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Sony a7 III sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7 III, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 16,931 real photos.

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

#5
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
81%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 III photos are shot

16,931 all-time photos · 11,107 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 18%
  3. 85mm 10%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 55mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 28mm 3%
  8. 34mm 1%
  9. 75mm 1%
  10. 25mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 81%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 17%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 12%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2018-2026

  1. 2018 2%
  2. 2019 3%
  3. 2020 4%
  4. 2021 8%
  5. 2022 15%
  6. 2023 25%
  7. 2024 27%
  8. 2025 14%
  9. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 III

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

Last 90 days · 2,675 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 14% up
  2. 2 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 13% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 6% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% down
  6. 6 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% up
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% down
  8. 8 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 3% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 III photos are edited

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

from 1,666 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Contrast -3
  • Highlights -42
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -15

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7 III tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
63%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Green saturation 92%
  4. Contrast 90%
  5. Exposure 90%
  6. Whites 89%
  7. Green hue 89%
  8. Orange saturation 89%
  9. Blacks 87%
  10. Yellow saturation 85%
  11. Blue saturation 84%
  12. Yellow hue 75%
  13. Aqua saturation 74%
  14. Red saturation 74%
  15. Orange luminance 73%
  16. Orange hue 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
22%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,850K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Camera Standard 2%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. Camera Neutral 0%

The Sony a7 III 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
6%
Grain
44%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 74% · lum 58%
  • Orange hue 73% · sat 89% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 75% · sat 85% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 89% · sat 92% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 74% · lum 48%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 84% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 63% · lum 34%
  • Magenta hue 58% · sat 64% · lum 41%

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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.