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Sony a7R III

How 4,240 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

#15
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
92%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R III photos are shot

4,240 all-time photos · 2,314 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 35%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 9%
  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+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 8%
  5. 55mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 28mm 3%
  8. 16mm 2%
  9. 40mm 1%
  10. 200mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 92%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 10%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 4%
  3. 2019 7%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 13%
  7. 2023 20%
  8. 2024 23%
  9. 2025 15%
  10. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R III

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

Last 90 days · 389 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 9% up
  2. 2 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 7% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% down
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 5% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 4% down
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 4% up
  11. 11 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 4% up
  12. 12 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 4% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R III photos are edited

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

from 215 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.6
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +17
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks +2

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7R III tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
73%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Blacks 92%
  3. Shadows 91%
  4. Highlights 89%
  5. Yellow saturation 88%
  6. Green saturation 87%
  7. Whites 86%
  8. Yellow hue 86%
  9. Orange saturation 83%
  10. Green hue 82%
  11. Contrast 81%
  12. Green luminance 80%
  13. Orange luminance 78%
  14. Blue saturation 75%
  15. Orange hue 72%
  16. Vibrance 71%

White balance & profiles

Custom
87%
As Shot
13%
Median temperature
5,775K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Camera Neutral 1%
  4. Camera Landscape 1%
  5. Cobalt Neutral 1%

The Sony a7R III 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
43%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 71% · sat 68% · lum 58%
  • Orange hue 72% · sat 83% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 86% · sat 88% · lum 68%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 87% · lum 80%
  • Aqua hue 64% · sat 61% · lum 36%
  • Blue hue 59% · sat 75% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 63% · sat 63% · lum 23%
  • Magenta hue 56% · sat 66% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 31, 2026.