Nikon · camera stats

D800

How 317 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

#60
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.2
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,250
1/250s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D800 photos are shot

317 all-time photos · 121 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 28%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 24%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 28%
  3. 800 19%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 1%
  6. 6400+ 0%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,250.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 23%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 24%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 9%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 20%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 85mm 16%
  4. 24mm 10%
  5. 58mm 3%
  6. 70mm 2%
  7. 15mm 2%
  8. 20mm 2%
  9. 28mm 2%
  10. 36mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
14:00 · 10%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2025

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2012 4%
  3. 2013 2%
  4. 2014 7%
  5. 2015 10%
  6. 2016 7%
  7. 2017 7%
  8. 2018 8%
  9. 2019 8%
  10. 2020 8%
  11. 2021 4%
  12. 2022 14%

What's mounted on the D800

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

  1. 1 Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A012) 52% flat
  2. 2 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A007) 28% flat
  3. 3 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 8% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2 4% flat
  5. 5 Zeiss Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF.2 4% flat
  6. 6 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 4% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D800 photos are edited

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

from 121 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D800 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.32
  • Highlights -50
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +6

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The D800 tone curve

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

Custom curve
95%
lift blacks
63%
lower whites
52%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Shadows 98%
  3. Blacks 92%
  4. Whites 89%
  5. Blue saturation 88%
  6. Orange saturation 83%
  7. Contrast 78%
  8. Exposure 78%
  9. Green saturation 76%
  10. Yellow saturation 75%
  11. Orange luminance 75%
  12. Blue luminance 74%
  13. Red saturation 70%
  14. Red hue 67%
  15. Green hue 66%
  16. Aqua hue 66%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
24%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
5,132K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 86%
  2. Embedded 6%
  3. Camera Standard 3%
  4. Kodak Gold 100 - N 3%
  5. Camera Portrait 2%

The D800 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
41%
Vignette
20%
Cropped
68%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 70% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 83% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 75% · lum 63%
  • Green hue 66% · sat 76% · lum 48%
  • Aqua hue 66% · sat 63% · lum 60%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 88% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 48% · sat 50% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 43% · sat 51% · lum 36%

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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.