Canon · camera stats

EOS R6 Mark III

How 210 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 110 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
79%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS R6 Mark III photos are shot

210 all-time photos · 107 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 39%
  4. f/4 30%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 11%
  4. 1600 14%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 1%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 18%
  2. 28mm 16%
  3. 50mm 11%
  4. 70mm 9%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 45mm 3%
  7. 46mm 3%
  8. 32mm 2%
  9. 30mm 2%
  10. 31mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 79%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 20%
  3. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 13%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2025-2026

  1. 2025 5%
  2. 2026 95%

What's mounted on the EOS R6 Mark III

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

Last 90 days · 126 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 57% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 8% up
  3. 3 RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM 7% down
  4. 4 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 7% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 4% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM 2% flat
  7. 7 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 2% down
  8. 8 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 2% down
  9. 9 RF45mm F1.2 STM 2% flat
  10. 10 RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 2% flat
  12. 12 RF85mm F1.4 L VCM 1% down

Adapted EF lenses still account for 5% of the top recent pairings.

The edit fingerprint

How EOS R6 Mark III photos are edited

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

from 62 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical EOS R6 Mark III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.13
  • Contrast -11
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +20
  • Blacks +6

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The EOS R6 Mark III tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
57%
lower whites
61%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 94%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Contrast 92%
  4. Yellow saturation 91%
  5. Blue saturation 90%
  6. Highlights 89%
  7. Green saturation 88%
  8. Blacks 86%
  9. Green luminance 84%
  10. Vibrance 79%
  11. Yellow luminance 79%
  12. Whites 76%
  13. Orange saturation 75%
  14. Orange luminance 72%
  15. Yellow hue 72%
  16. Aqua saturation 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Median temperature
5,800K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Landscape 2%
  4. Camera Standard 2%

The EOS R6 Mark III 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
10%
Grain
65%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 63% · sat 61% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 75% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 91% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 67% · sat 88% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 50% · sat 67% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 51% · sat 90% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 44% · sat 65% · lum 23%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 56% · lum 27%

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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 October 12, 2026.