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Sony a7R III sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7R III, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 4,120 real photos.

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

#15
most analyzed of 98 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

4,120 all-time photos · 2,245 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+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 17%
  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 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

Exposure mode

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

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 7%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 13%
  7. 2023 20%
  8. 2024 23%
  9. 2025 14%
  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 · 334 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% down
  3. 3 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 6% up
  4. 4 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 6% flat
  8. 8 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 5% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 5% up
  10. 10 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 5% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 4% flat
  12. 12 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 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 191 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 -12
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +14
  • Whites -12
  • 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
99%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
71%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 98%
  2. Highlights 94%
  3. Blacks 93%
  4. Orange saturation 92%
  5. Yellow saturation 90%
  6. Whites 90%
  7. Yellow hue 89%
  8. Green saturation 88%
  9. Shadows 87%
  10. Contrast 87%
  11. Green hue 86%
  12. Red hue 81%
  13. Blue saturation 81%
  14. Green luminance 80%
  15. Orange hue 79%
  16. Magenta saturation 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
89%
As Shot
11%
Median temperature
5,842K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. 7RM3 1DxII StandartD 1%
  4. Camera Landscape 1%
  5. Camera Portrait 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
3%
Grain
49%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 81% · sat 72% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 79% · sat 92% · lum 77%
  • Yellow hue 89% · sat 90% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 86% · sat 88% · lum 80%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 70% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 81% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 70% · sat 76% · lum 31%
  • Magenta hue 67% · sat 79% · 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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.