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Nikon Z f sample images

Sample images from the Nikon Z f, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 521 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#49
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,200
1/250s
median shutter
71%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z f photos are shot

521 all-time photos · 353 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 16%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 25%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 24%
  2. 28mm 14%
  3. 58mm 13%
  4. 40mm 11%
  5. 35mm 11%
  6. 85mm 4%
  7. 26mm 4%
  8. 24mm 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
16:00 · 13%
Flash fired
16%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 2%
  2. 2024 43%
  3. 2025 44%
  4. 2026 12%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z f

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

Last 90 days · 106 photos

  1. 1 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 19% up
  2. 2 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 16% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 14% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 13% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 10% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 10% down
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 6% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 3% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 3% down
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR 1% up
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 1% new
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z f photos are edited

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

from 80 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z f edit

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

  • Exposure +0.23
  • Contrast -22
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +8
  • Whites -3
  • Clarity -2

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
83%
lower whites
61%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Blue saturation 96%
  3. Yellow hue 95%
  4. Contrast 95%
  5. Blacks 93%
  6. Whites 93%
  7. Green saturation 91%
  8. Shadows 90%
  9. Exposure 90%
  10. Orange luminance 86%
  11. Purple saturation 85%
  12. Blue luminance 85%
  13. Aqua saturation 85%
  14. Yellow saturation 83%
  15. Orange hue 81%
  16. Green luminance 80%

White balance & profiles

Custom
62%
As Shot
37%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,500K
Median tint
+17
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  2. TAP Natural 6%
  3. Group: Camera Standard 4%
  4. Camera Flexible Color 1%
  5. DVLOP X 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
33%
Vignette
21%
Cropped
84%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 32% · sat 63% · lum 30%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 70% · lum 86%
  • Yellow hue 95% · sat 83% · lum 37%
  • Green hue 70% · sat 91% · lum 80%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 85% · lum 28%
  • Blue hue 59% · sat 96% · lum 85%
  • Purple hue 66% · sat 85% · lum 66%
  • Magenta hue 59% · sat 80% · lum 34%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.