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Nikon D850

How 4,923 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

#13
most analyzed of 110 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
86%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon D850 photos are shot

4,923 all-time photos · 3,001 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 16%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 14%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 10%
  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 18%
  3. 24mm 6%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 58mm 4%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 105mm 1%
  9. 32mm 1%
  10. 60mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 86%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 13%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2017-2026

  1. 2017 1%
  2. 2018 3%
  3. 2019 7%
  4. 2020 5%
  5. 2021 10%
  6. 2022 14%
  7. 2023 19%
  8. 2024 23%
  9. 2025 13%
  10. 2026 4%

What's mounted on the Nikon D850

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

Last 90 days · 590 photos

  1. 1 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED 28% up
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR 23% up
  3. 3 Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM (Nikon F) 14% up
  4. 4 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 9% up
  5. 5 TAMRON SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD F012N 9% up
  6. 6 Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A032 (Nikon F) 5% up
  7. 7 Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 3% down
  8. 8 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 3% down
  9. 9 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 2% up
  10. 10 Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025 (Nikon F) 2% up
  11. 11 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D850 photos are edited

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

from 411 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon D850 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.1
  • Contrast -15
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +23
  • Blacks +19
  • Saturation -1

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
99%
lift blacks
59%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Blacks 95%
  4. Contrast 95%
  5. Exposure 94%
  6. Whites 92%
  7. Orange saturation 87%
  8. Blue saturation 85%
  9. Green hue 84%
  10. Yellow saturation 83%
  11. Blue hue 81%
  12. Aqua hue 77%
  13. Yellow luminance 76%
  14. Green saturation 75%
  15. Saturation 75%
  16. Blue luminance 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
68%
As Shot
32%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,700K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. DVLOP X 3%
  3. Camera Standard 2%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. DVLOP FILM 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
9%
Grain
61%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 56% · sat 68% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 60% · sat 87% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 74% · sat 83% · lum 76%
  • Green hue 84% · sat 75% · lum 66%
  • Aqua hue 77% · sat 73% · lum 35%
  • Blue hue 81% · sat 85% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 63% · sat 68% · lum 37%
  • Magenta hue 64% · sat 69% · lum 33%

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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 October 12, 2026.