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Sony a7R V

How 6,218 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 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
85%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R V photos are shot

6,218 all-time photos · 3,686 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 20%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 6%

Sony a7R V shooters live wide open: 42% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  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 16%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 22%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 28mm 9%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 37mm 1%
  9. 30mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 85%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 15%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 12%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 1%
  2. 2023 6%
  3. 2024 35%
  4. 2025 48%
  5. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R V

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

Last 90 days · 1,323 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 23% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 14% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 11% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 7% down
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 6% up
  6. 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN II Art 6% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  8. 8 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 4% down
  9. 9 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% up
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  11. 11 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 2% up
  12. 12 FE 12-24mm F2.8 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 939 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a7R V edit

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

  • Exposure +0.18
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -28
  • Shadows +23
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +4

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
67%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Exposure 90%
  3. Whites 90%
  4. Shadows 82%
  5. Contrast 82%
  6. Green saturation 81%
  7. Blue saturation 77%
  8. Blacks 75%
  9. Orange hue 75%
  10. Orange saturation 75%
  11. Yellow saturation 72%
  12. Green luminance 69%
  13. Yellow hue 68%
  14. Green hue 68%
  15. Orange luminance 68%
  16. Red saturation 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,626K
Median tint
+16
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. DVLOP III 2%
  3. Camera ST 2%
  4. Camera VV2 1%
  5. Embedded 1%

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
50%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 67% · lum 63%
  • Orange hue 75% · sat 75% · lum 68%
  • Yellow hue 68% · sat 72% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 81% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 60% · lum 24%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 77% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 52% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 47% · lum 17%

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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 August 31, 2026.