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Leica M10 sample images

Sample images from the Leica M10, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 1,022 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#31
most analyzed of 98 cameras
f/2.4
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 2,000
1/350s
median shutter
76%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica M10 photos are shot

1,022 all-time photos · 690 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 21%
  2. f/1.8 19%
  3. f/2.8 20%
  4. f/4 28%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 5%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 20%
  3. 800 15%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 28%
  2. 1/500s 24%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 2%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 52%
  2. 50mm 32%
  3. 28mm 5%
  4. 21mm 4%
  5. 16mm 4%
  6. 90mm 2%
  7. 24mm 1%
  8. 75mm 0%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 76%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 24%

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 11%
  7. 2022 19%
  8. 2023 32%
  9. 2024 16%
  10. 2025 10%
  11. 2026 2%

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. 41% flat
  2. 2 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 14% flat
  3. 3 Noctilux-M 1:1/50 13% flat
  4. 4 Noctilux-M 1:0.95/50 ASPH. 5% flat
  5. 5 Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. 4% flat
  6. 6 Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 4% flat
  7. 7 Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 4% flat
  8. 8 Tri-Elmar-M 1:4/16-18-21 ASPH. 4% flat
  9. 9 Summilux-M 1:1.4/28 ASPH. 3% flat
  10. 10 Summicron-M 1:2/50 2% flat
  11. 11 Apo-Summicron-M 1:2/90 ASPH. 2% flat
  12. 12 Summicron 1:2/50 Leitz 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Leica M10 photos are edited

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

from 690 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 +24
  • 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 98%
  4. Yellow saturation 93%
  5. Exposure 93%
  6. Green saturation 93%
  7. Blue luminance 93%
  8. Blue saturation 92%
  9. Orange luminance 92%
  10. Contrast 91%
  11. Magenta saturation 90%
  12. Purple saturation 87%
  13. Green luminance 87%
  14. Magenta hue 86%
  15. Purple hue 84%
  16. Whites 83%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,250K
Median tint
+13
  1. Adobe Standard 74%
  2. Embedded 21%
  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
2%
Grain
61%
Vignette
25%
Cropped
70%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 62% · sat 65% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 70% · sat 59% · lum 92%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 93% · lum 41%
  • Green hue 67% · sat 93% · lum 87%
  • Aqua hue 34% · sat 80% · lum 52%
  • Blue hue 60% · sat 92% · lum 93%
  • Purple hue 84% · sat 87% · lum 82%
  • Magenta hue 86% · sat 90% · lum 51%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated August 10, 2026.