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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 387 real photos.

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

#59
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/4.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,250
1/200s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How D800 photos are shot

387 all-time photos · 157 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 23%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 16%
  6. f/8+ 30%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 30%
  3. 800 17%
  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+ 22%
  2. 1/500s 11%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 25%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 9%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 23%
  2. 35mm 18%
  3. 85mm 13%
  4. 24mm 10%
  5. 36mm 3%
  6. 56mm 3%
  7. 20mm 2%
  8. 58mm 2%
  9. 70mm 2%
  10. 15mm 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 · 9%
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 14%
  6. 2016 7%
  7. 2017 6%
  8. 2018 7%
  9. 2019 10%
  10. 2020 10%
  11. 2021 6%
  12. 2022 12%

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) 48% flat
  2. 2 Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A012) 43% flat
  3. 3 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 4% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2 2% flat
  5. 5 Zeiss Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF.2 2% flat
  6. 6 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 157 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 +26
  • Whites -19

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
54%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 92%
  3. Whites 90%
  4. Blacks 83%
  5. Contrast 80%
  6. Blue saturation 71%
  7. Orange saturation 71%
  8. Exposure 69%
  9. Yellow saturation 66%
  10. Orange luminance 65%
  11. Green saturation 62%
  12. Blue luminance 60%
  13. Saturation 59%
  14. Red saturation 57%
  15. Yellow luminance 56%
  16. Red luminance 52%

White balance & profiles

Custom
66%
As Shot
32%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,050K
Median tint
+5
  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
41%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
62%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 57% · lum 52%
  • Orange hue 49% · sat 71% · lum 65%
  • Yellow hue 50% · sat 66% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 52% · sat 62% · lum 39%
  • Aqua hue 52% · sat 50% · lum 47%
  • Blue hue 47% · sat 71% · lum 60%
  • Purple hue 36% · sat 39% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 33% · sat 40% · lum 28%

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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 August 10, 2026.