Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7CM2

How 266 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

#77
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 6,400
1/222s
median shutter
88%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are shot

266 all-time photos · 195 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 40%
  4. f/4 30%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 33%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 7%
  6. 6400+ 8%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 6,400.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 20%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 30%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 11%
  2. 50mm 11%
  3. 35mm 11%
  4. 40mm 8%
  5. 24mm 6%
  6. 70mm 6%
  7. 85mm 6%
  8. 135mm 4%
  9. 20mm 3%
  10. 55mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 88%
  2. 1 4%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 3%
  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
15:00 · 11%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 11%
  2. 2024 31%
  3. 2025 44%
  4. 2026 15%

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 7% flat
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% flat
  4. 4 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 6% flat
  5. 5 FE 40mm F2.5 G 6% 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 E 20-40mm F2.8 A062 4% flat
  9. 9 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 3% flat
  10. 10 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 3% flat
  11. 11 SAMYANG AF 135mm F1.8 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are edited

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

from 195 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical ILCE-7CM2 edit

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

  • Contrast -11
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +20
  • Clarity -5

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
99%
lift blacks
76%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Blacks 93%
  4. Contrast 93%
  5. Exposure 90%
  6. Whites 90%
  7. Blue saturation 85%
  8. Yellow saturation 83%
  9. Green saturation 83%
  10. Saturation 79%
  11. Clarity 78%
  12. Orange saturation 77%
  13. Blue luminance 74%
  14. Aqua saturation 74%
  15. Orange luminance 73%
  16. Yellow hue 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
87%
As Shot
13%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,362K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 84%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. Camera VV2 6%
  4. Camera ST 1%
  5. Camera VV 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
34%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 70% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 77% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 73% · sat 83% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 62% · sat 83% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 56% · sat 74% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 66% · sat 85% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 52% · sat 60% · lum 38%
  • Magenta hue 46% · sat 56% · lum 34%

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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 02, 2026.