Sony · camera stats

ILCE-7M5

How 331 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

#64
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
77%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How ILCE-7M5 photos are shot

331 all-time photos · 208 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 24%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 13%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ILCE-7M5 shooters live wide open: 44% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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 31%
  4. 1/125s 14%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 25%
  2. 50mm 13%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 85mm 6%
  7. 48mm 2%
  8. 54mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 36mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 77%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 20%
  3. Program AE 1%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 14%
Flash fired
19%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2025-2026

  1. 2025 8%
  2. 2026 92%

What's mounted on the ILCE-7M5

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

Last 90 days · 185 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 24% flat
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 18% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 14% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 12% up
  5. 5 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 9% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 7% up
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 4% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 2% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat
  10. 10 E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071 2% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 1% flat
  12. 12 20mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary 022 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How ILCE-7M5 photos are edited

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

from 111 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical ILCE-7M5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -16
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +15
  • Whites +3
  • Blacks +4
  • 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
45%
lower whites
34%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Green saturation 93%
  4. Green hue 92%
  5. Orange saturation 89%
  6. Blacks 88%
  7. Exposure 88%
  8. Whites 87%
  9. Yellow saturation 87%
  10. Orange hue 86%
  11. Aqua hue 85%
  12. Vibrance 82%
  13. Yellow luminance 77%
  14. Blue saturation 77%
  15. Red saturation 76%
  16. Red hue 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
66%
As Shot
29%
Auto
5%
Median temperature
5,472K
Median tint
+15
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Beta 4%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. 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
10%
Grain
67%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 75% · sat 76% · lum 74%
  • Orange hue 86% · sat 89% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 87% · lum 77%
  • Green hue 92% · sat 93% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 85% · sat 59% · lum 28%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 77% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 60% · sat 60% · lum 29%
  • Magenta hue 59% · sat 56% · 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 September 21, 2026.