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Sony a7 II sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7 II, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 580 real photos.

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

#44
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 1,600
1/250s
median shutter
74%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 II photos are shot

580 all-time photos · 440 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 22%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 17%

ISO

  1. <=200 64%
  2. 400 15%
  3. 800 11%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 25%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 11%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 32%
  2. 55mm 16%
  3. 50mm 11%
  4. 28mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 24mm 4%
  7. 16mm 3%
  8. 70mm 3%
  9. 34mm 1%
  10. 33mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 74%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 22%
  3. Program AE 2%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 12%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

  1. 2014 2%
  2. 2016 18%
  3. 2017 6%
  4. 2018 5%
  5. 2019 6%
  6. 2020 5%
  7. 2021 3%
  8. 2022 12%
  9. 2023 15%
  10. 2024 15%
  11. 2025 8%
  12. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 II

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

  1. 1 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 16% flat
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 13% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS 8% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 8% flat
  5. 5 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 7% flat
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 6% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  8. 8 SAMYANG AF 35mm F1.4 4% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% flat
  10. 10 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 3% flat
  11. 11 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 II photos are edited

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

from 440 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Highlights -53
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -16
  • Blacks +14

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
98%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
59%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Blacks 95%
  4. Shadows 95%
  5. Yellow saturation 91%
  6. Whites 89%
  7. Green saturation 88%
  8. Blue saturation 88%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Contrast 84%
  11. Green hue 81%
  12. Aqua saturation 77%
  13. Red saturation 70%
  14. Orange luminance 70%
  15. Blue luminance 68%
  16. Yellow hue 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
16%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,384K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  2. Embedded 4%
  3. Portra 160⁺¹ - SO 3%
  4. Camera Standard 2%
  5. Huelight A7II Landscape 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
52%
Vignette
11%
Cropped
90%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 62% · sat 70% · lum 54%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 86% · lum 70%
  • Yellow hue 67% · sat 91% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 88% · lum 64%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 77% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 88% · lum 68%
  • Purple hue 45% · sat 57% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 42% · sat 59% · lum 24%

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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.