Sony · camera stats

a7R II

How 857 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

#43
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/200s
median shutter
65%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How a7R II photos are shot

857 all-time photos · 545 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 18%
  4. f/4 15%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 29%

ISO

  1. <=200 50%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 8%
  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+ 18%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 18%
  4. 1/125s 21%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 17%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 23%
  2. 85mm 11%
  3. 50mm 9%
  4. 55mm 9%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 28mm 4%
  7. 70mm 4%
  8. 65mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 90mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 65%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 28%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 5%
  4. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 12%
Flash fired
2%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2015-2026

  1. 2015 7%
  2. 2016 15%
  3. 2017 16%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 11%
  6. 2020 9%
  7. 2021 6%
  8. 2022 5%
  9. 2023 8%
  10. 2024 8%
  11. 2025 5%
  12. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the a7R II

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

Last 90 days · 102 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 13% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS 10% up
  3. 3 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 9% up
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 5% flat
  6. 6 ZEISS Batis 2.8/18 5% up
  7. 7 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 5% down
  8. 8 FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS 4% up
  9. 9 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 4% up
  10. 10 E 35mm F2 3% up
  11. 11 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 3% new
  12. 12 DT 0mm F0 SAM 3% up

The edit fingerprint

How a7R II photos are edited

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

from 61 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical a7R II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks -13
  • Saturation -3

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
94%
lift blacks
54%
lower whites
68%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 95%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Shadows 93%
  4. Blacks 90%
  5. Whites 89%
  6. Contrast 84%
  7. Green hue 74%
  8. Aqua hue 74%
  9. Green saturation 73%
  10. Clarity 72%
  11. Orange luminance 72%
  12. Orange saturation 72%
  13. Red hue 71%
  14. Aqua saturation 71%
  15. Saturation 70%
  16. Blue luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
26%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
4,650K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 74%
  2. Embedded 18%
  3. Camera Standard 5%
  4. Kodak Gold 100 - L 2%
  5. Negative Lab v2.0 2%

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.

  • Midtones 30° · sat +12 used in 55% of edits
Black & white
0%
Grain
23%
Vignette
18%
Cropped
77%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 71% · sat 67% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 45% · sat 72% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 55% · sat 66% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 74% · sat 71% · lum 64%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 69% · lum 69%
  • Purple hue 66% · sat 66% · lum 57%
  • Magenta hue 64% · sat 62% · lum 48%

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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 09, 2026.