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Leica M10

How 945 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

#30
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 250
median · p95 1,600
1/350s
median shutter
75%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica M10 photos are shot

945 all-time photos · 630 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 21%
  2. f/1.8 18%
  3. f/2.8 20%
  4. f/4 29%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 50%
  2. 400 19%
  3. 800 16%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 29%
  2. 1/500s 25%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 12%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 53%
  2. 50mm 33%
  3. 16mm 6%
  4. 21mm 4%
  5. 90mm 2%
  6. 28mm 2%
  7. 24mm 1%
  8. 75mm 0%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 75%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 25%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 11%
Flash fired
4%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2016-2026

  1. 2016 1%
  2. 2017 1%
  3. 2018 1%
  4. 2019 2%
  5. 2020 6%
  6. 2021 6%
  7. 2022 24%
  8. 2023 31%
  9. 2024 17%
  10. 2025 10%
  11. 2026 1%

What's mounted on the Leica M10

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

  1. 1 Summicron-M 1:2/35 ASPH. 42% flat
  2. 2 Noctilux-M 1:1/50 14% flat
  3. 3 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 11% flat
  4. 4 Tri-Elmar-M 1:4/16-18-21 ASPH. 6% flat
  5. 5 Noctilux-M 1:0.95/50 ASPH. 6% flat
  6. 6 Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. 4% flat
  7. 7 Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 4% flat
  8. 8 Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 3% flat
  9. 9 Summicron-M 1:2/50 2% flat
  10. 10 Apo-Summicron-M 1:2/90 ASPH. 2% flat
  11. 11 Summicron 1:2/50 Leitz 1% flat
  12. 12 Summicron-M 1:2/35 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Leica M10 photos are edited

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

from 630 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Leica M10 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -15
  • Highlights -50
  • Shadows +23
  • Whites -15
  • Blacks +15

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Leica M10 tone curve

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

Custom curve
99%
lift blacks
63%
lower whites
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 99%
  2. Highlights 99%
  3. Shadows 96%
  4. Blue luminance 95%
  5. Blue saturation 95%
  6. Magenta saturation 94%
  7. Yellow saturation 94%
  8. Green saturation 93%
  9. Exposure 92%
  10. Orange luminance 92%
  11. Purple saturation 91%
  12. Contrast 91%
  13. Magenta hue 90%
  14. Green luminance 89%
  15. Purple hue 88%
  16. Purple luminance 86%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Auto
1%
Median temperature
5,183K
Median tint
+14
  1. Adobe Standard 72%
  2. Embedded 23%
  3. LEICA M10 3%
  4. Kodak Portra 400 NC L 2%
  5. Kodak Portra 160 NC L 0%

The Leica M10 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
1%
Grain
61%
Vignette
29%
Cropped
68%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 67% · sat 67% · lum 63%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 62% · lum 92%
  • Yellow hue 63% · sat 94% · lum 41%
  • Green hue 67% · sat 93% · lum 89%
  • Aqua hue 36% · sat 83% · lum 55%
  • Blue hue 62% · sat 95% · lum 95%
  • Purple hue 88% · sat 91% · lum 86%
  • Magenta hue 90% · sat 94% · lum 54%

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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.