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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 2,549 real photos.

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

#19
most analyzed of 99 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

2,549 all-time photos · 1,786 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 31%
  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 51%
  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 29%
  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 17%
  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 · 194 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 24% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 10% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 8% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 7% flat
  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) 6% up
  8. 8 Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA 4% down
  9. 9 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 4% down
  10. 10 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 3% flat
  11. 11 SAMYANG AF 35mm F1.4 P FE 2% new
  12. 12 Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a9 photos are edited

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

from 128 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.32
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +36
  • Whites -12
  • Blacks +10
  • Saturation -6

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
59%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Orange luminance 98%
  3. Exposure 96%
  4. Orange saturation 95%
  5. Yellow saturation 92%
  6. Red hue 89%
  7. Green saturation 88%
  8. Blacks 88%
  9. Yellow hue 87%
  10. Orange hue 86%
  11. Shadows 84%
  12. Red luminance 84%
  13. Purple hue 83%
  14. Blue luminance 83%
  15. Magenta saturation 83%
  16. Aqua saturation 82%

White balance & profiles

Custom
79%
As Shot
21%
Median temperature
5,329K
Median tint
+11
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  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
9%
Grain
56%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 89% · sat 69% · lum 84%
  • Orange hue 86% · sat 95% · lum 98%
  • Yellow hue 87% · sat 92% · lum 74%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 88% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 71% · sat 82% · lum 37%
  • Blue hue 76% · sat 80% · lum 83%
  • Purple hue 83% · sat 80% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 71% · sat 83% · lum 32%

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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 July 20, 2026.