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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 3,026 real photos.

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

#17
most analyzed of 98 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

3,026 all-time photos · 2,137 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+ 2%

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 21%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 25%
  2. 50mm 17%
  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
12%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 5%
  2. 2020 5%
  3. 2021 9%
  4. 2022 17%
  5. 2023 28%
  6. 2024 20%
  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 · 235 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 19% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 18% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 14% down
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 14% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S 6% up
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 6% down
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 5% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 5% up
  9. 9 TAMRON 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD A058Z 3% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 2% down
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 2% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 158 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 -6
  • Highlights -45
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +15

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
85%
lower whites
64%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Whites 98%
  2. Highlights 98%
  3. Blacks 96%
  4. Shadows 94%
  5. Green saturation 93%
  6. Exposure 93%
  7. Yellow saturation 93%
  8. Contrast 92%
  9. Blue saturation 86%
  10. Orange hue 84%
  11. Yellow hue 82%
  12. Orange saturation 82%
  13. Blue luminance 81%
  14. Magenta saturation 79%
  15. Purple saturation 78%
  16. Green hue 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
73%
As Shot
27%
Median temperature
4,875K
Median tint
-16
  1. Adobe Standard v2 41%
  2. Adobe Standard 39%
  3. Fuji 400H 2N 13%
  4. Embedded 5%
  5. DVLOP III 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
8%
Grain
30%
Vignette
13%
Cropped
80%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 54% · sat 69% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 84% · sat 82% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 82% · sat 93% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 78% · sat 93% · lum 70%
  • Aqua hue 55% · sat 78% · lum 32%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 86% · lum 81%
  • Purple hue 68% · sat 78% · lum 62%
  • Magenta hue 66% · sat 79% · lum 24%

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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.