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Nikon Z f

How 511 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

#49
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,500
1/250s
median shutter
71%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z f photos are shot

511 all-time photos · 364 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 26%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 27%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 26%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 27%
  2. 28mm 18%
  3. 40mm 12%
  4. 35mm 9%
  5. 58mm 8%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 24mm 3%
  8. 26mm 3%
  9. 75mm 2%
  10. 20mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 71%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 28%
  3. Program AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 19%
Flash fired
18%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 2%
  2. 2024 39%
  3. 2025 41%
  4. 2026 18%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z f

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

Last 90 days · 124 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 22% up
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 19% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 14% up
  4. 4 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 12% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 8% down
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 7% up
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 4% flat
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 4% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 2% flat
  10. 10 TTARTSAN 75mmF2.0Z 2% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 1% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 1% down

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z f photos are edited

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

from 95 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z f edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Contrast -19
  • Highlights -26
  • Shadows +7
  • Whites -13
  • Blacks -12
  • Clarity -3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z f tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
81%
lower whites
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Blacks 94%
  3. Contrast 94%
  4. Exposure 94%
  5. Whites 93%
  6. Shadows 93%
  7. Blue saturation 91%
  8. Green hue 87%
  9. Green saturation 86%
  10. Orange saturation 85%
  11. Aqua saturation 84%
  12. Orange luminance 83%
  13. Purple saturation 82%
  14. Red saturation 82%
  15. Yellow saturation 79%
  16. Green luminance 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
73%
As Shot
27%
Median temperature
5,700K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  2. Group: Camera Standard 5%
  3. TAP Natural 5%
  4. Camera Flexible Color 1%

The Nikon Z f 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
0%
Grain
55%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 30% · sat 82% · lum 49%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 85% · lum 83%
  • Yellow hue 70% · sat 79% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 86% · lum 78%
  • Aqua hue 38% · sat 84% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 53% · sat 91% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 82% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 55% · sat 77% · 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.