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Nikon Z7 II

How 3,421 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 105 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

3,421 all-time photos · 2,301 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 38%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 10%

ISO

  1. <=200 37%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 24%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 31%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 15%
  5. 1/60s 3%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 32%
  2. 50mm 13%
  3. 24mm 9%
  4. 70mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 58mm 2%
  8. 34mm 2%
  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
13%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 3%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 12%
  4. 2023 12%
  5. 2024 32%
  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 · 411 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 31% down
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 13% up
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 8% flat
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S 7% up
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 6% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 6% up
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 5% down
  8. 8 NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S 3% up
  9. 9 VR 300mm f/2.8G 3% up
  10. 10 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S 2% up
  12. 12 Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED 2% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z7 II photos are edited

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

from 232 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
  • Highlights -37
  • Shadows +29
  • Whites +2
  • Blacks +14

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
58%
lower whites
43%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Highlights 97%
  3. Whites 96%
  4. Exposure 96%
  5. Blacks 95%
  6. Contrast 94%
  7. Green hue 88%
  8. Green saturation 86%
  9. Green luminance 84%
  10. Orange saturation 78%
  11. Yellow saturation 77%
  12. Blue saturation 76%
  13. Orange luminance 73%
  14. Vibrance 72%
  15. Saturation 68%
  16. Blue luminance 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
86%
As Shot
14%
Median temperature
5,892K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 88%
  2. Camera Standard 5%
  3. Embedded 2%
  4. TAP Natural 2%
  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
40%
Vignette
2%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 56% · sat 57% · lum 58%
  • Orange hue 53% · sat 78% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 61% · sat 77% · lum 63%
  • Green hue 88% · sat 86% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 63% · sat 63% · lum 52%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 53% · lum 26%
  • Magenta hue 46% · sat 54% · 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 September 28, 2026.