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Nikon Z7 II

How 3,033 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 102 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/400s
median shutter
95%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z7 II photos are shot

3,033 all-time photos · 2,193 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 21%
  3. f/2.8 39%
  4. f/4 22%
  5. f/5.6 6%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 38%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 24%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 26%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 34%
  2. 50mm 14%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 70mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 34mm 2%
  8. 58mm 1%
  9. 38mm 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
15:00 · 10%
Flash fired
14%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 3%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 12%
  4. 2023 12%
  5. 2024 31%
  6. 2025 31%
  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 · 323 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 37% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 20% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 9% flat
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 6% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 5% flat
  6. 6 VR 300mm f/2.8G 5% up
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S 2% up
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  9. 9 VR 70-200mm f/2.8E 2% up
  10. 10 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 2% down
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 1% flat
  12. 12 AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z7 II photos are edited

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

from 227 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z7 II edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -3
  • Blacks +11

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
55%
lower whites
40%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 97%
  2. Highlights 96%
  3. Exposure 96%
  4. Whites 93%
  5. Contrast 93%
  6. Blacks 92%
  7. Green hue 84%
  8. Green saturation 83%
  9. Yellow saturation 79%
  10. Green luminance 78%
  11. Orange saturation 77%
  12. Blue saturation 76%
  13. Orange luminance 74%
  14. Blue luminance 67%
  15. Yellow hue 65%
  16. Blue hue 65%

White balance & profiles

Custom
89%
As Shot
12%
Median temperature
5,750K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. Camera Standard 5%
  3. DVLOP III 3%
  4. DVLOP X 2%
  5. Embedded 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
5%
Grain
47%
Vignette
0%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 56% · lum 57%
  • Orange hue 61% · sat 77% · lum 74%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 79% · lum 53%
  • Green hue 84% · sat 83% · lum 78%
  • Aqua hue 61% · sat 61% · lum 53%
  • Blue hue 65% · sat 76% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 48% · lum 29%
  • Magenta hue 44% · sat 46% · lum 23%

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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 August 31, 2026.