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Sony a1 II

How 486 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

#50
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 4,000
1/400s
median shutter
61%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a1 II photos are shot

486 all-time photos · 283 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 35%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 14%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 9%

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

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 15%
  3. 800 10%
  4. 1600 16%
  5. 3200 7%
  6. 6400+ 6%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 4,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 33%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 9%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 8%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 23%
  2. 24mm 7%
  3. 35mm 7%
  4. 14mm 6%
  5. 50mm 6%
  6. 70mm 5%
  7. 33mm 4%
  8. 31mm 3%
  9. 34mm 2%
  10. 40mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 61%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 32%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 8%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 12%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2024-2026

  1. 2024 3%
  2. 2025 69%
  3. 2026 28%

What's mounted on the Sony a1 II

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

Last 90 days · 126 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 37% down
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 22% up
  3. 3 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 12% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% up
  6. 6 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% up
  8. 8 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 2% down
  9. 9 FE 14mm F1.8 GM 2% down
  10. 10 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 2% up
  11. 11 FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS 1% flat
  12. 12 FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a1 II photos are edited

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

from 70 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a1 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.18
  • Contrast -26
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +26
  • Whites -12
  • Blacks +13
  • Clarity -4
  • Dehaze +2
  • Vibrance +2

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a1 II tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
79%
lower whites
26%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Shadows 99%
  3. Orange saturation 97%
  4. Contrast 96%
  5. Vibrance 94%
  6. Green saturation 93%
  7. Blacks 93%
  8. Whites 91%
  9. Exposure 91%
  10. Orange luminance 90%
  11. Orange hue 84%
  12. Clarity 83%
  13. Aqua hue 83%
  14. Yellow saturation 83%
  15. Yellow luminance 81%
  16. Green hue 81%

White balance & profiles

Custom
94%
As Shot
6%
Median temperature
5,892K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard v2 51%
  2. Adobe Standard 31%
  3. Camera ST 11%
  4. DVLOP X 4%
  5. Cobalt Neutral 1%

The Sony a1 II 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
60%
Vignette
37%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 52% · lum 52%
  • Orange hue 84% · sat 97% · lum 90%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 83% · lum 81%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 93% · lum 78%
  • Aqua hue 83% · sat 75% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 54% · sat 74% · lum 63%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 54% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 27% · sat 54% · lum 21%

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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.