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Sony a7 II

How 831 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 111 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

831 all-time photos · 565 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 26%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 16%

ISO

  1. <=200 59%
  2. 400 12%
  3. 800 9%
  4. 1600 6%
  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 14%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 28%
  5. 1/60s 10%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 27%
  2. 50mm 15%
  3. 55mm 15%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 24mm 5%
  6. 85mm 3%
  7. 70mm 3%
  8. 75mm 2%
  9. 16mm 2%
  10. 34mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 70%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 23%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 4%
  4. Program AE 3%

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 5%
  2. 2015 1%
  3. 2016 17%
  4. 2017 5%
  5. 2018 5%
  6. 2019 4%
  7. 2020 4%
  8. 2021 2%
  9. 2022 12%
  10. 2023 21%
  11. 2024 15%
  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 · 133 photos

  1. 1 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 35% up
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 17% up
  3. 3 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS 12% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 7% down
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% down
  6. 6 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS 2% down
  8. 8 Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA 2% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 2% up
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 2% down
  11. 11 Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS 2% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 II photos are edited

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

from 66 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -39
  • Shadows +38
  • Blacks -4

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
65%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 95%
  2. Yellow saturation 91%
  3. Shadows 89%
  4. Highlights 89%
  5. Contrast 86%
  6. Orange saturation 86%
  7. Green saturation 86%
  8. Blue saturation 86%
  9. Whites 85%
  10. Red saturation 84%
  11. Aqua saturation 84%
  12. Blacks 83%
  13. Green hue 83%
  14. Red hue 81%
  15. Clarity 74%
  16. Blue hue 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
20%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
5,519K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Kodak Portra 400 SO 5%

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
0%
Grain
42%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
83%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 81% · sat 84% · lum 50%
  • Orange hue 64% · sat 86% · lum 48%
  • Yellow hue 70% · sat 91% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 86% · lum 55%
  • Aqua hue 70% · sat 84% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 72% · sat 86% · lum 66%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 70% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 64% · sat 72% · lum 27%

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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 October 19, 2026.