Nikon · camera stats

D700

How 161 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

#80
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,000
1/500s
median shutter
71%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D700 photos are shot

161 all-time photos · 55 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 19%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 21%
  4. f/4 24%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 35%
  2. 400 29%
  3. 800 21%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 44%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 16%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 8%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 32%
  2. 35mm 28%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 112mm 4%
  6. 200mm 3%
  7. 38mm 2%
  8. 58mm 2%
  9. 60mm 2%
  10. 20mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 71%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 29%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 14%
Flash fired
1%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2009-2026

  1. 2009 2%
  2. 2010 1%
  3. 2011 5%
  4. 2012 6%
  5. 2013 3%
  6. 2014 3%
  7. 2015 5%
  8. 2016 6%
  9. 2017 3%
  10. 2018 19%
  11. 2019 15%
  12. 2020 12%

What's mounted on the D700

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

  1. 1 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A007) 100% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D700 photos are edited

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

from 55 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D700 edit

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

  • Highlights -55
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks +16

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The D700 tone curve

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

Custom curve
98%
lift blacks
73%
lower whites
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 100%
  2. Whites 96%
  3. Green saturation 94%
  4. Blacks 94%
  5. Exposure 92%
  6. Green hue 91%
  7. Aqua saturation 91%
  8. Shadows 89%
  9. Blue saturation 89%
  10. Orange saturation 87%
  11. Red hue 84%
  12. Magenta saturation 83%
  13. Yellow luminance 82%
  14. Orange luminance 78%
  15. Purple saturation 78%
  16. Purple hue 76%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
Auto
11%
As Shot
9%
Median temperature
5,110K
Median tint
-7
  1. Adobe Standard 44%
  2. Fuji 400H 2N 16%
  3. ACR 4.6 13%
  4. Kodak Portra 160 11%
  5. Kodak Portra 400 2N 7%

The D700 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
2%
Grain
51%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
60%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 84% · sat 74% · lum 33%
  • Orange hue 51% · sat 87% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 73% · sat 74% · lum 82%
  • Green hue 91% · sat 94% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 46% · sat 91% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 89% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 76% · sat 78% · lum 50%
  • Magenta hue 59% · sat 83% · lum 56%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.