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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 3,112 real photos.

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

#16
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.5
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

3,112 all-time photos · 1,830 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 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 3%
  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
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 13%
  7. 2025 41%
  8. 2026 1%

What's mounted on the Sony a9 II

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

Last 90 days · 314 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 27% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 15% flat
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 14% down
  4. 4 Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA 6% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 5% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM 5% up
  7. 7 Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA 5% flat
  8. 8 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 022 3% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM 2% down
  10. 10 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 2% flat
  11. 11 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 2% up
  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 147 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.57
  • Contrast -16
  • Highlights -8
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -2
  • 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
62%
lower whites
64%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 98%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Orange saturation 93%
  4. Contrast 91%
  5. Highlights 89%
  6. Green saturation 88%
  7. Yellow saturation 84%
  8. Orange luminance 81%
  9. Clarity 76%
  10. Green luminance 75%
  11. Yellow luminance 74%
  12. Green hue 71%
  13. Blacks 69%
  14. Vibrance 69%
  15. Whites 67%
  16. Aqua hue 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
22%
Median temperature
5,150K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. R v3.1.2 DD for A9M2 3%
  3. DVLOP III 3%
  4. Camera Vivid 1%
  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
10%
Grain
74%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 24% · lum 47%
  • Orange hue 46% · sat 93% · lum 81%
  • Yellow hue 46% · sat 84% · lum 74%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 88% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 24% · lum 15%
  • Blue hue 15% · sat 57% · lum 49%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 49% · lum 12%
  • Magenta hue 40% · sat 44% · lum 7%

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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.