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Sony a7 IV

How 31,176 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

#2
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/319s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7 IV photos are shot

31,176 all-time photos · 21,348 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 30%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 25%
  2. 50mm 18%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 28mm 5%
  6. 70mm 5%
  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
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 2%
  2. 2022 4%
  3. 2023 13%
  4. 2024 29%
  5. 2025 38%
  6. 2026 15%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 IV

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

Last 90 days · 7,202 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 16% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 13% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 7% flat
  4. 4 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% down
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% down
  7. 7 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 5% up
  8. 8 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 3% flat
  11. 11 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 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 5,208 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +20

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
99%
lift blacks
64%
lower whites
56%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 94%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Contrast 91%
  5. Blacks 87%
  6. Whites 86%
  7. Orange saturation 80%
  8. Green saturation 79%
  9. Yellow saturation 79%
  10. Green hue 75%
  11. Blue saturation 72%
  12. Orange luminance 72%
  13. Yellow hue 70%
  14. Yellow luminance 66%
  15. Orange hue 63%
  16. Red saturation 63%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
17%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,850K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 1%
  3. DVLOP X 1%
  4. Camera ST 1%
  5. Camera NT 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
7%
Grain
41%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 63% · lum 61%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 80% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 70% · sat 79% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 75% · sat 79% · lum 61%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 52% · lum 36%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 72% · lum 55%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 55% · lum 22%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 54% · lum 20%

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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 November 02, 2026.