Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7M5

How 399 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

#62
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
79%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7M5 photos are shot

399 all-time photos · 236 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 22%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 15%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ILCE-7M5 shooters live wide open: 43% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 34%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 23%
  2. 50mm 12%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 85mm 6%
  6. 70mm 6%
  7. 38mm 2%
  8. 30mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 33mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 79%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 19%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%
  4. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
17%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2025-2026

  1. 2025 6%
  2. 2026 94%

What's mounted on the ILCE-7M5

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

Last 90 days · 224 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 30% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 15% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 13% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 10% up
  5. 5 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 8% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 4% up
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 4% up
  9. 9 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 2% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 2% flat
  11. 11 FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II 1% flat
  12. 12 FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7M5 photos are edited

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

from 134 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical ILCE-7M5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Contrast -7
  • Highlights -34
  • Shadows +11
  • Whites +3
  • Clarity -4

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The ILCE-7M5 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
51%
lower whites
32%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 93%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Exposure 89%
  4. Green saturation 88%
  5. Blacks 84%
  6. Whites 81%
  7. Green hue 78%
  8. Yellow saturation 78%
  9. Contrast 75%
  10. Orange saturation 73%
  11. Vibrance 72%
  12. Aqua hue 67%
  13. Red hue 66%
  14. Blue saturation 65%
  15. Red saturation 65%
  16. Orange hue 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
25%
Auto
5%
Median temperature
5,409K
Median tint
+16
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Beta 5%
  3. TAP Natural 1%

The ILCE-7M5 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
3%
Grain
46%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 65% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 73% · lum 50%
  • Yellow hue 59% · sat 78% · lum 59%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 88% · lum 52%
  • Aqua hue 67% · sat 53% · lum 26%
  • Blue hue 59% · sat 65% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 53% · sat 54% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 51% · lum 25%

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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.