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Nikon Z8

How 4,357 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 102 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

4,357 all-time photos · 3,024 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 13%
  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+ 38%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 28%
  2. 50mm 19%
  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%

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 14%
  2. 2024 32%
  3. 2025 37%
  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 · 1,204 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 32% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 16% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 9% up
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 9% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 8% down
  6. 6 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 4% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 4% flat
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 2% flat
  10. 10 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  11. 11 AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 2% up
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 85mm 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 841 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.45
  • Contrast -4
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +18
  • Blacks -9
  • 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
61%
lower whites
47%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 92%
  2. Shadows 89%
  3. Blacks 89%
  4. Green saturation 87%
  5. Contrast 87%
  6. Exposure 87%
  7. Whites 84%
  8. Yellow saturation 80%
  9. Green hue 79%
  10. Aqua saturation 72%
  11. Blue saturation 68%
  12. Clarity 66%
  13. Yellow luminance 64%
  14. Orange saturation 61%
  15. Blue luminance 61%
  16. Green luminance 59%

White balance & profiles

Custom
79%
As Shot
21%
Shade
0%
Median temperature
5,589K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 90%
  2. DVLOP X 5%
  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
8%
Grain
48%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 51% · sat 58% · lum 54%
  • Orange hue 46% · sat 61% · lum 56%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 80% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 79% · sat 87% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 40% · sat 72% · lum 27%
  • Blue hue 55% · sat 68% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 40% · sat 56% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 36% · sat 36% · lum 16%

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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 August 31, 2026.