Nikon · camera stats

D700

How 203 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

#82
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/500s
median shutter
74%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D700 photos are shot

203 all-time photos · 90 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 16%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 37%
  2. 400 30%
  3. 800 21%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 45%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 9%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 9%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 32%
  2. 35mm 23%
  3. 24mm 12%
  4. 85mm 9%
  5. 112mm 3%
  6. 200mm 3%
  7. 19mm 2%
  8. 38mm 2%
  9. 70mm 2%
  10. 105mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 74%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 25%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 17%
Flash fired
3%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2009-2026

  1. 2009 2%
  2. 2011 3%
  3. 2012 7%
  4. 2013 1%
  5. 2014 2%
  6. 2015 3%
  7. 2016 14%
  8. 2017 2%
  9. 2018 16%
  10. 2019 13%
  11. 2020 12%
  12. 2021 4%

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 90 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D700 edit

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

  • Highlights -70
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -24
  • Blacks +21

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
99%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 100%
  2. Whites 95%
  3. Shadows 94%
  4. Blacks 93%
  5. Green saturation 88%
  6. Blue saturation 85%
  7. Green hue 83%
  8. Aqua saturation 83%
  9. Orange saturation 82%
  10. Red hue 81%
  11. Exposure 81%
  12. Yellow luminance 80%
  13. Magenta saturation 79%
  14. Orange luminance 78%
  15. Purple saturation 75%
  16. Purple hue 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
71%
As Shot
22%
Auto
7%
Median temperature
5,100K
Median tint
-5
  1. Adobe Standard 58%
  2. Fuji 400H 2N 12%
  3. ACR 4.6 10%
  4. Kodak Portra 160 7%
  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
1%
Grain
38%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
49%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 81% · sat 74% · lum 45%
  • Orange hue 56% · sat 82% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 52% · lum 80%
  • Green hue 83% · sat 88% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 32% · sat 83% · lum 60%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 85% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 74% · sat 75% · lum 56%
  • Magenta hue 62% · sat 79% · lum 38%

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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.