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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 21,697 real photos.

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

#3
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 IV photos are shot

21,697 all-time photos · 14,483 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 18%
  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 16%
  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 7%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 28mm 4%
  7. 55mm 2%
  8. 30mm 1%
  9. 34mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%

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 15%
  4. 2024 34%
  5. 2025 36%
  6. 2026 9%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 IV

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

Last 90 days · 4,816 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 15% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 13% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 12% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 8% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% flat
  6. 6 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 4% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 4% up
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% up
  11. 11 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 3% flat
  12. 12 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7 IV photos are edited

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

from 3,148 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 -12
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -4

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
63%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 92%
  3. Blacks 89%
  4. Contrast 88%
  5. Exposure 87%
  6. Yellow saturation 86%
  7. Whites 86%
  8. Green saturation 84%
  9. Orange saturation 84%
  10. Green hue 83%
  11. Blue saturation 81%
  12. Orange luminance 79%
  13. Yellow luminance 75%
  14. Green luminance 74%
  15. Yellow hue 71%
  16. Orange hue 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
19%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,950K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. DVLOP X 1%
  4. Camera ST 1%
  5. TAP Natural 0%

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
5%
Grain
51%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 67% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 69% · sat 84% · lum 79%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 86% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 84% · lum 74%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 62% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 81% · lum 53%
  • Purple hue 45% · sat 53% · lum 27%
  • Magenta hue 48% · sat 51% · lum 23%

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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.