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Nikon Z9

How 1,417 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

#25
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/641s
median shutter
88%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Nikon Z9 photos are shot

1,417 all-time photos · 807 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 13%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 37%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 12%
  6. f/8+ 6%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 8%
  6. 6400+ 3%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 48%
  2. 1/500s 18%
  3. 1/250s 17%
  4. 1/125s 10%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 18%
  2. 35mm 14%
  3. 24mm 7%
  4. 200mm 7%
  5. 85mm 6%
  6. 70mm 6%
  7. 400mm 3%
  8. 135mm 2%
  9. 500mm 2%
  10. 33mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 88%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 9%
  3. Shutter speed priority AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 10%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2021-2026

  1. 2021 1%
  2. 2022 17%
  3. 2023 25%
  4. 2024 26%
  5. 2025 22%
  6. 2026 11%

What's mounted on the Nikon Z9

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

Last 90 days · 128 photos

  1. 1 Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S 24% down
  2. 2 NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S 15% flat
  3. 3 NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 11% up
  4. 4 Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S 8% down
  5. 5 NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S 6% up
  6. 6 AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR 5% up
  7. 7 Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A (Nikon F) 3% up
  8. 8 Nikon NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S 3% down
  9. 9 VR 70-200mm f/2.8E 3% up
  10. 10 NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S 3% flat
  11. 11 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S 3% flat
  12. 12 NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S 3% up

The edit fingerprint

How Nikon Z9 photos are edited

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

from 70 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Nikon Z9 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.19
  • Contrast +1
  • Highlights -54
  • Shadows +40
  • Whites +18

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
100%
lift blacks
24%
lower whites
21%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 100%
  2. Contrast 99%
  3. Shadows 97%
  4. Exposure 97%
  5. Whites 96%
  6. Blacks 93%
  7. Red hue 70%
  8. Blue hue 67%
  9. Blue saturation 64%
  10. Blue luminance 62%
  11. Orange saturation 61%
  12. Saturation 60%
  13. Orange hue 59%
  14. Yellow saturation 59%
  15. Vibrance 57%
  16. Clarity 53%

White balance & profiles

Custom
83%
As Shot
17%
Median temperature
5,436K
Median tint
+15
  1. Adobe Standard 67%
  2. Camera Standard 29%
  3. Embedded 3%
  4. TAP Natural 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
0%
Grain
19%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 70% · sat 47% · lum 41%
  • Orange hue 59% · sat 61% · lum 51%
  • Yellow hue 48% · sat 59% · lum 52%
  • Green hue 36% · sat 37% · lum 33%
  • Aqua hue 27% · sat 24% · lum 24%
  • Blue hue 67% · sat 64% · lum 62%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 30% · lum 22%
  • Magenta hue 19% · sat 21% · lum 13%

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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.