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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 3,978 real photos.

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

#14
most analyzed of 99 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

3,978 all-time photos · 2,160 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  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 27%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 4%

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 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
15:00 · 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 24%
  9. 2025 14%
  10. 2026 1%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R III

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

Last 90 days · 342 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 8% up
  2. 2 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 7% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% down
  4. 4 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% flat
  7. 7 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 6% up
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 4% flat
  11. 11 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 4% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R III photos are edited

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

from 177 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.7
  • Contrast -14
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +21
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks +3

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
78%
lower whites
74%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 98%
  2. Highlights 98%
  3. Whites 95%
  4. Blacks 94%
  5. Yellow saturation 94%
  6. Orange saturation 89%
  7. Contrast 89%
  8. Green saturation 89%
  9. Yellow hue 88%
  10. Green hue 87%
  11. Shadows 86%
  12. Magenta saturation 85%
  13. Purple saturation 82%
  14. Yellow luminance 82%
  15. Blue luminance 81%
  16. Blue hue 81%

White balance & profiles

Custom
87%
As Shot
13%
Median temperature
5,674K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. 7RM3 1DxII StandartD 1%
  4. Camera Neutral 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
5%
Grain
52%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 79% · sat 75% · lum 72%
  • Orange hue 78% · sat 89% · lum 79%
  • Yellow hue 88% · sat 94% · lum 82%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 89% · lum 76%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 80% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 81% · sat 73% · lum 81%
  • Purple hue 76% · sat 82% · lum 34%
  • Magenta hue 80% · sat 85% · lum 29%

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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 July 20, 2026.