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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 17,415 real photos.

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

#5
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
82%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 III photos are shot

17,415 all-time photos · 11,476 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 29%
  4. 1/125s 14%
  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 82%
  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 7%
  5. 2022 15%
  6. 2023 24%
  7. 2024 27%
  8. 2025 14%
  9. 2026 4%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 III

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

Last 90 days · 2,446 photos

  1. 1 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 12% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 7% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 7% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  6. 6 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 5% down
  7. 7 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 5% up
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 4% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% flat
  11. 11 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat
  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 1,619 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
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +21
  • Whites -10

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
68%
lower whites
65%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Contrast 91%
  4. Green saturation 89%
  5. Exposure 89%
  6. Whites 88%
  7. Blacks 88%
  8. Green hue 86%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Yellow saturation 86%
  11. Blue saturation 84%
  12. Yellow hue 74%
  13. Red saturation 73%
  14. Orange luminance 72%
  15. Aqua saturation 72%
  16. Green luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
24%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,864K
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
7%
Grain
48%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 72% · sat 86% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 74% · sat 86% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 86% · sat 89% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 55% · sat 72% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 69% · sat 84% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 51% · sat 61% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 63% · 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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.