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Sony a7R IV

How 3,290 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

#20
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
94%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R IV photos are shot

3,290 all-time photos · 1,998 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 23%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 55mm 3%
  7. 34mm 1%
  8. 28mm 1%
  9. 38mm 1%
  10. 33mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 94%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 5%
  2. 2020 7%
  3. 2021 10%
  4. 2022 14%
  5. 2023 25%
  6. 2024 21%
  7. 2025 14%
  8. 2026 4%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R IV

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

Last 90 days · 644 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 18% down
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 12% up
  3. 3 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 6% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 5% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 5% down
  6. 6 ZEISS Batis 1.8/85 4% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS 4% flat
  8. 8 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% up
  9. 9 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 3% down
  11. 11 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 3% down
  12. 12 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 421 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.41
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +30

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7R IV tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
58%
lower whites
37%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 96%
  3. Exposure 88%
  4. Blacks 88%
  5. Whites 88%
  6. Contrast 83%
  7. Orange saturation 74%
  8. Green saturation 73%
  9. Blue saturation 72%
  10. Yellow saturation 71%
  11. Clarity 68%
  12. Green hue 65%
  13. Saturation 63%
  14. Orange luminance 63%
  15. Vibrance 63%
  16. Yellow luminance 61%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,732K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 4%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 1%
  4. Camera Neutral 0%

The Sony a7R IV 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
33%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 47% · sat 58% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 60% · sat 74% · lum 63%
  • Yellow hue 58% · sat 71% · lum 61%
  • Green hue 65% · sat 73% · lum 54%
  • Aqua hue 42% · sat 56% · lum 36%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 72% · lum 53%
  • Purple hue 35% · sat 38% · lum 21%
  • Magenta hue 28% · sat 29% · lum 22%

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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 09, 2026.