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Sony a9 sample images

Sample images from the Sony a9, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 2,590 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#19
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.2
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 3,200
1/400s
median shutter
67%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a9 photos are shot

2,590 all-time photos · 1,822 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 19%
  2. f/1.8 30%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 14%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 5%

Sony a9 shooters live wide open: 49% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 4%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 39%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 37%
  2. 50mm 13%
  3. 85mm 10%
  4. 55mm 6%
  5. 24mm 6%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 135mm 1%
  9. 200mm 1%
  10. 30mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 67%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 30%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 14%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 3%
  2. 2018 9%
  3. 2019 6%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 12%
  6. 2022 19%
  7. 2023 19%
  8. 2024 16%
  9. 2025 11%
  10. 2026 1%

What's mounted on the Sony a9

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

Last 90 days · 183 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 23% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 11% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 8% up
  4. 4 Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 8% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 6% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS 6% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS (SEL70200GM) 5% up
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% up
  9. 9 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 3% down
  10. 10 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 3% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 3% down
  12. 12 Canon 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015 3% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a9 photos are edited

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

from 124 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Contrast -4
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +18

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a9 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
46%
lower whites
50%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Orange luminance 92%
  4. Orange saturation 90%
  5. Yellow saturation 88%
  6. Shadows 86%
  7. Green saturation 84%
  8. Yellow hue 82%
  9. Orange hue 81%
  10. Red hue 81%
  11. Aqua saturation 81%
  12. Contrast 81%
  13. Whites 80%
  14. Red luminance 79%
  15. Blue luminance 76%
  16. Magenta saturation 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
73%
As Shot
27%
Median temperature
5,329K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 87%
  2. Fuji Velvia 50 - SO 7%
  3. Camera Standard 5%
  4. Camera Monochrome 1%

The Sony a9 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
8%
Grain
48%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 81% · sat 71% · lum 79%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 90% · lum 92%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 88% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 84% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 81% · lum 42%
  • Blue hue 73% · sat 73% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 75% · sat 73% · lum 42%
  • Magenta hue 62% · sat 75% · lum 41%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.