Canon · camera stats

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

#104
most analyzed of 104 cameras
f/3.2
median aperture
ISO 500
median · p95 6,400
1/319s
median shutter
85%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS M50 photos are shot

101 all-time photos · 33 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 6%
  3. f/2.8 40%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 23%
  6. f/8+ 4%

ISO

  1. <=200 34%
  2. 400 14%
  3. 800 26%
  4. 1600 16%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 8%

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 44%
  4. 1/125s 5%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 1%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 24%
  2. 15mm 11%
  3. 40mm 7%
  4. 45mm 6%
  5. 200mm 5%
  6. 140mm 4%
  7. 24mm 4%
  8. 35mm 4%
  9. 18mm 3%
  10. 30mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 85%
  2. Program AE 14%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
20:00 · 17%
Flash fired
2%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 11%
  2. 2018 17%
  3. 2020 1%
  4. 2021 11%
  5. 2022 15%
  6. 2023 12%
  7. 2024 5%
  8. 2025 2%
  9. 2026 25%

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 34% flat
  2. 2 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM 23% flat
  3. 3 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM 15% flat
  4. 4 Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM 7% flat
  5. 5 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 6% flat
  6. 6 TAMRON 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 DiII VC B018 3% flat
  7. 7 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 3% flat
  8. 8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 3% flat
  9. 9 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 016 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM 1% flat
  11. 11 Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM 1% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 56% 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 33 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical EOS M50 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.54
  • Highlights -1
  • Shadows +8
  • 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
86%
lower whites
86%

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 79%
  6. Exposure 76%
  7. Orange saturation 70%
  8. Orange luminance 67%
  9. Blue saturation 64%
  10. Green saturation 64%
  11. Yellow saturation 64%
  12. Saturation 61%
  13. Red saturation 61%
  14. Red luminance 61%
  15. Aqua saturation 61%
  16. Aqua luminance 61%

White balance & profiles

Custom
58%
As Shot
42%
Median temperature
5,132K
Median tint
-1
  1. Adobe Standard 61%
  2. Embedded 39%

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 59% of edits
Black & white
0%
Grain
55%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
64%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 33% · sat 61% · lum 61%
  • Orange hue 52% · sat 70% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 58% · sat 64% · lum 49%
  • Green hue 36% · sat 64% · lum 55%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 61% · lum 61%
  • Blue hue 36% · sat 64% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 27% · sat 58% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 58% · lum 36%

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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 07, 2026.