Sony · camera stats

a7R II

How 623 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

#47
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/4
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/200s
median shutter
62%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How a7R II photos are shot

623 all-time photos · 361 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 15%
  3. f/2.8 17%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 33%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 16%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 20%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 16%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 10%
  3. 85mm 10%
  4. 55mm 9%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 28mm 5%
  7. 70mm 4%
  8. 45mm 2%
  9. 75mm 2%
  10. 90mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 62%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 29%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 7%
  4. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
12:00 · 13%
Flash fired
3%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2015-2026

  1. 2015 8%
  2. 2016 18%
  3. 2017 18%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 8%
  6. 2020 5%
  7. 2021 4%
  8. 2022 7%
  9. 2023 9%
  10. 2024 8%
  11. 2025 6%
  12. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the a7R II

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

  1. 1 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 14% flat
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 7% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS 6% flat
  6. 6 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 6% flat
  7. 7 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 5% flat
  8. 8 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 5% flat
  9. 9 Viltrox 85mm F1.8 4% flat
  10. 10 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  12. 12 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How a7R II photos are edited

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

from 361 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical a7R II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Highlights -58
  • Shadows +42
  • Whites -33
  • Blacks +25
  • Saturation -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The a7R II tone curve

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

Custom curve
98%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
68%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Green saturation 91%
  4. Yellow saturation 90%
  5. Whites 90%
  6. Blacks 89%
  7. Blue saturation 86%
  8. Orange luminance 86%
  9. Exposure 83%
  10. Orange saturation 83%
  11. Green hue 81%
  12. Yellow luminance 81%
  13. Yellow hue 79%
  14. Green luminance 78%
  15. Clarity 77%
  16. Aqua saturation 77%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
18%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
4,800K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Embedded 6%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Agfa Vista 100 - SO 0%
  5. DVLOP V2 0%

The a7R II 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
1%
Grain
22%
Vignette
12%
Cropped
60%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 76% · lum 73%
  • Orange hue 47% · sat 83% · lum 86%
  • Yellow hue 79% · sat 90% · lum 81%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 91% · lum 78%
  • Aqua hue 38% · sat 77% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 86% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 65% · sat 70% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 64% · sat 66% · lum 25%

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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 August 31, 2026.