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EOS R6 Mark III

How 177 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

#83
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
78%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS R6 Mark III photos are shot

177 all-time photos · 87 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 38%
  4. f/4 26%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 54%
  2. 400 15%
  3. 800 11%
  4. 1600 14%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 27%
  2. 1/500s 23%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 1%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 28mm 16%
  3. 50mm 9%
  4. 70mm 7%
  5. 24mm 4%
  6. 45mm 3%
  7. 85mm 3%
  8. 30mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 32mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 78%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 23%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 14%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2025 5%
  3. 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 · 128 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 45% up
  2. 2 RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM 13% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 11% up
  4. 4 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 6% up
  5. 5 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 4% down
  6. 6 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 3% down
  7. 7 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 3% flat
  8. 8 RF45mm F1.2 STM 2% flat
  9. 9 Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM 2% down
  11. 11 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM 2% flat
  12. 12 RF85mm F1.4 L VCM 2% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 7% 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 61 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical EOS R6 Mark III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -3
  • Highlights -9
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites +13
  • Blacks +6
  • Clarity -4
  • Saturation -5

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
59%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Orange saturation 95%
  2. Contrast 93%
  3. Shadows 92%
  4. Yellow saturation 91%
  5. Whites 90%
  6. Highlights 90%
  7. Orange luminance 89%
  8. Green saturation 89%
  9. Blue saturation 88%
  10. Blacks 87%
  11. Yellow hue 86%
  12. Exposure 85%
  13. Green luminance 84%
  14. Green hue 82%
  15. Blue luminance 80%
  16. Aqua saturation 80%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Median temperature
5,828K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Standard 3%

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
75%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 80% · sat 75% · lum 75%
  • Orange hue 79% · sat 95% · lum 89%
  • Yellow hue 86% · sat 91% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 89% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 67% · sat 80% · lum 70%
  • Blue hue 73% · sat 88% · lum 80%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 79% · lum 24%
  • Magenta hue 46% · sat 70% · lum 30%

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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.