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Sony a1 sample images

Sample images from the Sony a1, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 4,181 real photos.

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

#14
most analyzed of 98 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

4,181 all-time photos · 2,515 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 18%
  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 17%
  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. 35mm 23%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 24mm 14%
  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 · 699 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 15% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 15% up
  3. 3 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 9% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 7% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 7% 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 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% down
  10. 10 FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS 3% up
  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 412 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.51
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +17
  • Whites -1
  • Vibrance +0.5

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
99%
lift blacks
55%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Highlights 93%
  3. Shadows 90%
  4. Contrast 86%
  5. Green saturation 78%
  6. Blacks 77%
  7. Yellow saturation 74%
  8. Whites 72%
  9. Red hue 72%
  10. Orange saturation 70%
  11. Yellow hue 68%
  12. Orange luminance 68%
  13. Green hue 68%
  14. Red saturation 64%
  15. Orange hue 63%
  16. Vibrance 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
74%
As Shot
26%
Median temperature
5,880K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 61%
  2. Embedded 12%
  3. DVLOP X 9%
  4. Smart Standard 7%
  5. TAP Natural 7%

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
34%
Vignette
19%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 72% · sat 64% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 70% · lum 68%
  • Yellow hue 68% · sat 74% · lum 45%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 78% · lum 56%
  • Aqua hue 48% · sat 47% · lum 35%
  • Blue hue 52% · sat 52% · lum 52%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 46% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 46% · lum 22%

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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 August 10, 2026.