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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 514 real photos.

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

#48
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

514 all-time photos · 347 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 14%
  2. f/1.8 20%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 4%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 14%
  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+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 13%
  3. 1/250s 24%
  4. 1/125s 28%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 25%
  2. 28mm 16%
  3. 58mm 12%
  4. 40mm 12%
  5. 35mm 9%
  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
17:00 · 15%
Flash fired
17%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 2%
  2. 2024 43%
  3. 2025 41%
  4. 2026 14%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z f

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

Last 90 days · 113 photos

  1. 1 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 18% up
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 16% up
  3. 3 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 16% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 13% flat
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 11% flat
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 10% up
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 5% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 5% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR 1% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 1% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 1% up
  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 66 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 -15
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +7
  • Whites -3
  • Blacks -6
  • 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
73%
lower whites
44%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Whites 94%
  3. Shadows 94%
  4. Contrast 94%
  5. Blacks 92%
  6. Exposure 92%
  7. Yellow hue 92%
  8. Blue saturation 92%
  9. Green saturation 88%
  10. Green hue 88%
  11. Orange saturation 86%
  12. Clarity 83%
  13. Blue luminance 82%
  14. Aqua saturation 82%
  15. Orange luminance 82%
  16. Purple saturation 82%

White balance & profiles

Custom
65%
As Shot
33%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,640K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 85%
  2. TAP Natural 8%
  3. Group: Camera Standard 6%
  4. DVLOP X 2%

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
46%
Vignette
11%
Cropped
82%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 43% · sat 80% · lum 40%
  • Orange hue 74% · sat 86% · lum 82%
  • Yellow hue 92% · sat 77% · lum 49%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 88% · lum 76%
  • Aqua hue 54% · sat 82% · lum 40%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 92% · lum 82%
  • Purple hue 59% · sat 82% · lum 59%
  • Magenta hue 47% · sat 74% · lum 42%

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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 July 20, 2026.