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Sony a7R IV sample images

Sample images from the Sony a7R IV, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 2,291 real photos.

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

#20
most analyzed of 98 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

2,291 all-time photos · 1,307 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 14%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 26%
  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+ 34%
  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 19%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 55mm 2%
  7. 10mm 1%
  8. 34mm 1%
  9. 28mm 1%
  10. 36mm 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 · 12%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 5%
  2. 2020 5%
  3. 2021 10%
  4. 2022 15%
  5. 2023 23%
  6. 2024 25%
  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 · 270 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 32% up
  2. 2 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 9% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% flat
  4. 4 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 6% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 4% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 4% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 4% down
  8. 8 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 3% up
  10. 10 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro 3% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 148 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.16
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +25
  • Clarity -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
99%
lift blacks
61%
lower whites
38%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Orange saturation 93%
  4. Yellow saturation 92%
  5. Blue saturation 90%
  6. Whites 90%
  7. Contrast 90%
  8. Blacks 89%
  9. Green saturation 88%
  10. Exposure 82%
  11. Green hue 80%
  12. Orange luminance 80%
  13. Orange hue 79%
  14. Vibrance 79%
  15. Red saturation 79%
  16. Green luminance 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
24%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,092K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. TAP Natural 1%
  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
3%
Grain
29%
Vignette
18%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 75% · sat 79% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 79% · sat 93% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 92% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 88% · lum 79%
  • Aqua hue 75% · sat 75% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 90% · lum 65%
  • Purple hue 71% · sat 77% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 61% · sat 76% · lum 41%

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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.