Sony · camera stats
Sony a7 II
How 547 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
- #47
- most analyzed of 99 cameras
- f/2.8
- median aperture
- ISO 160
- median · p95 1,600
- 1/250s
- median shutter
- 72%
- shot in Manual mode
Shooting DNA
How Sony a7 II photos are shot
547 all-time photos · 413 with Lightroom edits
Aperture
ISO
Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.
Shutter speed
Focal length
Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.
Exposure mode
Time of day
When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.
- Peak hour
- 16:00 · 12%
- Flash fired
- 7%
Capture year
When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026
What's mounted on the Sony a7 II
Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.
- 1 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 17% flat
- 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 14% flat
- 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 8% flat
- 4 Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS 6% flat
- 5 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 6% flat
- 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
- 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
- 8 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% flat
- 9 SAMYANG AF 35mm F1.4 4% flat
- 10 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% flat
- 11 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS 3% flat
- 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 413 Lightroom edits · all time
The typical Sony a7 II edit
Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.
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
- 62%
Most-touched sliders
Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.
White balance & profiles
- Custom
- 82%
- As Shot
- 17%
- Auto
- 1%
- Median temperature
- 5,382K
- Median tint
- +6
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
- 8%
- Cropped
- 89%
Color mixer activity
How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.
- Red hue 65% · sat 74% · lum 55%
- Orange hue 61% · sat 91% · lum 68%
- Yellow hue 68% · sat 92% · lum 56%
- Green hue 83% · sat 92% · lum 67%
- Aqua hue 62% · sat 80% · lum 43%
- Blue hue 68% · sat 92% · lum 70%
- Purple hue 46% · sat 61% · lum 30%
- Magenta hue 44% · sat 61% · 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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.