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Nikon Z5 sample images

Sample images from the Nikon Z5, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 683 real photos.

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

#39
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.5
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
96%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z5 photos are shot

683 all-time photos · 453 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 6%
  2. f/1.8 31%
  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 11%
  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+ 26%
  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 24%
  2. 50mm 23%
  3. 85mm 22%
  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 96%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 14%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 7%
  4. 2023 19%
  5. 2024 43%
  6. 2025 17%
  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 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 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 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 453 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 -39
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -16

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
59%
lower whites
69%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Green saturation 96%
  2. Shadows 94%
  3. Yellow saturation 91%
  4. Highlights 91%
  5. Green hue 87%
  6. Whites 87%
  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 75%
  15. Blue saturation 73%
  16. Green luminance 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
27%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,596K
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
12%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 71% · lum 70%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 80% · lum 80%
  • Yellow hue 80% · sat 91% · lum 77%
  • Green hue 87% · sat 96% · lum 72%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 71% · lum 43%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 73% · lum 75%
  • Purple hue 57% · sat 68% · lum 37%
  • Magenta hue 56% · sat 63% · 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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.