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Nikon D810

How 701 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

#38
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 1,250
1/319s
median shutter
84%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon D810 photos are shot

701 all-time photos · 310 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 13%
  3. f/2.8 23%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 25%

ISO

  1. <=200 53%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 6%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 0%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 27%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 11%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 20%
  2. 50mm 20%
  3. 85mm 11%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 19mm 4%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 58mm 3%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 56mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 84%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 14%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 9%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2014-2026

  1. 2014 9%
  2. 2015 6%
  3. 2016 8%
  4. 2017 10%
  5. 2018 8%
  6. 2019 14%
  7. 2020 9%
  8. 2021 6%
  9. 2022 5%
  10. 2023 9%
  11. 2024 11%
  12. 2025 3%

What's mounted on the Nikon D810

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

  1. 1 19mm (f/4.0) 17% flat
  2. 2 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 11% flat
  3. 3 Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58 mm 1.4G 11% flat
  4. 4 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR 9% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 7% flat
  6. 6 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED 6% flat
  7. 7 AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED 5% flat
  8. 8 0 mm f/-- 5% flat
  9. 9 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 4% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art (Nikon F) 4% flat
  11. 11 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 4% flat
  12. 12 Nikon PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED 3% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D810 photos are edited

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

from 310 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Nikon D810 edit

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

  • Highlights -50
  • Shadows +33
  • Whites -14

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon D810 tone curve

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

Custom curve
89%
lift blacks
70%
lower whites
63%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Shadows 91%
  3. Blacks 90%
  4. Whites 90%
  5. Green saturation 89%
  6. Yellow saturation 86%
  7. Exposure 86%
  8. Blue saturation 85%
  9. Contrast 85%
  10. Orange saturation 82%
  11. Red luminance 75%
  12. Red saturation 75%
  13. Orange luminance 74%
  14. Green hue 74%
  15. Red hue 70%
  16. Green luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
77%
As Shot
23%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
-1
  1. Adobe Standard 79%
  2. Camera Standard 4%
  3. Camera Neutral 3%
  4. Kodak Portra 160 2N 3%
  5. Portra 160⁺¹ - N 3%

The Nikon D810 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
45%
Vignette
15%
Cropped
71%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 70% · sat 75% · lum 75%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 82% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 86% · lum 58%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 89% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 58% · sat 67% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 85% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 66% · lum 38%
  • Magenta hue 51% · sat 67% · 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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.