Nikon · camera stats

D4S

How 316 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

#62
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/4.5
median aperture
ISO 500
median · p95 5,000
1/400s
median shutter
98%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D4S photos are shot

316 all-time photos · 178 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 1%
  2. f/1.8 6%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 28%
  6. f/8+ 21%

ISO

  1. <=200 15%
  2. 400 31%
  3. 800 27%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 13%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 5,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 35%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 28mm 19%
  3. 50mm 14%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 70mm 5%
  7. 58mm 3%
  8. 200mm 2%
  9. 16mm 1%
  10. 20mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 98%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
19:00 · 10%
Flash fired
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

  1. 2014 1%
  2. 2015 1%
  3. 2016 1%
  4. 2017 5%
  5. 2018 13%
  6. 2019 4%
  7. 2020 4%
  8. 2021 2%
  9. 2022 7%
  10. 2023 22%
  11. 2024 36%
  12. 2025 4%

What's mounted on the D4S

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

  1. 1 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR 65% flat
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 12% flat
  3. 3 Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX 9% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G 6% flat
  5. 5 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 6% flat
  6. 6 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D4S photos are edited

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

from 178 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D4S edit

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

  • Exposure -0.2
  • Contrast -47
  • Highlights -25
  • Shadows +10
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +23
  • Saturation +5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The D4S tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
93%
lower whites
84%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Green saturation 99%
  2. Contrast 98%
  3. Highlights 98%
  4. Blacks 97%
  5. Orange saturation 97%
  6. Blue saturation 97%
  7. Shadows 97%
  8. Exposure 97%
  9. Yellow saturation 96%
  10. Whites 96%
  11. Red saturation 94%
  12. Aqua saturation 93%
  13. Yellow luminance 93%
  14. Orange luminance 93%
  15. Red hue 92%
  16. Aqua hue 92%

White balance & profiles

Custom
87%
As Shot
12%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,411K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Camera Neutral v2 1%
  4. Camera Portrait 1%
  5. Camera Portrait v2 1%

The D4S 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
3%
Grain
14%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
20%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 92% · sat 94% · lum 14%
  • Orange hue 42% · sat 97% · lum 93%
  • Yellow hue 21% · sat 96% · lum 93%
  • Green hue 91% · sat 99% · lum 90%
  • Aqua hue 92% · sat 93% · lum 90%
  • Blue hue 88% · sat 97% · lum 85%
  • Purple hue 88% · sat 90% · lum 91%
  • Magenta hue 5% · sat 90% · lum 88%

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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 August 31, 2026.