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Sony a7 IV

How 24,916 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 102 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

24,916 all-time photos · 16,812 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 46%
  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 18%
  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 17%
  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 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%

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 5%
  3. 2023 14%
  4. 2024 32%
  5. 2025 37%
  6. 2026 11%

What's mounted on the Sony a7 IV

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

Last 90 days · 5,489 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 15% up
  2. 2 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 10% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 8% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 8% up
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
  6. 6 Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary 5% up
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 4% down
  9. 9 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 3% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 3% down
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 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 3,694 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7 IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Contrast -13
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +20
  • 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
98%
lift blacks
67%
lower whites
57%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Blacks 88%
  6. Green saturation 88%
  7. Yellow saturation 87%
  8. Whites 86%
  9. Orange saturation 83%
  10. Green hue 82%
  11. Orange luminance 81%
  12. Blue saturation 81%
  13. Yellow luminance 75%
  14. Yellow hue 72%
  15. Green luminance 71%
  16. Orange hue 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
17%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,884K
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
8%
Grain
53%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 61% · sat 68% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 83% · lum 81%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 87% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 88% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 61% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 81% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 51% · sat 59% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 52% · sat 56% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 31, 2026.