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Sony a7 III

How 16,320 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

#4
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

16,320 all-time photos · 10,784 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  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 29%
  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 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 13%
  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 · 2,439 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 15% up
  2. 2 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 12% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 6% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% flat
  6. 6 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 4% up
  8. 8 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 3% down
  10. 10 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 3% down
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 III photos are edited

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

from 1,507 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 -6
  • Highlights -44
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -11

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
66%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 94%
  3. Green saturation 91%
  4. Contrast 90%
  5. Green hue 89%
  6. Orange saturation 88%
  7. Exposure 88%
  8. Whites 88%
  9. Blacks 86%
  10. Yellow saturation 85%
  11. Blue saturation 82%
  12. Orange luminance 78%
  13. Yellow hue 77%
  14. Orange hue 73%
  15. Yellow luminance 72%
  16. Green luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
21%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,830K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Camera Standard 2%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. DVLOP X 0%
  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
5%
Grain
47%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 71% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 73% · sat 88% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 85% · lum 72%
  • Green hue 89% · sat 91% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 70% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 82% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 52% · sat 64% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 61% · sat 65% · lum 38%

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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.