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Nikon Z7 II

How 3,791 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

#16
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,000
1/319s
median shutter
95%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z7 II photos are shot

3,791 all-time photos · 2,513 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 39%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 9%

ISO

  1. <=200 35%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 24%
  4. 1600 13%
  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 19%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 30%
  2. 50mm 14%
  3. 24mm 10%
  4. 70mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 34mm 1%
  8. 38mm 1%
  9. 58mm 1%
  10. 31mm 1%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 95%
  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 · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 3%
  2. 2021 3%
  3. 2022 11%
  4. 2023 15%
  5. 2024 31%
  6. 2025 30%
  7. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z7 II

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

Last 90 days · 559 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 22% down
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 13% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 11% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 10% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 7% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S 6% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S 5% up
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 4% up
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 3% flat
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 3% up
  11. 11 VR 300mm f/2.8G 2% up
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 2% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z7 II photos are edited

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

from 327 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.49
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -49
  • Shadows +29
  • Whites -3
  • Blacks +10

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z7 II tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
57%
lower whites
44%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Shadows 97%
  3. Whites 95%
  4. Blacks 95%
  5. Exposure 95%
  6. Contrast 92%
  7. Green saturation 86%
  8. Green hue 84%
  9. Yellow saturation 77%
  10. Green luminance 77%
  11. Orange saturation 75%
  12. Vibrance 74%
  13. Blue saturation 73%
  14. Aqua saturation 67%
  15. Orange luminance 66%
  16. Yellow luminance 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
16%
Median temperature
5,953K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Camera Standard 4%
  3. TAP Natural 2%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. DVLOP FILM II 1%

The Nikon Z7 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
41%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
98%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 62% · sat 62% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 75% · lum 66%
  • Yellow hue 64% · sat 77% · lum 65%
  • Green hue 84% · sat 86% · lum 77%
  • Aqua hue 59% · sat 67% · lum 47%
  • Blue hue 57% · sat 73% · lum 65%
  • Purple hue 45% · sat 49% · lum 28%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 52% · lum 21%

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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 19, 2026.