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Sony a9 III

How 1,090 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 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,500
1/500s
median shutter
76%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Sony a9 III photos are shot

1,090 all-time photos · 485 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 14%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 28%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 12%
  2. 400 48%
  3. 800 23%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 44%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 22%
  2. 24mm 15%
  3. 28mm 13%
  4. 35mm 11%
  5. 25mm 4%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 16mm 3%
  8. 85mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 34mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 76%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 23%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 10%
Flash fired
37%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2024-2026

  1. 2024 31%
  2. 2025 41%
  3. 2026 28%

What's mounted on the Sony a9 III

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

Last 90 days · 194 photos

  1. 1 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM 17% flat
  2. 2 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 17% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II 16% down
  4. 4 Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM 10% up
  5. 5 Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM 9% up
  6. 6 Viltrox 28mm F4.5 FE 8% up
  7. 7 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 3% flat
  8. 8 Viltrox 50mm F1.4 FE 3% up
  9. 9 Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II 3% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 3% up
  11. 11 Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM 2% up
  12. 12 Viltrox AF 35/1.2 LAB N FE 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Sony a9 III photos are edited

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

from 99 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Sony a9 III edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Contrast -20
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +13
  • Whites -1
  • Blacks -4

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
20%
lower whites
39%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Contrast 95%
  3. Shadows 94%
  4. Exposure 82%
  5. Whites 77%
  6. Blacks 74%
  7. Clarity 59%
  8. Vibrance 56%
  9. Orange saturation 34%
  10. Texture 33%
  11. Orange hue 33%
  12. Purple saturation 31%
  13. Blue saturation 31%
  14. Saturation 30%
  15. Green saturation 30%
  16. Yellow saturation 30%

White balance & profiles

Custom
66%
As Shot
34%
Median temperature
5,600K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Camera ST 5%
  3. Embedded 4%
  4. DVLOP III 2%

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
36%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 26% · sat 22% · lum 15%
  • Orange hue 33% · sat 34% · lum 30%
  • Yellow hue 28% · sat 30% · lum 20%
  • Green hue 22% · sat 30% · lum 25%
  • Aqua hue 29% · sat 30% · lum 19%
  • Blue hue 24% · sat 31% · lum 21%
  • Purple hue 24% · sat 31% · lum 14%
  • Magenta hue 14% · sat 28% · lum 9%

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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 November 02, 2026.