Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7CM2

How 221 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

#70
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/250s
median shutter
87%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are shot

221 all-time photos · 166 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 38%
  4. f/4 29%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 28%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 23%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 20%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 7%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 13%
  2. 35mm 13%
  3. 40mm 11%
  4. 50mm 8%
  5. 85mm 7%
  6. 24mm 5%
  7. 70mm 5%
  8. 20mm 4%
  9. 55mm 3%
  10. 34mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. 1 5%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 2%
  4. Portrait 2%
  5. Program AE 2%
  6. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
14:00 · 11%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 2%
  2. 2024 37%
  3. 2025 49%
  4. 2026 12%

What's mounted on the ILCE-7CM2

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

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 19% flat
  2. 2 Sony FE 28mm f/2 8% flat
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 8% flat
  4. 4 FE 40mm F2.5 G 7% flat
  5. 5 E 20-40mm F2.8 A062 5% flat
  6. 6 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 5% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 4% flat
  8. 8 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 4% flat
  9. 9 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% flat
  10. 10 FE 28-60mm F4-5.6 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL1635Z) 2% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are edited

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

from 166 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical ILCE-7CM2 edit

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

  • Contrast -12
  • Highlights -37
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -18
  • Blacks +20
  • Clarity -3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The ILCE-7CM2 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
74%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Blacks 92%
  4. Contrast 91%
  5. Exposure 89%
  6. Whites 88%
  7. Yellow saturation 87%
  8. Blue saturation 87%
  9. Green saturation 86%
  10. Orange saturation 79%
  11. Saturation 78%
  12. Aqua saturation 77%
  13. Yellow hue 75%
  14. Orange luminance 75%
  15. Blue luminance 75%
  16. Clarity 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,482K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 81%
  2. Embedded 10%
  3. Camera VV2 7%
  4. Camera VV 2%
  5. Camera ST 1%

The ILCE-7CM2 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
2%
Grain
42%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 70% · sat 72% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 68% · sat 79% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 75% · sat 87% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 86% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 56% · sat 77% · lum 53%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 87% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 51% · sat 60% · lum 33%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 55% · lum 29%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.