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Nikon Z9

How 1,991 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

#23
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 3,200
1/641s
median shutter
89%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z9 photos are shot

1,991 all-time photos · 1,167 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 11%
  2. f/1.8 14%
  3. f/2.8 36%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 11%
  6. f/8+ 7%

ISO

  1. <=200 35%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 8%
  6. 6400+ 4%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 45%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 18%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 18%
  2. 35mm 14%
  3. 85mm 8%
  4. 200mm 6%
  5. 70mm 6%
  6. 24mm 5%
  7. 400mm 3%
  8. 500mm 3%
  9. 28mm 2%
  10. 105mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 89%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 7%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 10%
Flash fired
7%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 9%
  2. 2023 23%
  3. 2024 27%
  4. 2025 26%
  5. 2026 15%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z9

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

Last 90 days · 353 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 30% up
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 19% flat
  3. 3 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 14% flat
  4. 4 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 9% up
  5. 5 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S 6% up
  6. 6 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 6% flat
  7. 7 NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S 3% up
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S 2% up
  9. 9 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 2% down
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S 2% up
  11. 11 TAMRON 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD A058Z 2% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z9 photos are edited

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

from 207 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z9 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Highlights -42
  • Shadows +30
  • Blacks -7

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Nikon Z9 tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
48%
lower whites
48%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 93%
  2. Shadows 93%
  3. Contrast 93%
  4. Exposure 93%
  5. Highlights 84%
  6. Whites 77%
  7. Green saturation 70%
  8. Vibrance 68%
  9. Yellow saturation 65%
  10. Red hue 64%
  11. Clarity 64%
  12. Orange saturation 64%
  13. Blue saturation 61%
  14. Aqua saturation 61%
  15. Green hue 58%
  16. Orange hue 58%

White balance & profiles

Custom
67%
As Shot
32%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,852K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 84%
  2. Camera Standard 11%
  3. DVLOP III 2%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. Camera Flat 1%

The Nikon Z9 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
7%
Grain
42%
Vignette
6%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 64% · sat 46% · lum 49%
  • Orange hue 58% · sat 64% · lum 45%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 65% · lum 50%
  • Green hue 58% · sat 70% · lum 45%
  • Aqua hue 54% · sat 61% · lum 34%
  • Blue hue 46% · sat 61% · lum 47%
  • Purple hue 42% · sat 37% · lum 21%
  • Magenta hue 40% · sat 39% · lum 20%

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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 November 02, 2026.