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM | Art 013 2% flat
  9. 9 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 016 2% flat
  10. 10 EF-M32mm f/1.4 STM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM 1% flat
  12. 12 Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 44% 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 34 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical EOS M50 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Highlights -3
  • Shadows +9
  • 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
87%
lower whites
87%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 100%
  2. Shadows 100%
  3. Highlights 97%
  4. Whites 97%
  5. Clarity 77%
  6. Exposure 77%
  7. Orange saturation 71%
  8. Orange luminance 68%
  9. Blue saturation 65%
  10. Green saturation 65%
  11. Yellow saturation 65%
  12. Red saturation 62%
  13. Red luminance 62%
  14. Blue luminance 62%
  15. Aqua saturation 62%
  16. Aqua luminance 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
59%
As Shot
41%
Median temperature
5,000K
Median tint
-1
  1. Adobe Standard 62%
  2. Embedded 38%

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 61% of edits
Black & white
0%
Grain
53%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
65%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 35% · sat 62% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 53% · sat 71% · lum 68%
  • Yellow hue 59% · sat 65% · lum 50%
  • Green hue 38% · sat 65% · lum 53%
  • Aqua hue 53% · sat 62% · lum 62%
  • Blue hue 38% · sat 65% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 27% · sat 59% · lum 44%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 59% · lum 38%

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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 September 21, 2026.