Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7M5

How 510 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

#60
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
81%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7M5 photos are shot

510 all-time photos · 294 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 13%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ILCE-7M5 shooters live wide open: 40% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 19%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 4%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 33%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 19%
  2. 24mm 14%
  3. 50mm 12%
  4. 28mm 9%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 85mm 6%
  7. 38mm 2%
  8. 30mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 33mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 81%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 17%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 15%
Flash fired
16%

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 · 326 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 34% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 11% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 10% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 8% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 7% up
  6. 6 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 7% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% up
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 4% flat
  9. 9 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 3% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 1% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 1% down
  12. 12 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7M5 photos are edited

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

from 191 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical ILCE-7M5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Contrast -12
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +11
  • Blacks +5

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
47%
lower whites
28%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 92%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Green saturation 87%
  5. Blacks 87%
  6. Yellow saturation 82%
  7. Whites 80%
  8. Green hue 80%
  9. Contrast 79%
  10. Orange saturation 73%
  11. Vibrance 71%
  12. Red hue 65%
  13. Orange hue 62%
  14. Red saturation 62%
  15. Aqua hue 60%
  16. Blue saturation 59%

White balance & profiles

Custom
69%
As Shot
28%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
5,443K
Median tint
+16
  1. Adobe Standard 97%
  2. Beta 3%
  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
36%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 62% · lum 55%
  • Orange hue 62% · sat 73% · lum 47%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 82% · lum 57%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 87% · lum 50%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 45% · lum 21%
  • Blue hue 52% · sat 59% · lum 55%
  • Purple hue 45% · sat 50% · lum 22%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 47% · lum 21%

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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 26, 2026.