Nikon · camera stats

D5300

How 104 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

#111
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/4.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 4,000
1/250s
median shutter
72%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D5300 photos are shot

104 all-time photos · 37 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 1%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 7%
  4. f/4 34%
  5. f/5.6 23%
  6. f/8+ 18%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 30%
  3. 800 13%
  4. 1600 3%
  5. 3200 10%
  6. 6400+ 7%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 4,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 20%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 9%
  6. slower 6%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 23%
  2. 18mm 16%
  3. 50mm 9%
  4. 55mm 9%
  5. 135mm 3%
  6. 26mm 3%
  7. 42mm 3%
  8. 70mm 3%
  9. 85mm 3%
  10. 22mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 72%
  2. Not Defined 20%
  3. Aperture-priority AE 8%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 21%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 2%
  2. 2001 2%
  3. 2005 1%
  4. 2015 2%
  5. 2016 4%
  6. 2017 2%
  7. 2018 6%
  8. 2019 6%
  9. 2020 19%
  10. 2021 10%
  11. 2022 6%
  12. 2023 10%

What's mounted on the D5300

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

  1. 1 TAMRON AF 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD B016N 67% flat
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G 33% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D5300 photos are edited

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

from 37 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D5300 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.27
  • Contrast -6
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +24
  • Whites +2
  • Blacks +14
  • Saturation -4

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The D5300 tone curve

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

Custom curve
88%
lift blacks
60%
lower whites
50%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Saturation 94%
  2. Blacks 92%
  3. Exposure 92%
  4. Highlights 89%
  5. Whites 87%
  6. Shadows 87%
  7. Contrast 84%
  8. Red hue 68%
  9. Orange saturation 65%
  10. Green saturation 60%
  11. Clarity 57%
  12. Blue saturation 57%
  13. Orange hue 56%
  14. Red saturation 56%
  15. Red luminance 53%
  16. Yellow saturation 51%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
22%
Median temperature
5,454K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 78%
  2. Embedded 8%
  3. Matrix 8%
  4. Fuji Fortia SP - N 5%

The D5300 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
5%
Grain
22%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
68%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 56% · lum 53%
  • Orange hue 56% · sat 65% · lum 50%
  • Yellow hue 35% · sat 51% · lum 44%
  • Green hue 41% · sat 60% · lum 43%
  • Aqua hue 38% · sat 49% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 46% · sat 57% · lum 47%
  • Purple hue 33% · sat 31% · lum 36%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 33% · lum 29%

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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.