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Nikon Z8 sample images

Sample images from the Nikon Z8, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 4,198 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#13
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/500s
median shutter
90%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z8 photos are shot

4,198 all-time photos · 2,927 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 17%
  3. f/2.8 38%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 38%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 26%
  2. 50mm 20%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 200mm 2%
  8. 26mm 1%
  9. 29mm 1%
  10. 58mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 90%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
10%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 16%
  2. 2024 32%
  3. 2025 37%
  4. 2026 16%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z8

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

Last 90 days · 1,016 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 34% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 19% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 10% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 10% down
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 5% flat
  6. 6 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 3% flat
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 3% flat
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 3% flat
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 2% down
  11. 11 AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 2% up
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z8 photos are edited

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

from 697 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Contrast -14
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +17
  • Blacks -10
  • Clarity -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z8 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
58%
lower whites
48%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 93%
  2. Blacks 91%
  3. Green saturation 90%
  4. Contrast 88%
  5. Shadows 88%
  6. Exposure 87%
  7. Whites 85%
  8. Yellow saturation 84%
  9. Green hue 80%
  10. Aqua saturation 70%
  11. Clarity 67%
  12. Blue saturation 66%
  13. Blue luminance 66%
  14. Yellow luminance 65%
  15. Vibrance 63%
  16. Red saturation 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
82%
As Shot
18%
Shade
0%
Median temperature
5,550K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. DVLOP X 4%
  3. Group: Camera Standard 4%
  4. DVLOP FILM II 1%
  5. Camera Monochrome (Red Filter) 0%

The Nikon Z8 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
49%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 60% · lum 54%
  • Orange hue 45% · sat 60% · lum 56%
  • Yellow hue 54% · sat 84% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 90% · lum 56%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 70% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 52% · sat 66% · lum 66%
  • Purple hue 41% · sat 59% · lum 32%
  • Magenta hue 37% · sat 37% · lum 21%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.