Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7CM2

How 236 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

#78
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/250s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are shot

236 all-time photos · 168 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 31%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 4%

ISO

  1. <=200 35%
  2. 400 28%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 4%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 23%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 28%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 12%
  2. 35mm 11%
  3. 50mm 11%
  4. 40mm 9%
  5. 85mm 6%
  6. 70mm 6%
  7. 24mm 6%
  8. 20mm 4%
  9. 55mm 3%
  10. 200mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. 1 5%
  3. Portrait 2%
  4. Program AE 2%
  5. Aperture-priority AE 1%
  6. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 13%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 4%
  2. 2024 35%
  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 21% 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 6% flat
  5. 5 E 20-40mm F2.8 A062 4% flat
  6. 6 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 4% flat
  7. 7 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 4% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 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 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art 023 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7CM2 photos are edited

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

from 168 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical ILCE-7CM2 edit

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

  • Exposure -0.03
  • Contrast -12
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -20
  • 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
73%
lower whites
65%

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 92%
  5. Whites 88%
  6. Exposure 88%
  7. Blue saturation 87%
  8. Yellow saturation 87%
  9. Green saturation 86%
  10. Orange saturation 78%
  11. Aqua saturation 77%
  12. Saturation 76%
  13. Yellow hue 75%
  14. Blue luminance 75%
  15. Orange luminance 74%
  16. Clarity 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,515K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 82%
  2. Embedded 10%
  3. Camera VV2 7%
  4. Camera VV 1%
  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
38%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 71% · sat 71% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 67% · sat 78% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 75% · sat 87% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 62% · sat 86% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 57% · sat 77% · lum 52%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 87% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 60% · lum 32%
  • 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated October 12, 2026.