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Sony a6400 sample images

Sample images from the Sony a6400, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 164 real photos.

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

#80
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 3,200
1/160s
median shutter
85%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a6400 photos are shot

164 all-time photos · 107 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 2%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 25%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 41%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 19%
  4. 1600 6%
  5. 3200 9%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 18%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 17%
  4. 1/125s 29%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 15%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 16mm 12%
  2. 28mm 12%
  3. 50mm 12%
  4. 30mm 6%
  5. 23mm 5%
  6. 56mm 5%
  7. 31mm 4%
  8. 65mm 4%
  9. 70mm 4%
  10. 12mm 4%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 85%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Program AE 7%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
01:00 · 10%
Flash fired
25%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 20%
  2. 2020 7%
  3. 2021 1%
  4. 2022 6%
  5. 2023 23%
  6. 2024 17%
  7. 2025 12%
  8. 2026 16%

What's mounted on the Sony a6400

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

  1. 1 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II 20% flat
  2. 2 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary 021 9% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 28mm f/2 8% flat
  4. 4 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 6% flat
  5. 5 E 17-70mm F2.8 B070 6% flat
  6. 6 E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 5% flat
  7. 7 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 4% flat
  9. 9 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 017 4% flat
  10. 10 E 50mm F1.8 OSS 4% flat
  11. 11 E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS 4% flat
  12. 12 SAMYANG AF 12mm F2.0 4% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a6400 photos are edited

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

from 107 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a6400 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +26
  • Whites -20

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a6400 tone curve

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

Custom curve
97%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
71%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Whites 92%
  4. Contrast 86%
  5. Exposure 84%
  6. Blacks 83%
  7. Green saturation 79%
  8. Orange saturation 78%
  9. Yellow saturation 78%
  10. Green hue 74%
  11. Orange luminance 73%
  12. Yellow hue 73%
  13. Red hue 72%
  14. Blue saturation 72%
  15. Vibrance 72%
  16. Clarity 71%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
28%
Median temperature
5,406K
Median tint
+21
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Camera Standard 5%
  3. Embedded 4%
  4. DVLOP X 2%

The Sony a6400 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
1%
Grain
14%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 72% · sat 67% · lum 42%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 78% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 73% · sat 78% · lum 68%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 79% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 29% · sat 62% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 38% · sat 72% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 20% · sat 56% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 36% · sat 59% · 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 July 20, 2026.