Nikon · camera stats

D700

How 197 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 110 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

197 all-time photos · 81 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 17%
  2. f/1.8 22%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 3%
  6. f/8+ 12%

ISO

  1. <=200 36%
  2. 400 31%
  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+ 43%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 19%
  4. 1/125s 9%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 11%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 33%
  2. 35mm 23%
  3. 24mm 13%
  4. 85mm 9%
  5. 112mm 3%
  6. 200mm 2%
  7. 19mm 2%
  8. 38mm 2%
  9. 70mm 2%
  10. 105mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 74%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 26%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 16%
Flash fired
2%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2008-2026

  1. 2008 1%
  2. 2009 2%
  3. 2011 3%
  4. 2012 8%
  5. 2013 1%
  6. 2014 2%
  7. 2015 4%
  8. 2016 14%
  9. 2017 2%
  10. 2018 17%
  11. 2019 14%
  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 81 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D700 edit

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

  • Highlights -70
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -25
  • Blacks +25
  • Saturation -5

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
80%
lower whites
69%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 100%
  2. Whites 96%
  3. Green saturation 95%
  4. Blacks 95%
  5. Shadows 93%
  6. Aqua saturation 93%
  7. Green hue 93%
  8. Blue saturation 91%
  9. Red hue 89%
  10. Orange saturation 88%
  11. Magenta saturation 88%
  12. Yellow luminance 86%
  13. Orange luminance 84%
  14. Purple saturation 84%
  15. Purple hue 83%
  16. Red saturation 81%

White balance & profiles

Custom
69%
As Shot
24%
Auto
7%
Median temperature
4,950K
Median tint
-7
  1. Adobe Standard 53%
  2. Fuji 400H 2N 14%
  3. ACR 4.6 11%
  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
40%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
46%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 89% · sat 81% · lum 49%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 88% · lum 84%
  • Yellow hue 78% · sat 55% · lum 86%
  • Green hue 93% · sat 95% · lum 74%
  • Aqua hue 34% · sat 93% · lum 65%
  • Blue hue 76% · sat 91% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 83% · sat 84% · lum 63%
  • Magenta hue 69% · sat 88% · lum 43%

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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 October 12, 2026.