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Nikon Z5

How 686 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

#40
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
95%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z5 photos are shot

686 all-time photos · 457 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 32%
  3. f/2.8 30%
  4. f/4 15%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 42%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 25%
  2. 1/500s 23%
  3. 1/250s 30%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 23%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 85mm 21%
  4. 24mm 6%
  5. 44mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 135mm 2%
  8. 40mm 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
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 7%
  4. 2023 18%
  5. 2024 43%
  6. 2025 18%
  7. 2026 9%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z5

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

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 17% flat
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 12% flat
  3. 3 35mm f/1.4G 9% flat
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 8% flat
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 8% flat
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 7% flat
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 5% flat
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 4% flat
  9. 9 50mm f/1.4G 3% flat
  10. 10 Viltrox AF 85mm f/2.0 Z 3% flat
  11. 11 135mm f/1.8E 2% flat
  12. 12 35mm f/1.8G 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z5 photos are edited

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

from 457 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Nikon Z5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -6
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -15

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
60%
lower whites
69%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Green saturation 97%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Highlights 91%
  4. Yellow saturation 91%
  5. Green hue 88%
  6. Whites 88%
  7. Blacks 87%
  8. Contrast 86%
  9. Yellow hue 80%
  10. Orange saturation 80%
  11. Orange luminance 80%
  12. Exposure 79%
  13. Yellow luminance 77%
  14. Blue luminance 74%
  15. Blue saturation 73%
  16. Green luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
27%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,600K
Median tint
+8
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Camera Standard 2%
  3. Embedded 1%
  4. DVLOP X 1%
  5. DVLOP III 1%

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
3%
Grain
33%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 71% · lum 71%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 80% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 80% · sat 91% · lum 77%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 97% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 60% · sat 71% · lum 44%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 73% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 69% · lum 38%
  • Magenta hue 57% · sat 64% · lum 26%

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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 August 31, 2026.