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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 3,696 real photos.

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

#15
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/500s
median shutter
88%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z8 photos are shot

3,696 all-time photos · 2,487 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 35%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 41%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 40%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 11%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 22%
  2. 35mm 21%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 6%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 200mm 2%
  8. 26mm 1%
  9. 58mm 1%
  10. 29mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 88%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 11%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 11%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 17%
  2. 2024 35%
  3. 2025 37%
  4. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z8

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

Last 90 days · 833 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 39% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 18% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 10% up
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 5% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 4% flat
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 3% flat
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 3% up
  8. 8 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 2% flat
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 2% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR 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 547 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Contrast -13
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +17

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
55%
lower whites
40%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Exposure 95%
  3. Contrast 92%
  4. Green saturation 89%
  5. Blacks 89%
  6. Shadows 89%
  7. Green hue 80%
  8. Whites 79%
  9. Orange saturation 76%
  10. Yellow saturation 74%
  11. Blue luminance 70%
  12. Blue saturation 69%
  13. Green luminance 67%
  14. Red hue 66%
  15. Orange luminance 65%
  16. Yellow hue 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
89%
As Shot
11%
Shade
0%
Median temperature
5,600K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 86%
  2. DVLOP X 6%
  3. Group: Camera Standard 5%
  4. DVLOP FILM II 1%
  5. Embedded 1%

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
10%
Grain
44%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 58% · lum 44%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 76% · lum 65%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 74% · lum 60%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 89% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 59% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 59% · sat 69% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 62% · lum 43%
  • Magenta hue 41% · sat 42% · lum 25%

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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 July 20, 2026.