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Nikon D850

How 4,008 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

#12
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
85%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon D850 photos are shot

4,008 all-time photos · 2,326 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 32%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 15%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 39%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 85mm 7%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 58mm 5%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 105mm 1%
  9. 200mm 1%
  10. 32mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 85%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 14%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 2%
  2. 2018 4%
  3. 2019 8%
  4. 2020 6%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 13%
  7. 2023 21%
  8. 2024 25%
  9. 2025 11%
  10. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Nikon D850

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

Last 90 days · 484 photos

  1. 1 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED 31% up
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR 21% up
  3. 3 Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A032 (Nikon F) 9% up
  4. 4 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 7% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 7% down
  6. 6 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 4% down
  7. 7 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art (Nikon F) 4% up
  8. 8 Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (A012) 4% up
  9. 9 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II 3% up
  10. 10 Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM (Nikon F) 3% down
  11. 11 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR 3% down
  12. 12 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D850 photos are edited

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

from 261 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon D850 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.05
  • Contrast -8
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +22
  • Whites +3
  • Blacks +20

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon D850 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
49%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Contrast 96%
  3. Exposure 96%
  4. Highlights 95%
  5. Blacks 94%
  6. Whites 90%
  7. Blue saturation 89%
  8. Saturation 83%
  9. Aqua saturation 82%
  10. Orange saturation 82%
  11. Aqua hue 82%
  12. Green hue 82%
  13. Blue hue 81%
  14. Green saturation 81%
  15. Yellow saturation 79%
  16. Blue luminance 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
85%
As Shot
15%
Median temperature
5,900K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. DVLOP X 3%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. Kodak Portra 400 2N 0%

The Nikon D850 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
19%
Grain
41%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 66% · lum 68%
  • Orange hue 58% · sat 82% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 79% · lum 73%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 81% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 82% · sat 82% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 81% · sat 89% · lum 78%
  • Purple hue 59% · sat 68% · lum 29%
  • Magenta hue 60% · sat 64% · lum 46%

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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.