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Sony a7R V

How 7,977 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 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
87%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R V photos are shot

7,977 all-time photos · 4,931 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 20%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 6%

Sony a7R V shooters live wide open: 41% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 18%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 37mm 1%
  8. 20mm 1%
  9. 30mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 13%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 11%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 1%
  2. 2023 7%
  3. 2024 36%
  4. 2025 43%
  5. 2026 13%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R V

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

Last 90 days · 1,807 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 13% down
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 12% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 10% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 9% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% up
  6. 6 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 4% down
  9. 9 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 4% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  11. 11 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 3% up
  12. 12 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R V photos are edited

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

from 1,291 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R V edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -16
  • Blacks +17
  • Clarity -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
47%
lower whites
42%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Contrast 92%
  3. Exposure 91%
  4. Shadows 90%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Whites 86%
  7. Green saturation 84%
  8. Blue saturation 82%
  9. Orange saturation 80%
  10. Yellow saturation 77%
  11. Orange hue 76%
  12. Green hue 73%
  13. Aqua saturation 73%
  14. Blue hue 72%
  15. Green luminance 71%
  16. Saturation 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
91%
As Shot
8%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,450K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Camera ST 3%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. Camera VV2 2%
  5. TAP Natural 2%

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
33%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 65% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 76% · sat 80% · lum 64%
  • Yellow hue 61% · sat 77% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 73% · sat 84% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 53% · sat 73% · lum 50%
  • Blue hue 72% · sat 82% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 48% · sat 55% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 47% · sat 54% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated November 09, 2026.