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Nikon D850

How 5,117 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 113 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

5,117 all-time photos · 3,092 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 16%
  3. f/2.8 33%
  4. f/4 20%
  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 17%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 38%
  2. 50mm 18%
  3. 24mm 7%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 58mm 4%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 28mm 1%
  8. 32mm 1%
  9. 105mm 1%
  10. 60mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 86%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 12%

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 5%

What's mounted on the Nikon D850

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

Last 90 days · 592 photos

  1. 1 Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (A032) 27% up
  2. 2 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED 19% up
  3. 3 Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM (Nikon F) 10% up
  4. 4 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 10% down
  5. 5 Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 6% down
  6. 6 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR 5% up
  7. 7 Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A032 (Nikon F) 5% up
  8. 8 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 3% up
  9. 9 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 3% up
  10. 10 Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED 3% up
  11. 11 Nikon PC-E Micro Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D 3% up
  12. 12 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon D850 photos are edited

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

from 381 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon D850 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.18
  • Contrast -15
  • Highlights -37
  • Shadows +27
  • Whites -7
  • Blacks +13
  • Clarity -2
  • 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
98%
lift blacks
64%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Exposure 95%
  3. Highlights 95%
  4. Blacks 93%
  5. Contrast 92%
  6. Yellow saturation 90%
  7. Orange saturation 89%
  8. Whites 88%
  9. Green hue 87%
  10. Green saturation 86%
  11. Blue saturation 86%
  12. Blue luminance 82%
  13. Yellow hue 81%
  14. Yellow luminance 80%
  15. Red saturation 78%
  16. Aqua hue 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
71%
As Shot
29%
Median temperature
5,739K
Median tint
+1
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Camera Standard 5%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. DVLOP FILM II 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
7%
Grain
62%
Vignette
1%
Cropped
88%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 68% · sat 78% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 89% · lum 76%
  • Yellow hue 81% · sat 90% · lum 80%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 86% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 78% · sat 72% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 74% · sat 86% · lum 82%
  • Purple hue 70% · sat 70% · lum 43%
  • Magenta hue 65% · sat 76% · lum 40%

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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 02, 2026.