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Nikon Z f

How 802 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

#45
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/250s
median shutter
67%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z f photos are shot

802 all-time photos · 571 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 25%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 22%
  5. 1/60s 7%
  6. slower 8%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 25%
  2. 35mm 14%
  3. 28mm 13%
  4. 40mm 11%
  5. 58mm 7%
  6. 85mm 7%
  7. 26mm 4%
  8. 24mm 4%
  9. 70mm 1%
  10. 20mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 67%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 32%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 15%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 1%
  2. 2024 29%
  3. 2025 48%
  4. 2026 22%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z f

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

Last 90 days · 172 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 20% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 15% up
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 12% up
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 10% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 6% up
  6. 6 TYPOCH 6% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 5% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 4% flat
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 4% flat
  10. 10 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 3% up
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 3% down
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z f photos are edited

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

from 128 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z f edit

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

  • Exposure +0.3
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -31
  • Shadows +19
  • Whites -9
  • Clarity -6
  • Vibrance +9

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
61%
lower whites
53%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 96%
  2. Contrast 94%
  3. Exposure 88%
  4. Shadows 88%
  5. Yellow hue 87%
  6. Orange saturation 82%
  7. Whites 81%
  8. Clarity 81%
  9. Green hue 81%
  10. Blacks 79%
  11. Orange luminance 75%
  12. Blue saturation 74%
  13. Orange hue 74%
  14. Vibrance 72%
  15. Green saturation 72%
  16. Saturation 67%

White balance & profiles

Custom
71%
As Shot
26%
Auto
2%
Median temperature
5,620K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 77%
  2. TAP Natural 11%
  3. DVLOP III 8%
  4. Group: Camera Standard 2%
  5. Camera Flexible Color 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
8%
Grain
37%
Vignette
28%
Cropped
89%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 35% · sat 60% · lum 39%
  • Orange hue 74% · sat 82% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 87% · sat 63% · lum 56%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 72% · lum 57%
  • Aqua hue 44% · sat 60% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 74% · lum 57%
  • Purple hue 38% · sat 54% · lum 38%
  • Magenta hue 34% · sat 53% · lum 16%

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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 02, 2026.