Sony · camera stats
Sony a9 II
How 3,187 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
- #16
- most analyzed of 102 cameras
- f/2.5
- median aperture
- ISO 200
- median · p95 3,200
- 1/400s
- median shutter
- 66%
- shot in Manual mode
Shooting DNA
How Sony a9 II photos are shot
3,187 all-time photos · 1,869 with Lightroom edits
Aperture
Sony a9 II shooters live wide open: 42% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.
ISO
Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.
Shutter speed
Focal length
Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.
Exposure mode
Time of day
When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.
- Peak hour
- 17:00 · 16%
- Flash fired
- 12%
Capture year
When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026
What's mounted on the Sony a9 II
Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.
Last 90 days · 202 photos
- 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 21% up
- 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 16% down
- 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 13% down
- 4 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 7% up
- 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 7% up
- 6 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 7% up
- 7 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 4% flat
- 8 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 4% up
- 9 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
- 10 E 17-28mm F2.8-2.8 3% up
- 11 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 3% up
- 12 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 022 2% flat
The edit fingerprint
How Sony a9 II photos are edited
Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.
from 93 Lightroom edits · last 90 days
The typical Sony a9 II edit
Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.
Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.
The Sony a9 II tone curve
Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.
- Custom curve
- 100%
- lift blacks
- 65%
- lower whites
- 55%
Most-touched sliders
Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.
White balance & profiles
- Custom
- 76%
- As Shot
- 24%
- Median temperature
- 5,200K
- Median tint
- +11
The Sony a9 II 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
- 0%
- Grain
- 34%
- Vignette
- 4%
- Cropped
- 100%
Color mixer activity
How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.
- Red hue 55% · sat 38% · lum 37%
- Orange hue 45% · sat 72% · lum 70%
- Yellow hue 41% · sat 66% · lum 46%
- Green hue 50% · sat 60% · lum 38%
- Aqua hue 37% · sat 37% · lum 23%
- Blue hue 29% · sat 58% · lum 50%
- Purple hue 38% · sat 44% · lum 15%
- Magenta hue 35% · sat 39% · lum 12%
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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.