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Nikon Z7 II

How 2,667 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

#18
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 1,600
1/319s
median shutter
94%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z7 II photos are shot

2,667 all-time photos · 1,937 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 5%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 39%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 8%

ISO

  1. <=200 39%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 23%
  4. 1600 11%
  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+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 16%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 33%
  2. 50mm 15%
  3. 24mm 8%
  4. 70mm 7%
  5. 85mm 5%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 34mm 2%
  8. 38mm 1%
  9. 58mm 1%
  10. 40mm 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 · 10%
Flash fired
15%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2020-2026

  1. 2020 4%
  2. 2021 4%
  3. 2022 11%
  4. 2023 12%
  5. 2024 32%
  6. 2025 33%
  7. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z7 II

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

Last 90 days · 331 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 37% up
  2. 2 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 10% flat
  3. 3 AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR 7% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 7% down
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 6% up
  6. 6 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.4 6% up
  7. 7 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 4% flat
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S 3% up
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8 3% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S 2% up
  11. 11 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% down
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 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 233 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 -5
  • Highlights -36
  • Shadows +26
  • Blacks +3

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
56%
lower whites
46%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 98%
  2. Shadows 95%
  3. Exposure 94%
  4. Contrast 94%
  5. Blacks 92%
  6. Whites 88%
  7. Yellow saturation 82%
  8. Green saturation 82%
  9. Orange saturation 81%
  10. Green hue 77%
  11. Blue saturation 75%
  12. Orange luminance 73%
  13. Orange hue 63%
  14. Red luminance 62%
  15. Green luminance 60%
  16. Vibrance 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
84%
As Shot
15%
Cloudy
1%
Median temperature
6,000K
Median tint
+15
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Camera Standard 3%
  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
3%
Grain
53%
Vignette
3%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 58% · sat 49% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 63% · sat 81% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 60% · sat 82% · lum 53%
  • Green hue 77% · sat 82% · lum 60%
  • Aqua hue 56% · sat 56% · lum 28%
  • Blue hue 56% · sat 75% · lum 53%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 53% · lum 21%
  • Magenta hue 50% · sat 50% · 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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.