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D800 sample images

Sample images from the D800, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 352 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#59
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/4
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,250
1/250s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D800 photos are shot

352 all-time photos · 138 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 15%
  6. f/8+ 26%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 32%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 9%
  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+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 23%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 8%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 24%
  2. 35mm 19%
  3. 85mm 14%
  4. 24mm 9%
  5. 58mm 2%
  6. 70mm 2%
  7. 105mm 2%
  8. 15mm 2%
  9. 20mm 2%
  10. 28mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2000-2025

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

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 138 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical D800 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.27
  • Highlights -53
  • Shadows +33
  • 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
62%
lower whites
52%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Highlights 98%
  3. Whites 90%
  4. Blacks 88%
  5. Blue saturation 82%
  6. Orange saturation 82%
  7. Contrast 78%
  8. Yellow saturation 76%
  9. Orange luminance 75%
  10. Exposure 75%
  11. Green saturation 72%
  12. Blue luminance 69%
  13. Red saturation 66%
  14. Yellow luminance 64%
  15. Saturation 63%
  16. Red luminance 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
74%
As Shot
23%
Auto
3%
Median temperature
5,050K
Median tint
+6
  1. Adobe Standard 87%
  2. Embedded 6%
  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
48%
Vignette
17%
Cropped
71%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 66% · lum 60%
  • Orange hue 56% · sat 82% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 59% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 60% · sat 72% · lum 46%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 58% · lum 55%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 82% · lum 69%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 45% · lum 41%
  • Magenta hue 38% · sat 46% · lum 32%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.