Nikon · sample images & camera stats

Nikon Z5 sample images

Sample images from the Nikon Z5, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 621 real photos.

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

#40
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/400s
median shutter
96%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z5 photos are shot

621 all-time photos · 397 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 32%
  3. f/2.8 27%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 11%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 23%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 23%
  2. 35mm 22%
  3. 85mm 20%
  4. 24mm 7%
  5. 44mm 4%
  6. 28mm 3%
  7. 135mm 2%
  8. 40mm 2%
  9. 70mm 2%
  10. 75mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 96%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 15%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 5%
  3. 2022 8%
  4. 2023 21%
  5. 2024 45%
  6. 2025 18%
  7. 2026 2%

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 15% flat
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 13% flat
  3. 3 35mm f/1.4G 10% flat
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 8% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 8% flat
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 8% 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 4% flat
  10. 10 135mm f/1.8E 3% flat
  11. 11 35mm f/1.8G 2% flat
  12. 12 85mm 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 397 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Nikon Z5 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -8
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -13
  • Blacks +5

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 96%
  3. Yellow saturation 95%
  4. Highlights 91%
  5. Contrast 88%
  6. Whites 87%
  7. Green hue 86%
  8. Blacks 85%
  9. Yellow hue 84%
  10. Exposure 81%
  11. Orange luminance 79%
  12. Orange saturation 78%
  13. Aqua saturation 77%
  14. Blue saturation 77%
  15. Yellow luminance 76%
  16. Green luminance 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
24%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,617K
Median tint
+7
  1. Adobe Standard 95%
  2. Camera Standard 2%
  3. DVLOP X 1%
  4. DVLOP III 1%
  5. Embedded 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
4%
Grain
38%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 65% · lum 67%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 78% · lum 79%
  • Yellow hue 84% · sat 95% · lum 76%
  • Green hue 86% · sat 97% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 77% · lum 45%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 77% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 59% · sat 67% · lum 39%
  • Magenta hue 59% · sat 67% · lum 26%

Shoot with a Nikon Z5?

Upload a photo to see its full EXIF and Lightroom settings — the same data these stats are built from.

Analyze your photo

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.