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Nikon Z6 sample images

Sample images from the Nikon Z6, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 2,937 real photos.

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

#17
most analyzed of 99 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

2,937 all-time photos · 2,048 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 45%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 5%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 17%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 21%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 25%
  2. 50mm 16%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 9%
  5. 58mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 40mm 3%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 34mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 94%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 5%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 5%
  3. 2021 9%
  4. 2022 17%
  5. 2023 29%
  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 · 254 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 17% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 16% down
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 13% up
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 12% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 10% down
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S 9% up
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 5% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 4% flat
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 4% down
  10. 10 TAMRON 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD A058Z 3% up
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 2% flat
  12. 12 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 169 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.4
  • Contrast -4
  • Highlights -44
  • Shadows +32
  • Whites -12
  • Blacks +2
  • Clarity -5
  • Saturation -1

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
65%
lower whites
51%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 98%
  2. Whites 98%
  3. Highlights 97%
  4. Shadows 96%
  5. Yellow saturation 95%
  6. Exposure 90%
  7. Orange hue 90%
  8. Orange luminance 88%
  9. Contrast 87%
  10. Green saturation 85%
  11. Yellow hue 82%
  12. Orange saturation 80%
  13. Vibrance 80%
  14. Blue saturation 79%
  15. Blue luminance 76%
  16. Magenta saturation 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
80%
As Shot
20%
Median temperature
5,150K
Median tint
-4
  1. Adobe Standard 54%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 37%
  3. Embedded 5%
  4. Camera Standard 2%
  5. DVLOP V2 1%

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
20%
Grain
43%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
86%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 68% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 90% · sat 80% · lum 88%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 95% · lum 69%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 85% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 47% · sat 69% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 48% · sat 79% · lum 76%
  • Purple hue 61% · sat 74% · lum 55%
  • Magenta hue 54% · sat 75% · lum 30%

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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 July 20, 2026.