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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 2,164 real photos.

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
94%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R IV photos are shot

2,164 all-time photos · 1,228 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

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

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  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+ 34%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  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. 85mm 7%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 55mm 2%
  7. 10mm 1%
  8. 28mm 1%
  9. 34mm 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 · 11%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 5%
  2. 2020 4%
  3. 2021 10%
  4. 2022 16%
  5. 2023 24%
  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 · 179 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 22% up
  2. 2 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 10% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% flat
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 6% down
  5. 5 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 5% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 5% up
  8. 8 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro 4% up
  9. 9 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 4% up
  10. 10 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% down
  11. 11 Sony FE 28mm f/2 3% up
  12. 12 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 93 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R IV edit

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

  • Exposure +0.08
  • Contrast +5
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +18
  • Blacks +3

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. Highlights 97%
  2. Yellow saturation 95%
  3. Shadows 95%
  4. Orange saturation 94%
  5. Whites 94%
  6. Blue saturation 91%
  7. Green saturation 91%
  8. Contrast 90%
  9. Blacks 89%
  10. Orange luminance 84%
  11. Yellow hue 82%
  12. Orange hue 81%
  13. Green hue 80%
  14. Green luminance 80%
  15. Vibrance 79%
  16. Exposure 77%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
23%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
6,028K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. 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
2%
Grain
30%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 76% · sat 77% · lum 55%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 94% · lum 84%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 95% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 91% · lum 80%
  • Aqua hue 75% · sat 76% · lum 50%
  • Blue hue 54% · sat 91% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 71% · sat 76% · lum 47%
  • Magenta hue 66% · sat 77% · lum 44%

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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.