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a7R II sample images

Sample images from the a7R II, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 598 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#42
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/4
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/250s
median shutter
61%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How a7R II photos are shot

598 all-time photos · 351 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 18%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 33%

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 14%
  4. 1600 10%
  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+ 17%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 20%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 17%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 85mm 10%
  3. 55mm 9%
  4. 50mm 8%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 28mm 5%
  7. 70mm 4%
  8. 45mm 3%
  9. 17mm 2%
  10. 75mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 61%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 30%
  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 19%
  3. 2017 18%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 6%
  6. 2020 5%
  7. 2021 4%
  8. 2022 7%
  9. 2023 9%
  10. 2024 10%
  11. 2025 7%
  12. 2026 2%

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 15% flat
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 7% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 7% flat
  4. 4 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 6% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 5% 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 FE 28mm f/2 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How a7R II photos are edited

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

from 351 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical a7R II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.05
  • Highlights -58
  • Shadows +42
  • Whites -34
  • 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
97%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
68%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Green saturation 91%
  4. Yellow saturation 90%
  5. Whites 90%
  6. Blacks 88%
  7. Blue saturation 86%
  8. Orange luminance 86%
  9. Orange saturation 83%
  10. Exposure 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
17%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
4,750K
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 75% · lum 72%
  • Orange hue 46% · sat 83% · lum 86%
  • Yellow hue 79% · sat 90% · lum 81%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 91% · lum 78%
  • Aqua hue 37% · sat 77% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 86% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 64% · sat 69% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 63% · sat 66% · lum 26%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.