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Sony a9 II

How 3,431 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 111 cameras
f/2.2
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 3,200
1/400s
median shutter
68%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a9 II photos are shot

3,431 all-time photos · 2,053 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 19%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 14%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 4%

Sony a9 II shooters live wide open: 42% 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 3%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 29%
  2. 50mm 24%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 28mm 5%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 16mm 2%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 39mm 1%
  10. 40mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 68%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 32%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 15%
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 30%
  6. 2024 14%
  7. 2025 41%
  8. 2026 3%

What's mounted on the Sony a9 II

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

Last 90 days · 259 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 23% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 21% up
  3. 3 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 8% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 5% down
  6. 6 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 5% flat
  8. 8 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 4% up
  9. 9 65mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary 020 3% up
  10. 10 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% up
  11. 11 DT 24-70mm F2.8 SAM 3% up
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 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 187 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.22
  • Contrast -20
  • Highlights -36
  • 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
32%
lower whites
37%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 91%
  2. Highlights 90%
  3. Shadows 90%
  4. Exposure 88%
  5. Blacks 84%
  6. Clarity 76%
  7. Whites 75%
  8. Orange saturation 61%
  9. Yellow saturation 58%
  10. Orange luminance 53%
  11. Yellow hue 49%
  12. Orange hue 49%
  13. Blue saturation 48%
  14. Green saturation 47%
  15. Vibrance 45%
  16. Blue luminance 43%

White balance & profiles

Custom
89%
As Shot
11%
Median temperature
5,500K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 85%
  2. Camera Standard 10%
  3. Embedded 3%
  4. Camera Vivid 2%
  5. 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
5%
Grain
45%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 41% · sat 42% · lum 38%
  • Orange hue 49% · sat 61% · lum 53%
  • Yellow hue 49% · sat 58% · lum 37%
  • Green hue 42% · sat 47% · lum 37%
  • Aqua hue 33% · sat 33% · lum 26%
  • Blue hue 34% · sat 48% · lum 43%
  • Purple hue 29% · sat 41% · lum 16%
  • Magenta hue 24% · sat 28% · lum 11%

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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 October 19, 2026.