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Nikon Z6 II

How 12,038 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

#7
most analyzed of 105 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,000
1/500s
median shutter
95%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z6 II photos are shot

12,038 all-time photos · 7,898 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 9%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 19%
  4. 1600 12%
  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+ 41%
  2. 1/500s 20%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 10%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 32%
  2. 50mm 22%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 85mm 8%
  5. 58mm 3%
  6. 70mm 3%
  7. 28mm 2%
  8. 40mm 1%
  9. 105mm 1%
  10. 30mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 95%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
17:00 · 12%
Flash fired
9%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 1%
  2. 2021 3%
  3. 2022 9%
  4. 2023 23%
  5. 2024 29%
  6. 2025 29%
  7. 2026 6%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z6 II

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

Last 90 days · 1,857 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 43% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 17% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 11% down
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 5% flat
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 5% down
  6. 6 TAMRON 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 A063Z 4% up
  7. 7 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 3% up
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% down
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 2% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II 1% up
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 1% flat
  12. 12 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z6 II photos are edited

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

from 1,432 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z6 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -14
  • Highlights -28
  • Shadows +20
  • Whites -6
  • Blacks +1
  • Vibrance +3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z6 II tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
63%
lower whites
65%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 94%
  2. Blacks 93%
  3. Contrast 92%
  4. Exposure 91%
  5. Highlights 91%
  6. Green saturation 88%
  7. Yellow saturation 88%
  8. Green hue 85%
  9. Whites 81%
  10. Orange saturation 79%
  11. Blue saturation 77%
  12. Yellow hue 77%
  13. Orange hue 74%
  14. Vibrance 72%
  15. Saturation 70%
  16. Orange luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
82%
As Shot
18%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,600K
Median tint
+4
  1. Adobe Standard 93%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  3. DVLOP X 3%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. DVLOP FILM II 0%

The Nikon Z6 II 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
11%
Grain
61%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 64% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 74% · sat 79% · lum 69%
  • Yellow hue 77% · sat 88% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 85% · sat 88% · lum 68%
  • Aqua hue 51% · sat 64% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 77% · lum 53%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 54% · lum 21%
  • Magenta hue 38% · sat 56% · lum 27%

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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 September 28, 2026.