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Sony a7 II

How 726 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

#42
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/3.2
median aperture
ISO 160
median · p95 1,600
1/250s
median shutter
70%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 II photos are shot

726 all-time photos · 530 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 18%

ISO

  1. <=200 66%
  2. 400 13%
  3. 800 10%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 23%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 22%
  5. 1/60s 10%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 31%
  2. 55mm 16%
  3. 50mm 10%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 24mm 4%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 70mm 3%
  8. 75mm 3%
  9. 16mm 2%
  10. 20mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 70%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 25%
  3. Program AE 3%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 11%
Flash fired
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

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

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 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 12% flat
  3. 3 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 11% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 7% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS 6% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% flat
  9. 9 SAMYANG AF 35mm F1.4 3% flat
  10. 10 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 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 530 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.26
  • Highlights -55
  • Shadows +31
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks +9

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
78%
lower whites
62%

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 91%
  7. Blue saturation 88%
  8. Green saturation 88%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Contrast 85%
  11. Green hue 80%
  12. Aqua saturation 78%
  13. Red saturation 73%
  14. Blue luminance 70%
  15. Clarity 67%
  16. Orange luminance 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
18%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,350K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. Portra 160⁺¹ - SO 3%
  4. Kodak Portra 400 SO 2%
  5. Camera Standard 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
53%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
89%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 73% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 86% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 91% · lum 60%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 88% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 58% · sat 78% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 66% · sat 88% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 62% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 62% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated September 28, 2026.