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Nikon Z8

How 3,435 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

#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

3,435 all-time photos · 2,282 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 17%
  5. f/5.6 10%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 42%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 12%
  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+ 40%
  2. 1/500s 21%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 11%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 21%
  2. 50mm 20%
  3. 24mm 11%
  4. 85mm 7%
  5. 70mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 200mm 2%
  8. 58mm 2%
  9. 29mm 1%
  10. 26mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 88%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 11%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

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 18%
  2. 2024 36%
  3. 2025 37%
  4. 2026 9%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z8

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

Last 90 days · 688 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 35% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 14% flat
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 11% up
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 6% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 5% flat
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 4% flat
  7. 7 AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 3% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 3% up
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II 2% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 2% flat
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z8 photos are edited

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

from 428 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +22
  • Blacks +11

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
53%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Exposure 95%
  3. Green saturation 93%
  4. Contrast 89%
  5. Orange saturation 87%
  6. Blacks 87%
  7. Shadows 87%
  8. Green hue 82%
  9. Yellow saturation 80%
  10. Whites 75%
  11. Orange luminance 74%
  12. Red hue 73%
  13. Blue saturation 73%
  14. Yellow hue 72%
  15. Green luminance 71%
  16. Blue luminance 70%

White balance & profiles

Custom
92%
As Shot
8%
Shade
0%
Median temperature
5,649K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Group: Camera Standard 8%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. Camera Monochrome (Red Filter) 0%
  5. Camera Neutral 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
46%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 64% · lum 49%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 87% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 72% · sat 80% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 82% · sat 93% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 48% · sat 59% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 64% · sat 73% · lum 70%
  • Purple hue 51% · sat 63% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 52% · lum 31%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.