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Nikon Z8

How 5,867 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

#11
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
88%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z8 photos are shot

5,867 all-time photos · 3,945 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 17%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 37%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 6%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 29%
  2. 50mm 17%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 5%
  5. 70mm 5%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 200mm 2%
  8. 29mm 2%
  9. 26mm 1%
  10. 40mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 88%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 12%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 11%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 13%
  2. 2024 27%
  3. 2025 43%
  4. 2026 18%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z8

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

Last 90 days · 1,658 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 32% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 19% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 9% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 6% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 6% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 4% down
  7. 7 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 3% up
  8. 8 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 3% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 2% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 2% down
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II 2% flat
  12. 12 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 2% down

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z8 photos are edited

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

from 1,076 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.37
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +26
  • Blacks -9

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
63%
lower whites
56%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 91%
  2. Shadows 91%
  3. Blacks 90%
  4. Green saturation 85%
  5. Exposure 84%
  6. Contrast 83%
  7. Whites 82%
  8. Yellow saturation 74%
  9. Green hue 72%
  10. Yellow luminance 70%
  11. Aqua saturation 70%
  12. Clarity 69%
  13. Orange luminance 67%
  14. Red luminance 65%
  15. Vibrance 64%
  16. Blue saturation 63%

White balance & profiles

Custom
71%
As Shot
28%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,672K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Group: Camera Standard 4%
  3. Camera Vivid 2%
  4. DVLOP III 2%
  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
4%
Grain
45%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 53% · sat 57% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 50% · sat 59% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 55% · sat 74% · lum 70%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 85% · lum 60%
  • Aqua hue 42% · sat 70% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 48% · sat 63% · lum 53%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 45% · lum 25%
  • Magenta hue 39% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated October 19, 2026.