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Sony a7 IV sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7 IV, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 23,451 real photos.

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

#2
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 IV photos are shot

23,451 all-time photos · 15,720 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  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+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 26%
  2. 50mm 18%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 28mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 55mm 2%
  8. 30mm 1%
  9. 34mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 2%
  2. 2022 5%
  3. 2023 14%
  4. 2024 33%
  5. 2025 36%
  6. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 IV

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

Last 90 days · 5,414 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 15% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 11% up
  3. 3 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 9% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% down
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 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% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 5% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 4% flat
  10. 10 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% down
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 IV photos are edited

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

from 3,535 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -13
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +19
  • Whites -10

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7 IV tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
67%
lower whites
58%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 93%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Yellow saturation 88%
  6. Blacks 88%
  7. Green saturation 87%
  8. Whites 87%
  9. Orange saturation 86%
  10. Blue saturation 84%
  11. Orange luminance 83%
  12. Green hue 83%
  13. Yellow luminance 79%
  14. Green luminance 77%
  15. Orange hue 74%
  16. Yellow hue 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
16%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,950K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. DVLOP X 1%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. DVLOP III 1%
  5. TAP Natural 1%

The Sony a7 IV 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
57%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 62% · sat 70% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 74% · sat 86% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 88% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 87% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 69% · sat 64% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 84% · lum 57%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 57% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 48% · sat 52% · lum 24%

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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.