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Nikon Z5

How 807 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

#44
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
95%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z5 photos are shot

807 all-time photos · 529 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 32%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 15%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 21%
  3. 800 19%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 27%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 26%
  2. 35mm 22%
  3. 85mm 20%
  4. 24mm 8%
  5. 44mm 3%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 40mm 2%
  8. 135mm 2%
  9. 18mm 1%
  10. 70mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 95%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 13%
Flash fired
11%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 8%
  4. 2023 15%
  5. 2024 40%
  6. 2025 19%
  7. 2026 13%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z5

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

Last 90 days · 119 photos

  1. 1 Viltrox AF 85mm f/2.0 Z 23% up
  2. 2 Viltrox AF 24/1.8 Z 16% up
  3. 3 Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM 14% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 11% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 10% down
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 6% down
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 4% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S 3% up
  9. 9 Viltrox AF 35/1.8 Z 1% new
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 1% flat
  11. 11 VR 17-50mm f/2.8G 1% new
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR 1% new

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z5 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 Z5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -30
  • Highlights -56
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -17
  • Blacks -11
  • Clarity -5
  • Saturation -10

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z5 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
46%
lower whites
75%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Orange saturation 93%
  2. Green saturation 93%
  3. Highlights 88%
  4. Red saturation 87%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Shadows 85%
  7. Whites 84%
  8. Saturation 81%
  9. Yellow saturation 80%
  10. Aqua saturation 80%
  11. Green hue 78%
  12. Exposure 78%
  13. Orange luminance 75%
  14. Blue luminance 75%
  15. Red luminance 74%
  16. Yellow luminance 74%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
23%
Median temperature
5,300K
Median tint
+10
  1. Adobe Standard 100%

The Nikon Z5 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
1%
Grain
31%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
89%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 87% · lum 74%
  • Orange hue 62% · sat 93% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 31% · sat 80% · lum 74%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 93% · lum 68%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 80% · lum 63%
  • Blue hue 71% · sat 63% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 62% · lum 50%
  • Magenta hue 40% · sat 56% · lum 49%

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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.