Thanks for bumping that informative thread, Jonas.
To the OP, it depends on several factors, like if you are shooting RAW, JPEG, which software you use to process your images, so some extend lenses, etc. In my experience having been on several generations of Sony mirrorless cameras, most recently a7RV and a7CII - yes, Sony's color science is improving with each new generation of sensors and cameras. I actually find that I like Sony's color science at this point while Nikon's are great for landscape, product and wildlife, and Canon peachy starting point is flattering for portrait/people photography - if we dare/are allowed to generalize. If anything, Sony does skew to the green.
I haven't tried the latest a7V, but I wen't from the a7IV to the a7RV and it was a definite improvement in color. But as always, if you shoot RAW you can get any camera's file to look pretty much any way you like it.
Jonas point about color profile is a good one. It is worth investing some time to understand one's preferences and see if you can develop some profiles to get a good starting point, perhaps even no post-processing. Secondly, I use LR Classic and I found that it makes a big difference on which profiles I use as a starting point in LR. Adobe RAW profiles like Landscape, Standard, Vivid, etc makes a big difference.
Feb 08, 2026 at 07:25 AM
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