Sony · camera stats

Sony a1

How 5,014 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 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/400s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a1 photos are shot

5,014 all-time photos · 3,047 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 7%

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

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 4%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 24%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 24mm 16%
  4. 85mm 5%
  5. 28mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 25mm 1%
  9. 400mm 1%
  10. 16mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%
  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 12%
  3. 2023 19%
  4. 2024 28%
  5. 2025 28%
  6. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the Sony a1

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

Last 90 days · 560 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 23% up
  2. 2 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 11% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 11% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 10% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 10% down
  6. 6 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 7% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 3% down
  9. 9 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 2% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 2% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 2% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a1 photos are edited

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

from 316 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -15
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +20

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
64%
lower whites
36%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 92%
  2. Highlights 87%
  3. Shadows 85%
  4. Contrast 82%
  5. Blacks 77%
  6. Green saturation 69%
  7. Whites 68%
  8. Blue saturation 63%
  9. Vibrance 59%
  10. Green hue 58%
  11. Orange hue 55%
  12. Orange saturation 55%
  13. Yellow saturation 54%
  14. Red hue 53%
  15. Clarity 53%
  16. Saturation 53%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
15%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,650K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 79%
  2. DVLOP FILM II 9%
  3. DVLOP X 7%
  4. Embedded 3%
  5. TAP Natural 2%

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
9%
Grain
50%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 53% · sat 47% · lum 46%
  • Orange hue 55% · sat 55% · lum 45%
  • Yellow hue 53% · sat 54% · lum 40%
  • Green hue 58% · sat 69% · lum 45%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 38% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 43% · sat 63% · lum 45%
  • Purple hue 38% · sat 40% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 30% · sat 41% · lum 14%

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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 November 09, 2026.