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Sony a7R III

How 4,804 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 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R III photos are shot

4,804 all-time photos · 2,644 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 34%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 50%
  2. 400 19%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 8%
  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 16%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 29%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 85mm 9%
  5. 55mm 4%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 28mm 3%
  8. 16mm 1%
  9. 40mm 1%
  10. 200mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  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 · 9%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 4%
  3. 2019 6%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 12%
  7. 2023 20%
  8. 2024 22%
  9. 2025 14%
  10. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R III

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

Last 90 days · 549 photos

  1. 1 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 11% up
  2. 2 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 10% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 9% up
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 9% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 5% down
  7. 7 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 4% up
  8. 8 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 3% down
  9. 9 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% down
  10. 10 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 3% down
  11. 11 FE 24-50mm F2.8 G 3% up
  12. 12 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R III photos are edited

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

from 308 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Contrast -1
  • Highlights -21
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -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
74%
lower whites
52%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 93%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Highlights 92%
  4. Contrast 88%
  5. Whites 86%
  6. Blacks 83%
  7. Yellow saturation 83%
  8. Green saturation 77%
  9. Green hue 71%
  10. Yellow luminance 65%
  11. Orange saturation 64%
  12. Orange luminance 62%
  13. Clarity 59%
  14. Green luminance 59%
  15. Yellow hue 58%
  16. Orange hue 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
89%
As Shot
11%
Median temperature
5,643K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. Camera Neutral 1%
  4. TAP Natural 1%
  5. Camera Landscape 0%

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
4%
Grain
58%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
92%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 44% · sat 50% · lum 42%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 64% · lum 62%
  • Yellow hue 58% · sat 83% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 77% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 44% · sat 39% · lum 21%
  • Blue hue 47% · sat 49% · lum 35%
  • Purple hue 40% · sat 42% · lum 25%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 38% · lum 19%

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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.