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Sony a7 II

How 888 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

#41
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 8,000
1/200s
median shutter
70%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 II photos are shot

888 all-time photos · 609 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 25%
  3. f/2.8 26%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 16%

ISO

  1. <=200 57%
  2. 400 13%
  3. 800 10%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 9%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 8,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 20%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 22%
  4. 1/125s 31%
  5. 1/60s 9%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 25%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 55mm 14%
  4. 28mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 24mm 5%
  7. 40mm 3%
  8. 70mm 3%
  9. 75mm 2%
  10. 16mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 70%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 21%
  3. Program AE 4%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

  1. 2014 11%
  2. 2015 1%
  3. 2016 16%
  4. 2017 4%
  5. 2018 5%
  6. 2019 4%
  7. 2020 4%
  8. 2021 2%
  9. 2022 11%
  10. 2023 19%
  11. 2024 14%
  12. 2025 6%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 II

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

Last 90 days · 153 photos

  1. 1 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 21% up
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 19% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 14% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 10% up
  5. 5 FE 40mm F2.5 G 9% up
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% down
  7. 7 Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS 5% down
  8. 8 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 4% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 3% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 2% up
  11. 11 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS 1% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 II photos are edited

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

from 102 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Highlights -37
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks -12
  • Clarity -7

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7 II tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
58%
lower whites
55%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 98%
  2. Highlights 92%
  3. Shadows 91%
  4. Blacks 90%
  5. Whites 88%
  6. Clarity 79%
  7. Contrast 77%
  8. Yellow saturation 74%
  9. Orange saturation 73%
  10. Green saturation 71%
  11. Green hue 69%
  12. Aqua saturation 69%
  13. Vibrance 69%
  14. Red saturation 66%
  15. Aqua hue 66%
  16. Blue saturation 59%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
26%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,050K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Kodak Portra 400 SO 3%
  3. Huelight A7II Portrait V112 1%

The Sony a7 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
1%
Grain
56%
Vignette
32%
Cropped
86%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 56% · sat 66% · lum 55%
  • Orange hue 56% · sat 73% · lum 43%
  • Yellow hue 54% · sat 74% · lum 45%
  • Green hue 69% · sat 71% · lum 47%
  • Aqua hue 66% · sat 69% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 48% · sat 59% · lum 50%
  • Purple hue 40% · sat 48% · lum 37%
  • Magenta hue 46% · sat 47% · lum 26%

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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 09, 2026.