Sony · sample images & camera stats

Sony a1 sample images

Sample images from the Sony a1, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 4,103 real photos.

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

#13
most analyzed of 99 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

4,103 all-time photos · 2,475 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 6%

Sony a1 shooters live wide open: 41% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

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

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

What's mounted on the Sony a1

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

Last 90 days · 742 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 15% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 13% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 8% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 8% flat
  5. 5 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 8% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 7% down
  7. 7 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  8. 8 Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (SEL2470GM2) 6% up
  9. 9 FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS 4% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% down
  11. 11 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 3% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a1 photos are edited

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

from 460 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.5
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -5
  • Vibrance +2

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
54%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Exposure 96%
  3. Shadows 93%
  4. Contrast 88%
  5. Green saturation 79%
  6. Blacks 78%
  7. Whites 75%
  8. Yellow saturation 74%
  9. Orange saturation 74%
  10. Green hue 72%
  11. Orange luminance 71%
  12. Yellow hue 71%
  13. Red hue 69%
  14. Red saturation 67%
  15. Clarity 65%
  16. Vibrance 63%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
24%
Daylight
0%
Median temperature
5,907K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 61%
  2. Embedded 12%
  3. DVLOP X 10%
  4. TAP Natural 7%
  5. Smart Standard 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
4%
Grain
42%
Vignette
20%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 67% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 74% · lum 71%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 74% · lum 51%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 79% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 48% · lum 36%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 53% · lum 55%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 46% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 36% · sat 45% · lum 20%

Shoot with a Sony a1?

Upload a photo to see its full EXIF and Lightroom settings — the same data these stats are built from.

Analyze your photo

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 20, 2026.