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Nikon D780

How 889 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

#40
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
81%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon D780 photos are shot

889 all-time photos · 622 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 28%
  3. f/2.8 35%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 40%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 31%
  4. 1/125s 10%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 38%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 85mm 9%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 58mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 70mm 3%
  8. 38mm 2%
  9. 31mm 2%
  10. 20mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 81%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 19%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 14%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 2%
  2. 2021 12%
  3. 2022 16%
  4. 2023 30%
  5. 2024 24%
  6. 2025 12%
  7. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Nikon D780

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

Last 90 days · 140 photos

  1. 1 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 80% up
  2. 2 VR 70-200mm f/2.8E 12% up
  3. 3 VR 105mm f/2.8G 4% up
  4. 4 VR 24-120mm f/4G 4% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D780 photos are edited

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

from 91 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon D780 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -46
  • Shadows +20
  • Blacks +9

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon D780 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
74%
lower whites
56%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Blacks 97%
  3. Green saturation 96%
  4. Yellow luminance 96%
  5. Red luminance 96%
  6. Highlights 96%
  7. Orange saturation 95%
  8. Yellow saturation 93%
  9. Green hue 93%
  10. Blue saturation 93%
  11. Orange hue 93%
  12. Blue luminance 93%
  13. Exposure 92%
  14. Red saturation 92%
  15. Orange luminance 91%
  16. Whites 86%

White balance & profiles

Custom
68%
As Shot
32%
Median temperature
5,550K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. DVLOP III 6%
  3. Camera Standard 4%

The Nikon D780 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
23%
Grain
43%
Vignette
18%
Cropped
82%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 92% · lum 96%
  • Orange hue 93% · sat 95% · lum 91%
  • Yellow hue 80% · sat 93% · lum 96%
  • Green hue 93% · sat 96% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 76% · sat 66% · lum 31%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 93% · lum 93%
  • Purple hue 59% · sat 72% · lum 51%
  • Magenta hue 78% · sat 75% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated November 09, 2026.