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Sony a7R V

How 6,746 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 105 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

6,746 all-time photos · 4,003 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 51%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 16%
  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+ 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 18%
  3. 24mm 13%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 85mm 4%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 20mm 1%
  8. 37mm 1%
  9. 30mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 85%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 14%

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 46%
  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 · 1,377 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 17% flat
  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 50mm f/1.2 GM 10% flat
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 9% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 5% flat
  7. 7 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 4% up
  9. 9 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 3% up
  10. 10 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 2% up
  11. 11 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 2% up
  12. 12 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a7R V photos are edited

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

from 925 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 -10
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +4
  • Clarity -1

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
61%
lower whites
45%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Exposure 91%
  3. Whites 86%
  4. Contrast 83%
  5. Shadows 83%
  6. Green saturation 79%
  7. Blacks 77%
  8. Blue saturation 74%
  9. Orange hue 70%
  10. Orange saturation 69%
  11. Yellow saturation 67%
  12. Green luminance 66%
  13. Green hue 66%
  14. Orange luminance 64%
  15. Yellow hue 62%
  16. Red hue 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
86%
As Shot
13%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,597K
Median tint
+15
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Camera ST 2%
  3. DVLOP III 2%
  4. TAP Natural 2%
  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
45%
Vignette
11%
Cropped
87%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 57% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 69% · lum 64%
  • Yellow hue 62% · sat 67% · lum 57%
  • Green hue 66% · sat 79% · lum 66%
  • Aqua hue 38% · sat 55% · lum 23%
  • Blue hue 57% · sat 74% · lum 59%
  • Purple hue 39% · sat 47% · lum 24%
  • Magenta hue 32% · sat 46% · 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 September 28, 2026.