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Sony a7R V

How 7,280 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 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
86%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a7R V photos are shot

7,280 all-time photos · 4,423 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 20%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 7%

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

ISO

  1. <=200 50%
  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 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  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 18%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 20mm 1%
  8. 37mm 1%
  9. 30mm 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 · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 1%
  2. 2023 7%
  3. 2024 35%
  4. 2025 45%
  5. 2026 12%

What's mounted on the Sony a7R V

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

Last 90 days · 1,478 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 14% down
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 12% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 10% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% down
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 5% down
  8. 8 Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD 4% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 3% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  12. 12 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 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 1,022 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 -13
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +35
  • Whites -8
  • Blacks +12
  • Clarity -5

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
48%
lower whites
47%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Exposure 92%
  3. Contrast 90%
  4. Shadows 89%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Whites 83%
  7. Green saturation 80%
  8. Blue saturation 78%
  9. Orange saturation 76%
  10. Yellow saturation 73%
  11. Green luminance 72%
  12. Green hue 70%
  13. Clarity 69%
  14. Orange hue 69%
  15. Red hue 66%
  16. Orange luminance 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
92%
As Shot
8%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,545K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Camera ST 3%
  3. Camera VV2 2%
  4. Embedded 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
2%
Grain
35%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 61% · lum 63%
  • Orange hue 69% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Yellow hue 60% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Green hue 70% · sat 80% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 42% · sat 63% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 78% · lum 63%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 47% · lum 22%
  • Magenta hue 42% · sat 48% · lum 13%

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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 October 19, 2026.