Sony · camera stats

Sony a1

How 4,313 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

#14
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a1 photos are shot

4,313 all-time photos · 2,596 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 6%

Sony a1 shooters live wide open: 42% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 23%
  2. 35mm 23%
  3. 24mm 15%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 28mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 25mm 2%
  9. 400mm 1%
  10. 135mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 2%
  4. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
14%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 3%
  2. 2022 13%
  3. 2023 20%
  4. 2024 29%
  5. 2025 28%
  6. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Sony a1

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

Last 90 days · 704 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 16% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 14% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 11% up
  4. 4 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 9% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 8% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 8% down
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (SEL2470GM2) 6% up
  8. 8 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  9. 9 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% down
  11. 11 FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS 3% up
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a1 photos are edited

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

from 411 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.44
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -34
  • Shadows +16

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a1 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
56%
lower whites
51%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 94%
  2. Highlights 91%
  3. Shadows 87%
  4. Contrast 86%
  5. Green saturation 76%
  6. Red hue 75%
  7. Blacks 74%
  8. Yellow saturation 71%
  9. Yellow hue 69%
  10. Whites 68%
  11. Orange saturation 67%
  12. Orange hue 65%
  13. Green hue 63%
  14. Orange luminance 62%
  15. Red saturation 62%
  16. Red luminance 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
22%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,784K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 61%
  2. Embedded 13%
  3. DVLOP X 9%
  4. Smart Standard 7%
  5. TAP Natural 6%

The Sony a1 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
8%
Grain
37%
Vignette
17%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 75% · sat 62% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 67% · lum 62%
  • Yellow hue 69% · sat 71% · lum 39%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 76% · lum 47%
  • Aqua hue 46% · sat 40% · lum 33%
  • Blue hue 47% · sat 50% · lum 48%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 45% · lum 24%
  • Magenta hue 30% · sat 43% · lum 15%

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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 August 31, 2026.