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Nikon Z6

How 2,866 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

#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

2,866 all-time photos · 2,008 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 12%
  2. f/1.8 25%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 17%
  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+ 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 9%
  5. 58mm 5%
  6. 70mm 4%
  7. 40mm 3%
  8. 28mm 2%
  9. 105mm 2%
  10. 34mm 1%

Exposure mode

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

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 29%
  6. 2024 21%
  7. 2025 9%
  8. 2026 4%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z6

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

Last 90 days · 230 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 18% down
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 16% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 13% down
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 12% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S 10% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 9% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S 5% up
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 4% down
  9. 9 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 3% 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 3% up
  12. 12 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 photos are edited

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

from 163 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.43
  • Contrast -6
  • Highlights -44
  • Shadows +30
  • Whites -12
  • Blacks +6
  • Clarity -1
  • Saturation -3

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
72%
lower whites
62%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 99%
  2. Whites 99%
  3. Yellow saturation 98%
  4. Highlights 97%
  5. Shadows 93%
  6. Green saturation 92%
  7. Orange hue 92%
  8. Contrast 91%
  9. Exposure 91%
  10. Yellow hue 85%
  11. Blue saturation 84%
  12. Orange luminance 82%
  13. Orange saturation 82%
  14. Blue luminance 80%
  15. Magenta saturation 79%
  16. Purple saturation 78%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
30%
Median temperature
5,050K
Median tint
-25
  1. Adobe Standard 50%
  2. Adobe Standard v2 36%
  3. Fuji 400H 2N 9%
  4. Camera Standard 3%
  5. Embedded 3%

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
15%
Grain
43%
Vignette
18%
Cropped
71%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 62% · sat 75% · lum 71%
  • Orange hue 92% · sat 82% · lum 82%
  • Yellow hue 85% · sat 98% · lum 71%
  • Green hue 74% · sat 92% · lum 65%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 74% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 52% · sat 84% · lum 80%
  • Purple hue 64% · sat 78% · lum 64%
  • Magenta hue 60% · sat 79% · lum 33%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.