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Sony a7R IV

How 2,114 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 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
93%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R IV photos are shot

2,114 all-time photos · 1,194 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

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

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 16%
  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+ 35%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 20%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 70mm 6%
  5. 85mm 6%
  6. 55mm 2%
  7. 10mm 1%
  8. 34mm 1%
  9. 28mm 1%
  10. 36mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 93%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
3%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 4%
  3. 2021 10%
  4. 2022 16%
  5. 2023 25%
  6. 2024 26%
  7. 2025 15%
  8. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R IV

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

Last 90 days · 182 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 22% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 13% up
  3. 3 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 7% up
  4. 4 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 7% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro 4% up
  8. 8 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 4% down
  9. 9 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  10. 10 Voigtlander HELIAR-HYPER WIDE 10mm F5.6 3% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 28mm f/2 3% up
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 80 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Contrast +4
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -19
  • Blacks +2

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
100%
lift blacks
54%
lower whites
35%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Whites 99%
  2. Highlights 99%
  3. Shadows 95%
  4. Orange saturation 95%
  5. Yellow hue 95%
  6. Blacks 94%
  7. Yellow saturation 94%
  8. Blue saturation 91%
  9. Contrast 90%
  10. Red saturation 90%
  11. Green saturation 89%
  12. Green hue 87%
  13. Orange luminance 86%
  14. Purple saturation 85%
  15. Orange hue 85%
  16. Saturation 85%

White balance & profiles

Custom
69%
As Shot
29%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
6,085K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 4%
  3. TAP Natural 3%
  4. DVLOP FILM II 1%

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
1%
Grain
28%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 83% · sat 90% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 85% · sat 95% · lum 86%
  • Yellow hue 95% · sat 94% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 89% · lum 82%
  • Aqua hue 74% · sat 83% · lum 65%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 91% · lum 72%
  • Purple hue 73% · sat 85% · lum 62%
  • Magenta hue 65% · sat 84% · lum 60%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.