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Sony a7R IV

How 2,629 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

#21
most analyzed of 105 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

2,629 all-time photos · 1,553 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

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

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 8%
  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 19%
  3. 24mm 13%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 55mm 2%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 10mm 1%
  9. 34mm 1%
  10. 38mm 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 5%
  3. 2021 9%
  4. 2022 14%
  5. 2023 22%
  6. 2024 24%
  7. 2025 17%
  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 · 424 photos

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

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R IV photos are edited

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

from 306 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 -35
  • Shadows +30
  • Vibrance +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
54%
lower whites
45%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Blacks 90%
  5. Whites 90%
  6. Contrast 89%
  7. Green saturation 83%
  8. Yellow saturation 82%
  9. Orange saturation 82%
  10. Blue saturation 77%
  11. Vibrance 72%
  12. Green hue 72%
  13. Yellow hue 72%
  14. Orange hue 72%
  15. Yellow luminance 69%
  16. Green luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
76%
As Shot
24%
Median temperature
5,939K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 4%

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
8%
Grain
43%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 58% · sat 63% · lum 58%
  • Orange hue 72% · sat 82% · lum 68%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 82% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 83% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 61% · sat 63% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 47% · sat 77% · lum 60%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 54% · lum 17%
  • Magenta hue 41% · sat 51% · lum 26%

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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 September 28, 2026.