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EOS R6 Mark III

How 298 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

#73
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,500
1/319s
median shutter
84%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How EOS R6 Mark III photos are shot

298 all-time photos · 163 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 42%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 55%
  2. 400 18%
  3. 800 9%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 20%
  2. 35mm 19%
  3. 50mm 10%
  4. 70mm 8%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 46mm 2%
  7. 32mm 2%
  8. 36mm 2%
  9. 38mm 2%
  10. 40mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 84%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 16%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 14%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2025-2026

  1. 2025 3%
  2. 2026 97%

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 · 191 photos

  1. 1 Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM 56% up
  2. 2 Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM 9% up
  3. 3 Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM 8% down
  4. 4 RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM 6% down
  5. 5 Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM 3% flat
  6. 6 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM 3% flat
  7. 7 Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 3% flat
  8. 8 RF24mm F1.4 L VCM 2% flat
  9. 9 RF50mm F1.4 L VCM 2% flat
  10. 10 Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM 2% down
  11. 11 Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM 2% flat
  12. 12 RF45mm F1.2 STM 1% flat

Adapted EF lenses still account for 3% 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 109 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical EOS R6 Mark III edit

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

  • Highlights -19
  • 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
46%
lower whites
54%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Exposure 95%
  3. Blacks 92%
  4. Highlights 88%
  5. Yellow saturation 84%
  6. Green saturation 77%
  7. Contrast 75%
  8. Blue saturation 74%
  9. Yellow luminance 70%
  10. Whites 69%
  11. Orange saturation 63%
  12. Green luminance 62%
  13. Vibrance 62%
  14. Yellow hue 58%
  15. Orange luminance 58%
  16. Clarity 58%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
19%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. Camera Landscape 1%
  4. Camera Standard 1%
  5. DVLOP X 1%

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
7%
Grain
58%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 47% · lum 50%
  • Orange hue 54% · sat 63% · lum 58%
  • Yellow hue 58% · sat 84% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 51% · sat 77% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 37% · sat 49% · lum 41%
  • Blue hue 39% · sat 74% · lum 54%
  • Purple hue 36% · sat 46% · lum 17%
  • Magenta hue 35% · sat 46% · lum 19%

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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.