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Sony a7R III sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7R III, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 4,048 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#14
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
92%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R III photos are shot

4,048 all-time photos · 2,196 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 35%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 8%
  5. 55mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 28mm 3%
  8. 16mm 1%
  9. 40mm 1%
  10. 200mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 92%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 9%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 4%
  3. 2019 7%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 13%
  7. 2023 20%
  8. 2024 23%
  9. 2025 14%
  10. 2026 1%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R III

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

Last 90 days · 385 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  2. 2 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 7% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 6% up
  4. 4 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 5% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 5% flat
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% down
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 4% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 4% flat
  10. 10 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R III photos are edited

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

from 209 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.6
  • Contrast -17
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +17
  • Whites -14
  • Blacks +2

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7R III tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
78%
lower whites
74%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 98%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Yellow saturation 95%
  4. Blacks 94%
  5. Whites 92%
  6. Orange saturation 91%
  7. Green saturation 90%
  8. Yellow hue 89%
  9. Green hue 88%
  10. Shadows 88%
  11. Contrast 88%
  12. Yellow luminance 84%
  13. Green luminance 79%
  14. Blue hue 79%
  15. Red hue 78%
  16. Orange luminance 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
87%
As Shot
13%
Median temperature
5,742K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. 7RM3 1DxII StandartD 1%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. Camera Neutral 1%

The Sony a7R III 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
5%
Grain
51%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 78% · sat 74% · lum 73%
  • Orange hue 78% · sat 91% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 89% · sat 95% · lum 84%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 90% · lum 79%
  • Aqua hue 62% · sat 78% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 79% · sat 76% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 73% · sat 73% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 72% · sat 76% · lum 26%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 27, 2026.