Sony · camera stats

Sony a1

How 3,817 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 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a1 photos are shot

3,817 all-time photos · 2,276 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 23%
  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+ 36%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 24%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 24mm 14%
  4. 85mm 5%
  5. 28mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 25mm 2%
  9. 400mm 2%
  10. 135mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  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 4%
  2. 2022 14%
  3. 2023 21%
  4. 2024 30%
  5. 2025 27%
  6. 2026 4%

What's mounted on the Sony a1

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

Last 90 days · 805 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 13% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 12% down
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 12% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 8% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (SEL2470GM2) 5% up
  8. 8 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 5% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% down
  10. 10 FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS 4% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 4% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II 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 466 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.42
  • Contrast -8
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -9
  • Blacks -5

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
63%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 95%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Shadows 91%
  4. Blacks 88%
  5. Contrast 88%
  6. Green saturation 84%
  7. Whites 82%
  8. Yellow saturation 76%
  9. Orange saturation 75%
  10. Green hue 71%
  11. Green luminance 71%
  12. Orange luminance 70%
  13. Clarity 67%
  14. Yellow hue 64%
  15. Red saturation 63%
  16. Blue luminance 63%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Daylight
0%
Median temperature
5,731K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 63%
  2. Embedded 13%
  3. DVLOP X 9%
  4. TAP Natural 7%
  5. DVLOP FILM II 5%

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
3%
Grain
53%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 61% · sat 63% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 60% · sat 75% · lum 70%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 76% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 84% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 53% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 59% · lum 63%
  • Purple hue 45% · sat 51% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 39% · sat 48% · lum 28%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.