Nikon · camera stats

D800

How 402 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

#61
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/4.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,250
1/200s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D800 photos are shot

402 all-time photos · 165 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 21%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 16%
  6. f/8+ 29%

ISO

  1. <=200 41%
  2. 400 30%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 0%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 20%
  2. 1/500s 11%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 26%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 8%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 22%
  2. 35mm 20%
  3. 85mm 15%
  4. 24mm 10%
  5. 36mm 3%
  6. 56mm 3%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 58mm 2%
  9. 28mm 2%
  10. 70mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2026

  1. 2000 1%
  2. 2012 3%
  3. 2013 2%
  4. 2014 5%
  5. 2015 13%
  6. 2016 5%
  7. 2017 6%
  8. 2018 7%
  9. 2019 10%
  10. 2020 10%
  11. 2021 7%
  12. 2022 9%

What's mounted on the D800

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) 47% flat
  2. 2 Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A012) 40% flat
  3. 3 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 4% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G 2% flat
  5. 5 Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2 2% flat
  6. 6 Zeiss Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF.2 2% flat
  7. 7 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How D800 photos are edited

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

from 165 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D800 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Highlights -50
  • Shadows +27
  • Whites -16

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
94%
lift blacks
56%
lower whites
47%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 93%
  3. Whites 86%
  4. Blacks 81%
  5. Contrast 79%
  6. Exposure 70%
  7. Blue saturation 69%
  8. Orange saturation 68%
  9. Orange luminance 65%
  10. Yellow saturation 63%
  11. Green saturation 59%
  12. Blue luminance 58%
  13. Saturation 56%
  14. Yellow luminance 55%
  15. Red saturation 53%
  16. Red luminance 51%

White balance & profiles

Custom
64%
As Shot
33%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,068K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Embedded 5%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Kodak Gold 100 - N 2%
  5. Camera Portrait 1%

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
38%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
62%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 49% · sat 53% · lum 51%
  • Orange hue 47% · sat 68% · lum 65%
  • Yellow hue 46% · sat 63% · lum 55%
  • Green hue 49% · sat 59% · lum 37%
  • Aqua hue 49% · sat 49% · lum 45%
  • Blue hue 45% · sat 69% · lum 58%
  • Purple hue 33% · sat 38% · lum 34%
  • Magenta hue 32% · sat 37% · lum 26%

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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.