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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 2,133 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

2,133 all-time photos · 1,207 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 25%
  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+ 35%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 20%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 70mm 6%
  5. 85mm 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 10%
  4. 2022 16%
  5. 2023 24%
  6. 2024 26%
  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 · 164 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 23% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 11% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 9% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 7% down
  5. 5 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 6% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 4% down
  8. 8 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro 4% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 28mm f/2 3% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 2% up
  11. 11 Voigtlander HELIAR-HYPER WIDE 10mm F5.6 2% up
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 85 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.16
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +18
  • Whites -13
  • Blacks +3
  • Clarity -3

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
40%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Whites 98%
  3. Shadows 97%
  4. Yellow saturation 96%
  5. Blacks 95%
  6. Orange saturation 95%
  7. Blue saturation 93%
  8. Green saturation 92%
  9. Contrast 91%
  10. Orange luminance 88%
  11. Orange hue 87%
  12. Magenta saturation 86%
  13. Aqua saturation 85%
  14. Purple saturation 85%
  15. Green luminance 85%
  16. Yellow hue 84%

White balance & profiles

Custom
73%
As Shot
26%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,084K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Embedded 4%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 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
1%
Grain
37%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 77% · lum 54%
  • Orange hue 87% · sat 95% · lum 88%
  • Yellow hue 84% · sat 96% · lum 78%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 92% · lum 85%
  • Aqua hue 81% · sat 85% · lum 57%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 93% · lum 63%
  • Purple hue 76% · sat 85% · lum 54%
  • Magenta hue 68% · sat 86% · lum 52%

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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 13, 2026.