Nikon · camera stats

D4

How 327 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

#69
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
86%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D4 photos are shot

327 all-time photos · 176 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 10%
  3. f/2.8 47%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 51%
  2. 400 17%
  3. 800 21%
  4. 1600 7%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 36%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 22%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 7%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 42%
  2. 85mm 9%
  3. 50mm 9%
  4. 500mm 7%
  5. 200mm 7%
  6. 14mm 3%
  7. 70mm 3%
  8. 24mm 3%
  9. 58mm 2%
  10. 98mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 86%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 13%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 17%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2012-2026

  1. 2012 2%
  2. 2013 1%
  3. 2014 10%
  4. 2015 10%
  5. 2016 6%
  6. 2017 12%
  7. 2018 15%
  8. 2019 10%
  9. 2020 6%
  10. 2021 6%
  11. 2022 7%
  12. 2023 11%

What's mounted on the D4

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

  1. 1 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G 67% flat
  2. 2 AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G 11% flat
  3. 3 AF-S VR Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED 11% flat
  4. 4 Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX 11% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D4 photos are edited

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

from 176 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D4 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +20
  • Texture -3
  • Saturation -9

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The D4 tone curve

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

Custom curve
93%
lift blacks
53%
lower whites
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 93%
  2. Blacks 85%
  3. Contrast 81%
  4. Highlights 80%
  5. Exposure 77%
  6. Clarity 76%
  7. Whites 75%
  8. Orange luminance 74%
  9. Orange saturation 73%
  10. Green saturation 70%
  11. Yellow saturation 68%
  12. Red luminance 67%
  13. Yellow luminance 66%
  14. Blue saturation 66%
  15. Saturation 64%
  16. Red hue 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
56%
As Shot
44%
Daylight
1%
Median temperature
4,924K
Median tint
+5
  1. Adobe Standard 85%
  2. DVLOP X 5%
  3. Camera Standard 4%
  4. Embedded 2%
  5. Camera Landscape 1%

The D4 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
47%
Vignette
10%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 60% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 55% · sat 73% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 54% · sat 68% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 60% · sat 70% · lum 53%
  • Aqua hue 50% · sat 61% · lum 51%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 66% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 49% · lum 24%
  • Magenta hue 34% · sat 50% · lum 22%

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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 October 26, 2026.