Nikon · camera stats

D4S

How 445 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

#63
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/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

445 all-time photos · 223 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 2%
  2. f/1.8 5%
  3. f/2.8 20%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 30%
  6. f/8+ 21%

ISO

  1. <=200 15%
  2. 400 33%
  3. 800 26%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 10%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 31%
  2. 28mm 19%
  3. 50mm 13%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 58mm 3%
  8. 500mm 2%
  9. 200mm 2%
  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
09:00 · 9%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

  1. 2014 1%
  2. 2015 1%
  3. 2016 2%
  4. 2017 6%
  5. 2018 12%
  6. 2019 3%
  7. 2020 3%
  8. 2021 3%
  9. 2022 5%
  10. 2023 21%
  11. 2024 35%
  12. 2025 8%

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 73% flat
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 9% flat
  3. 3 Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX 7% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G 5% flat
  5. 5 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 5% flat
  6. 6 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D4S photos are edited

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

from 223 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D4S edit

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

  • Contrast -42
  • Highlights -19
  • Shadows +8
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +20
  • Saturation +1

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
88%
lift blacks
92%
lower whites
85%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 97%
  2. Blacks 96%
  3. Highlights 96%
  4. Exposure 95%
  5. Shadows 92%
  6. Green saturation 88%
  7. Whites 87%
  8. Blue saturation 85%
  9. Orange saturation 84%
  10. Red saturation 82%
  11. Yellow saturation 82%
  12. Orange luminance 81%
  13. Aqua saturation 81%
  14. Green hue 80%
  15. Yellow luminance 79%
  16. Green luminance 79%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
14%
Flash
1%
Median temperature
5,311K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 96%
  2. Embedded 2%
  3. Camera Neutral v2 0%
  4. Camera Portrait 0%
  5. Camera Portrait v2 0%

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
4%
Grain
13%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
27%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 78% · sat 82% · lum 12%
  • Orange hue 39% · sat 84% · lum 81%
  • Yellow hue 21% · sat 82% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 88% · lum 79%
  • Aqua hue 77% · sat 81% · lum 77%
  • Blue hue 76% · sat 85% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 74% · sat 78% · lum 77%
  • Magenta hue 4% · sat 76% · lum 74%

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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.