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Nikon D780

How 645 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

#45
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
76%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon D780 photos are shot

645 all-time photos · 489 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 32%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 39%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 35%
  4. 1/125s 8%
  5. 1/60s 1%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 38%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 85mm 9%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 58mm 5%
  6. 28mm 4%
  7. 70mm 3%
  8. 17mm 2%
  9. 20mm 1%
  10. 27mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 76%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 23%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 15%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 2%
  2. 2021 8%
  3. 2022 18%
  4. 2023 33%
  5. 2024 22%
  6. 2025 13%
  7. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Nikon D780

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

  1. 1 35mm f/1.4G 28% flat
  2. 2 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 13% flat
  3. 3 50mm f/1.4G 10% flat
  4. 4 17-55mm f/2.8G 6% flat
  5. 5 58mm f/1.4G 6% flat
  6. 6 85mm f/1.8G 4% flat
  7. 7 50mm f/1.8G 3% flat
  8. 8 85mm f/1.4G 3% flat
  9. 9 24-70mm f/2.8G 3% flat
  10. 10 24mm f/1.8G 3% flat
  11. 11 35mm f/1.8G 2% flat
  12. 12 28mm f/1.4E 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D780 photos are edited

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

from 489 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Nikon D780 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Highlights -51
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +26
  • Clarity -1
  • Saturation -6

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
70%
lower whites
79%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Blacks 96%
  3. Shadows 95%
  4. Whites 93%
  5. Exposure 91%
  6. Green saturation 89%
  7. Yellow saturation 88%
  8. Orange saturation 85%
  9. Orange luminance 84%
  10. Contrast 81%
  11. Blue saturation 81%
  12. Yellow luminance 79%
  13. Green hue 78%
  14. Orange hue 77%
  15. Green luminance 77%
  16. Blue luminance 77%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
15%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,400K
Median tint
+5
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. 400H⁺¹ - N 0%
  5. Camera Flat 0%

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
3%
Grain
57%
Vignette
20%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 72% · sat 75% · lum 75%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 85% · lum 84%
  • Yellow hue 70% · sat 88% · lum 79%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 89% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 64% · lum 50%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 81% · lum 77%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 66% · lum 37%
  • Magenta hue 64% · sat 70% · lum 34%

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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 August 31, 2026.