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Sony a7C sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7C, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 277 real photos.

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

#64
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/400s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7C photos are shot

277 all-time photos · 167 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 25%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 30%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 3%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 19%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 34%
  2. 1/500s 24%
  3. 1/250s 16%
  4. 1/125s 21%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 55mm 19%
  2. 85mm 16%
  3. 35mm 14%
  4. 50mm 12%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 75mm 5%
  7. 28mm 4%
  8. 24mm 4%
  9. 25mm 2%
  10. 40mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%
  3. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
14:00 · 17%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 16%
  3. 2022 5%
  4. 2023 29%
  5. 2024 26%
  6. 2025 11%
  7. 2026 11%

What's mounted on the Sony a7C

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

  1. 1 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 19% flat
  2. 2 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 9% flat
  3. 3 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 8% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 4% flat
  5. 5 TTARTISAN 75mm F2.0 4% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  7. 7 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 3% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  9. 9 E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071 3% flat
  10. 10 DT 85mm F1.2 SAM 3% flat
  11. 11 Viltrox 85mm F1.8 2% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7C photos are edited

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

from 167 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Sony a7C edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Highlights -27
  • Shadows +9
  • Whites -23
  • Saturation -1

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7C tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
78%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 95%
  2. Orange saturation 90%
  3. Highlights 88%
  4. Contrast 86%
  5. Yellow saturation 86%
  6. Whites 83%
  7. Saturation 78%
  8. Orange luminance 75%
  9. Orange hue 75%
  10. Shadows 74%
  11. Blacks 73%
  12. Green saturation 70%
  13. Green hue 68%
  14. Red luminance 65%
  15. Red hue 65%
  16. Red saturation 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
21%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,067K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Embedded 7%
  3. Camera Portrait 1%
  4. Camera Neutral 1%

The Sony a7C 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
2%
Grain
42%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
77%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 62% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 75% · sat 90% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 53% · sat 86% · lum 57%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 70% · lum 49%
  • Aqua hue 40% · sat 52% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 41% · sat 58% · lum 50%
  • Purple hue 38% · sat 49% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 43% · sat 48% · lum 16%

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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.