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Sony a7R IV sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7R IV, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 2,225 real photos.

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

#20
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
94%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R IV photos are shot

2,225 all-time photos · 1,276 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 26%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 34%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 19%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 55mm 2%
  7. 10mm 1%
  8. 34mm 1%
  9. 28mm 1%
  10. 36mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 94%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 4%
  3. 2021 11%
  4. 2022 16%
  5. 2023 24%
  6. 2024 25%
  7. 2025 15%
  8. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R IV

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

Last 90 days · 212 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 29% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 9% up
  4. 4 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 4% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 4% up
  7. 7 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro 3% up
  8. 8 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 3% down
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 3% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 2% down
  12. 12 Sony FE 28mm f/2 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 117 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites +1
  • Blacks +3
  • Clarity -4

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7R IV tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
59%
lower whites
33%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Yellow saturation 95%
  4. Blue saturation 94%
  5. Whites 94%
  6. Orange saturation 94%
  7. Green saturation 92%
  8. Contrast 92%
  9. Blacks 91%
  10. Orange hue 85%
  11. Orange luminance 85%
  12. Green hue 85%
  13. Green luminance 84%
  14. Red saturation 83%
  15. Magenta saturation 83%
  16. Yellow hue 83%

White balance & profiles

Custom
74%
As Shot
27%
Median temperature
6,164K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Embedded 6%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 1%
  4. TAP Natural 1%

The Sony a7R IV 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
30%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 78% · sat 83% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 85% · sat 94% · lum 85%
  • Yellow hue 83% · sat 95% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 85% · sat 92% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 80% · sat 80% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 94% · lum 66%
  • Purple hue 77% · sat 82% · lum 50%
  • Magenta hue 63% · sat 83% · lum 48%

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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.