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Nikon Z6

How 3,212 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 110 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
93%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z6 photos are shot

3,212 all-time photos · 2,170 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 24%
  3. f/2.8 30%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 17%
  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 24%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 93%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 11%
Flash fired
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 6%
  3. 2021 9%
  4. 2022 17%
  5. 2023 28%
  6. 2024 20%
  7. 2025 11%
  8. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z6

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

Last 90 days · 234 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 52% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 18% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 7% down
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 7% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 6% down
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 2% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 2% down
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 2% down
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR 1% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR 1% flat
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 142 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -4
  • Highlights -19
  • Shadows +20

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
99%
lift blacks
72%
lower whites
58%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 94%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Highlights 89%
  4. Blacks 88%
  5. Green saturation 83%
  6. Exposure 82%
  7. Orange hue 81%
  8. Yellow saturation 81%
  9. Blue luminance 81%
  10. Orange luminance 77%
  11. Whites 77%
  12. Blue saturation 76%
  13. Orange saturation 76%
  14. Purple saturation 75%
  15. Yellow hue 73%
  16. Magenta saturation 72%

White balance & profiles

Custom
65%
As Shot
35%
Median temperature
5,142K
Median tint
-20
  1. Adobe Standard 43%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 33%
  3. Embedded 15%
  4. Camera Standard 6%
  5. Camera Standard v2 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
19%
Grain
51%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 54% · sat 65% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 76% · lum 77%
  • Yellow hue 73% · sat 81% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 69% · sat 83% · lum 67%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 66% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 76% · lum 81%
  • Purple hue 66% · sat 75% · lum 56%
  • Magenta hue 56% · sat 72% · lum 31%

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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 October 12, 2026.