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Sony a9 II

How 3,287 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

#17
most analyzed of 105 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

3,287 all-time photos · 1,951 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 14%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 4%

Sony a9 II shooters live wide open: 41% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 51%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 14%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 36%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 28mm 5%
  5. 70mm 5%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 16mm 2%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 39mm 1%
  10. 40mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 66%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 33%

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

  1. 2019 1%
  2. 2020 1%
  3. 2021 3%
  4. 2022 9%
  5. 2023 31%
  6. 2024 14%
  7. 2025 41%
  8. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Sony a9 II

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

Last 90 days · 251 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 24% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 23% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 9% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 7% up
  5. 5 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 6% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 4% flat
  7. 7 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 3% up
  8. 8 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  10. 10 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 022 3% flat
  11. 11 DT 24-70mm F2.8 SAM 3% up
  12. 12 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a9 II photos are edited

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

from 143 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.31
  • Contrast -7
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +14
  • Clarity -4

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
35%
lower whites
34%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 92%
  2. Shadows 85%
  3. Contrast 84%
  4. Highlights 83%
  5. Blacks 77%
  6. Orange saturation 77%
  7. Yellow saturation 76%
  8. Whites 76%
  9. Orange luminance 76%
  10. Green saturation 75%
  11. Green hue 67%
  12. Clarity 66%
  13. Green luminance 59%
  14. Texture 59%
  15. Blue saturation 58%
  16. Yellow luminance 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
18%
Median temperature
5,400K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 98%
  2. Camera Standard 1%
  3. Camera Vivid 1%
  4. DVLOP III 1%

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
6%
Grain
43%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 48% · sat 46% · lum 51%
  • Orange hue 54% · sat 77% · lum 76%
  • Yellow hue 56% · sat 76% · lum 57%
  • Green hue 67% · sat 75% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 40% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 30% · sat 58% · lum 56%
  • Purple hue 36% · sat 50% · lum 21%
  • Magenta hue 32% · sat 34% · lum 15%

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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.