Sony · camera stats

Sony a6400

How 192 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

#86
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/4
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 4,000
1/160s
median shutter
78%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a6400 photos are shot

192 all-time photos · 110 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 20%
  4. f/4 31%
  5. f/5.6 23%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 5%
  5. 3200 8%
  6. 6400+ 6%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 15%
  2. 1/500s 10%
  3. 1/250s 17%
  4. 1/125s 30%
  5. 1/60s 11%
  6. slower 16%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 16mm 16%
  2. 50mm 13%
  3. 28mm 11%
  4. 30mm 8%
  5. 20mm 4%
  6. 31mm 4%
  7. 65mm 4%
  8. 12mm 3%
  9. 19mm 3%
  10. 23mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 78%
  2. Program AE 12%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 6%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 2%
  5. Portrait 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
01:00 · 12%
Flash fired
27%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 23%
  2. 2020 8%
  3. 2021 2%
  4. 2022 6%
  5. 2023 21%
  6. 2024 15%
  7. 2025 10%
  8. 2026 15%

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 23% flat
  2. 2 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 9% flat
  3. 3 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary 021 8% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 28mm f/2 7% flat
  5. 5 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 017 7% flat
  6. 6 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary 016 5% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 5% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 4% flat
  9. 9 SAMYANG AF 12mm F2.0 3% flat
  10. 10 E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS 3% flat
  11. 11 E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS 2% flat
  12. 12 E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a6400 photos are edited

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

from 110 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a6400 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.38
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -26
  • Blacks +3

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
96%
lift blacks
80%
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 87%
  5. Exposure 86%
  6. Blacks 84%
  7. Green hue 80%
  8. Yellow saturation 77%
  9. Orange saturation 77%
  10. Yellow hue 77%
  11. Green saturation 76%
  12. Red hue 76%
  13. Orange luminance 75%
  14. Vibrance 74%
  15. Green luminance 74%
  16. Blue luminance 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
73%
As Shot
27%
Median temperature
5,406K
Median tint
+22
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Camera Standard 5%
  3. Embedded 3%
  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
13%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 76% · sat 68% · lum 42%
  • Orange hue 69% · sat 77% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 77% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 76% · lum 74%
  • Aqua hue 29% · sat 65% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 40% · sat 72% · lum 73%
  • Purple hue 22% · sat 56% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 62% · 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 November 02, 2026.