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Sony a7R V

How 5,234 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

#9
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
86%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R V photos are shot

5,234 all-time photos · 3,014 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 20%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 30%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 7%

ISO

  1. <=200 53%
  2. 400 19%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 21%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 30mm 1%
  9. 37mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 86%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 14%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 11%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 7%
  2. 2024 37%
  3. 2025 49%
  4. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R V

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

Last 90 days · 1,144 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 26% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% down
  3. 3 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 9% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 9% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 8% down
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 7% up
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% up
  8. 8 28-105mm F2.8 DG DN | Art 024 4% up
  9. 9 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 2% down
  11. 11 FE 12-24mm F2.8 GM 2% flat
  12. 12 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R V photos are edited

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

from 726 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R V edit

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

  • Exposure +0.11
  • Highlights -22
  • Shadows +23
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +2

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a7R V tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
79%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Whites 93%
  3. Shadows 89%
  4. Exposure 88%
  5. Green saturation 83%
  6. Orange hue 82%
  7. Blue saturation 81%
  8. Blacks 80%
  9. Contrast 78%
  10. Blue luminance 76%
  11. Green luminance 75%
  12. Orange saturation 74%
  13. Red hue 74%
  14. Red saturation 73%
  15. Aqua saturation 73%
  16. Orange luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,740K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Camera VV2 1%
  3. Camera ST 1%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. Cobalt Modular 0%

The Sony a7R V 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
55%
Vignette
11%
Cropped
92%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 74% · sat 73% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 82% · sat 74% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 69% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 69% · sat 83% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 58% · sat 73% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 81% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 65% · lum 46%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 60% · lum 25%

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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.