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Sony a9 II sample images

Sample images from the Sony a9 II, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 3,147 real photos.

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

#16
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.2
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 3,200
1/400s
median shutter
65%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a9 II photos are shot

3,147 all-time photos · 1,856 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 18%
  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 13%
  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+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 11%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 27%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 28mm 5%
  5. 70mm 5%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 16mm 2%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 40mm 1%
  10. 38mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 65%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 34%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 16%
Flash fired
11%

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 13%
  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 · 267 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 25% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 17% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 11% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 6% up
  6. 6 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 4% flat
  7. 7 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 3% flat
  8. 8 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 022 3% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 2% up
  10. 10 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 2% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 2% down
  12. 12 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 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 123 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.38
  • Contrast -15
  • Highlights -20
  • Shadows +16
  • Whites -7
  • Clarity -5

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
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 97%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Highlights 89%
  4. Contrast 85%
  5. Orange saturation 85%
  6. Whites 81%
  7. Clarity 80%
  8. Orange luminance 80%
  9. Yellow saturation 78%
  10. Blacks 77%
  11. Green saturation 77%
  12. Green hue 66%
  13. Yellow luminance 65%
  14. Green luminance 61%
  15. Orange hue 55%
  16. Texture 54%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
23%
Median temperature
5,159K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. R v3.1.2 DD for A9M2 4%
  3. DVLOP III 3%
  4. Camera Vivid 2%
  5. Camera Standard 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
9%
Grain
56%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 50% · sat 33% · lum 40%
  • Orange hue 55% · sat 85% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 41% · sat 78% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 66% · sat 77% · lum 61%
  • Aqua hue 53% · sat 34% · lum 21%
  • Blue hue 23% · sat 53% · lum 44%
  • Purple hue 36% · sat 44% · lum 16%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 38% · lum 10%

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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.