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Nikon Z8

How 6,384 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

#10
most analyzed of 114 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,500
1/400s
median shutter
87%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z8 photos are shot

6,384 all-time photos · 4,306 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 17%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 37%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 14%
  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 13%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  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 5%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 200mm 2%
  8. 29mm 2%
  9. 26mm 1%
  10. 40mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 87%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 13%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 12%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 13%
  2. 2024 27%
  3. 2025 42%
  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 · 1,673 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 36% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 10% up
  3. 3 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art 9% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 8% down
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 5% down
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 4% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 4% down
  8. 8 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 3% flat
  9. 9 Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM 3% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 2% down
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 2% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z8 photos are edited

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

from 1,045 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z8 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -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
52%
lower whites
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 95%
  2. Shadows 92%
  3. Exposure 90%
  4. Blacks 87%
  5. Contrast 83%
  6. Green saturation 83%
  7. Whites 83%
  8. Orange luminance 75%
  9. Yellow saturation 73%
  10. Green hue 72%
  11. Blue saturation 72%
  12. Green luminance 69%
  13. Yellow luminance 69%
  14. Aqua saturation 69%
  15. Orange saturation 66%
  16. Clarity 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
24%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,723K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  2. Group: Camera Standard 4%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. Camera Vivid 2%
  5. DVLOP III 2%

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
41%
Vignette
7%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 53% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 49% · sat 66% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 73% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 83% · lum 69%
  • Aqua hue 55% · sat 69% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 58% · sat 72% · lum 59%
  • Purple hue 52% · sat 54% · lum 36%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 52% · lum 33%

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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 November 09, 2026.