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Sony a6400

How 189 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

#82
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/4
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 5,000
1/160s
median shutter
81%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a6400 photos are shot

189 all-time photos · 114 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 2%
  2. f/1.8 8%
  3. f/2.8 20%
  4. f/4 29%
  5. f/5.6 28%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 5%
  5. 3200 9%
  6. 6400+ 8%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 5,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 13%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 16%
  4. 1/125s 30%
  5. 1/60s 12%
  6. slower 16%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 16mm 16%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 28mm 11%
  4. 30mm 6%
  5. 20mm 4%
  6. 31mm 4%
  7. 65mm 4%
  8. 12mm 3%
  9. 18mm 3%
  10. 23mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 81%
  2. Program AE 12%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 3%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 2%
  5. Portrait 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
01:00 · 12%
Flash fired
28%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 24%
  2. 2020 7%
  3. 2021 2%
  4. 2022 7%
  5. 2023 20%
  6. 2024 14%
  7. 2025 10%
  8. 2026 18%

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 26% flat
  2. 2 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 10% flat
  3. 3 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary 021 7% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 28mm f/2 7% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 6% flat
  6. 6 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 017 5% flat
  7. 7 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 016 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 4% flat
  9. 9 E 17-70mm F2.8 B070 4% flat
  10. 10 E 50mm F1.8 OSS 3% flat
  11. 11 E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS 3% flat
  12. 12 SAMYANG AF 12mm F2.0 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a6400 photos are edited

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

from 114 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a6400 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -25
  • Blacks +0.5

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
79%
lower whites
70%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Whites 91%
  4. Contrast 88%
  5. Exposure 85%
  6. Blacks 83%
  7. Green hue 76%
  8. Yellow saturation 75%
  9. Orange saturation 75%
  10. Green saturation 74%
  11. Yellow hue 74%
  12. Vibrance 74%
  13. Orange luminance 73%
  14. Red hue 71%
  15. Clarity 70%
  16. Green luminance 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
28%
Median temperature
5,400K
Median tint
+22
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Standard 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
16%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 71% · sat 66% · lum 43%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 75% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 74% · sat 75% · lum 67%
  • Green hue 76% · sat 74% · lum 70%
  • Aqua hue 28% · sat 62% · lum 49%
  • Blue hue 39% · sat 69% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 20% · sat 54% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 41% · sat 60% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated September 21, 2026.