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Nikon Z6

How 3,638 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 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
91%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z6 photos are shot

3,638 all-time photos · 2,480 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 10%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 18%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  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 25%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

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

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 91%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 8%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 10%
Flash fired
14%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2018-2026

  1. 2018 1%
  2. 2019 4%
  3. 2020 5%
  4. 2021 9%
  5. 2022 16%
  6. 2023 25%
  7. 2024 20%
  8. 2025 12%
  9. 2026 8%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z6

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

Last 90 days · 499 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 44% up
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8 14% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 12% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 9% down
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 5% up
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 4% down
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 3% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 2% down
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 1% flat
  10. 10 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 1% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S 1% down
  12. 12 TAMRON 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD A058Z 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 293 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Contrast -12
  • Highlights -15
  • Shadows +20
  • Blacks -5
  • Clarity -2
  • 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
99%
lift blacks
50%
lower whites
38%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Contrast 96%
  2. Shadows 96%
  3. Highlights 91%
  4. Blacks 89%
  5. Exposure 88%
  6. Orange saturation 81%
  7. Orange hue 81%
  8. Whites 80%
  9. Green saturation 79%
  10. Yellow saturation 79%
  11. Saturation 77%
  12. Orange luminance 75%
  13. Blue luminance 74%
  14. Magenta saturation 72%
  15. Yellow luminance 72%
  16. Blue saturation 71%

White balance & profiles

Custom
65%
As Shot
36%
Median temperature
5,100K
Median tint
-15
  1. Adobe Standard 48%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 36%
  3. Embedded 11%
  4. Camera Standard 4%
  5. Camera Monochrome 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
28%
Grain
58%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 66% · sat 65% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 81% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 79% · lum 72%
  • Green hue 59% · sat 79% · lum 54%
  • Aqua hue 58% · sat 62% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 71% · lum 74%
  • Purple hue 60% · sat 67% · lum 44%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 72% · lum 34%

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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 November 02, 2026.