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Nikon Z8

How 4,645 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 105 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

4,645 all-time photos · 3,229 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 14%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 37%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 19%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 5%
  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 12%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 14%
  2. 2024 32%
  3. 2025 38%
  4. 2026 17%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z8

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

Last 90 days · 1,108 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 32% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 21% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 9% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 8% down
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 5% flat
  6. 6 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 4% up
  7. 7 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 4% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 3% flat
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 3% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 2% down
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 1% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z8 photos are edited

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

from 838 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -30
  • Shadows +19
  • Blacks -2
  • Clarity -4

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
60%
lower whites
47%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 92%
  2. Blacks 88%
  3. Shadows 88%
  4. Contrast 87%
  5. Exposure 85%
  6. Green saturation 84%
  7. Whites 84%
  8. Green hue 76%
  9. Yellow saturation 75%
  10. Aqua saturation 74%
  11. Blue saturation 67%
  12. Clarity 65%
  13. Yellow luminance 63%
  14. Orange saturation 62%
  15. Orange luminance 61%
  16. Red saturation 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Shade
0%
Median temperature
5,597K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 86%
  2. Group: Camera Standard 4%
  3. DVLOP X 4%
  4. Camera Vivid 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
7%
Grain
48%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 52% · sat 60% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 47% · sat 62% · lum 61%
  • Yellow hue 50% · sat 75% · lum 63%
  • Green hue 76% · sat 84% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 42% · sat 74% · lum 30%
  • Blue hue 52% · sat 67% · lum 57%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 58% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 37% · sat 43% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated September 28, 2026.