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Sony a7 III

How 20,214 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

#5
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
83%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 III photos are shot

20,214 all-time photos · 13,585 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 16%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

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 17%
  3. 85mm 9%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 55mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 28mm 3%
  8. 34mm 1%
  9. 75mm 1%
  10. 25mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 83%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 16%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 11%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2018-2026

  1. 2018 2%
  2. 2019 3%
  3. 2020 3%
  4. 2021 7%
  5. 2022 14%
  6. 2023 23%
  7. 2024 26%
  8. 2025 16%
  9. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 III

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

Last 90 days · 3,162 photos

  1. 1 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 11% up
  2. 2 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 7% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 7% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 6% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% down
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% down
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 4% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 4% down
  10. 10 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 4% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 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 2,338 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Highlights -37
  • Shadows +28
  • Whites -3

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
99%
lift blacks
60%
lower whites
64%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 93%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Whites 86%
  6. Blacks 86%
  7. Yellow saturation 81%
  8. Orange saturation 81%
  9. Green saturation 80%
  10. Green hue 78%
  11. Blue saturation 74%
  12. Orange hue 72%
  13. Yellow hue 69%
  14. Orange luminance 66%
  15. Red saturation 65%
  16. Yellow luminance 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
22%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,010K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Camera Neutral 2%
  4. Camera Standard 1%
  5. Camera Portrait 1%

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
46%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
92%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 61% · sat 65% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 72% · sat 81% · lum 66%
  • Yellow hue 69% · sat 81% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 80% · lum 65%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 59% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 64% · sat 74% · lum 52%
  • Purple hue 41% · sat 53% · lum 15%
  • Magenta hue 43% · sat 52% · lum 18%

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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.