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Nikon Z6

How 2,990 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

#18
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
94%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z6 photos are shot

2,990 all-time photos · 2,088 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 25%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 26%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 10%
  5. 58mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 40mm 3%
  8. 105mm 2%
  9. 28mm 2%
  10. 34mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 94%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 6%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 11%
Flash fired
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 5%
  3. 2021 9%
  4. 2022 18%
  5. 2023 28%
  6. 2024 21%
  7. 2025 10%
  8. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z6

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

Last 90 days · 198 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 29% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 20% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 12% down
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 9% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 7% down
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 5% up
  7. 7 TAMRON 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD A058Z 3% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 3% down
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 3% down
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S 2% flat
  11. 11 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G 2% up
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 109 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.22
  • Highlights -47
  • Shadows +45
  • Whites -12
  • Blacks +15
  • Clarity -4
  • Saturation -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z6 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
79%
lower whites
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 97%
  2. Blacks 95%
  3. Shadows 95%
  4. Exposure 93%
  5. Yellow saturation 93%
  6. Blue saturation 91%
  7. Whites 90%
  8. Orange saturation 90%
  9. Green saturation 90%
  10. Blue luminance 89%
  11. Green hue 86%
  12. Yellow hue 85%
  13. Magenta saturation 84%
  14. Purple saturation 83%
  15. Red saturation 81%
  16. Contrast 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
81%
As Shot
19%
Median temperature
5,200K
Median tint
-25
  1. Adobe Standard 41%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 33%
  3. Fuji 400H 2N 13%
  4. Embedded 8%
  5. DVLOP III 2%

The Nikon Z6 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
10%
Grain
41%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
75%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 73% · sat 81% · lum 77%
  • Orange hue 71% · sat 90% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 85% · sat 93% · lum 73%
  • Green hue 86% · sat 90% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 62% · sat 76% · lum 49%
  • Blue hue 61% · sat 91% · lum 89%
  • Purple hue 78% · sat 83% · lum 53%
  • Magenta hue 58% · sat 84% · lum 35%

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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.