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Sony a9 III

How 743 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

#36
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/641s
median shutter
71%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a9 III photos are shot

743 all-time photos · 328 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 14%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 26%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 9%
  2. 400 51%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 4%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 48%
  2. 1/500s 11%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 19%
  2. 24mm 15%
  3. 35mm 11%
  4. 28mm 8%
  5. 25mm 6%
  6. 70mm 5%
  7. 31mm 3%
  8. 34mm 2%
  9. 33mm 2%
  10. 85mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 71%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 29%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
35%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2024-2026

  1. 2024 38%
  2. 2025 56%
  3. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Sony a9 III

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

Last 90 days · 106 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 36% up
  2. 2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 15% down
  3. 3 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  4. 4 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 9% down
  5. 5 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 8% up
  6. 6 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 7% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 4% flat
  8. 8 Viltrox 28mm F4.5 FE 3% up
  9. 9 FE 50-150mm F2 GM 2% up
  10. 10 Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 2% up
  11. 11 FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS 1% flat
  12. 12 FE 16-25mm F2.8 G 1% down

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a9 III photos are edited

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

from 76 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.22
  • Contrast -16
  • Highlights -47
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -1
  • Clarity -5
  • Vibrance +3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Sony a9 III tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
79%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 100%
  2. Shadows 97%
  3. Whites 96%
  4. Orange saturation 95%
  5. Yellow saturation 93%
  6. Green saturation 92%
  7. Contrast 92%
  8. Exposure 92%
  9. Blacks 91%
  10. Blue saturation 91%
  11. Blue luminance 86%
  12. Yellow hue 84%
  13. Green hue 84%
  14. Green luminance 83%
  15. Red hue 83%
  16. Orange luminance 83%

White balance & profiles

Custom
79%
As Shot
21%
Median temperature
5,474K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. Camera ST 4%
  3. DVLOP III 3%
  4. Embedded 3%
  5. DVLOP X 1%

The Sony a9 III 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
45%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
91%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 83% · sat 82% · lum 80%
  • Orange hue 74% · sat 95% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 84% · sat 93% · lum 72%
  • Green hue 84% · sat 92% · lum 83%
  • Aqua hue 68% · sat 78% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 82% · sat 91% · lum 86%
  • Purple hue 66% · sat 78% · lum 65%
  • Magenta hue 26% · sat 80% · lum 57%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.