Sony · camera stats

a7R II

How 799 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

#42
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/200s
median shutter
65%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How a7R II photos are shot

799 all-time photos · 494 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 18%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 28%

ISO

  1. <=200 50%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 14%
  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 19%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 21%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 16%

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. 90mm 2%
  10. 45mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 65%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 27%
  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 16%
  3. 2017 15%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 11%
  6. 2020 10%
  7. 2021 6%
  8. 2022 6%
  9. 2023 8%
  10. 2024 7%
  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 · 100 photos

  1. 1 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 17% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 12% up
  3. 3 FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS 8% up
  4. 4 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 7% down
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% down
  6. 6 ZEISS Batis 2.8/18 5% up
  7. 7 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 4% up
  8. 8 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 3% up
  9. 9 E 35mm F2 3% up
  10. 10 DT 0mm F0 SAM 3% up
  11. 11 SAMYANG AF 35-150mm F2-2.8 2% new
  12. 12 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How a7R II photos are edited

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

from 45 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical a7R II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +32
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks -5
  • Clarity -2
  • 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
91%
lift blacks
55%
lower whites
68%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Highlights 93%
  4. Blacks 91%
  5. Green saturation 91%
  6. Whites 84%
  7. Orange saturation 84%
  8. Orange luminance 84%
  9. Blue luminance 83%
  10. Aqua saturation 83%
  11. Red luminance 83%
  12. Blue saturation 81%
  13. Purple hue 81%
  14. Magenta hue 81%
  15. Red saturation 79%
  16. Aqua hue 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
20%
Median temperature
5,132K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 64%
  2. Embedded 24%
  3. Camera Standard 7%
  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.

No reliable color grading sample yet.

Black & white
0%
Grain
38%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 79% · lum 83%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 84% · lum 84%
  • Yellow hue 67% · sat 79% · lum 76%
  • Green hue 79% · sat 91% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 79% · sat 83% · lum 76%
  • Blue hue 74% · sat 81% · lum 83%
  • Purple hue 81% · sat 79% · lum 57%
  • Magenta hue 81% · sat 74% · 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 October 19, 2026.