LEICA M11 · camera stats

LEICA M11

How 130 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

#87
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.4
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 8,000
1/180s
median shutter
59%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How LEICA M11 photos are shot

130 all-time photos · 68 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 7%
  2. f/1.8 17%
  3. f/2.8 25%
  4. f/4 19%
  5. f/5.6 19%
  6. f/8+ 13%

ISO

  1. <=200 41%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 11%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 6%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 8,000.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 19%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 33%
  5. 1/60s 2%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 55%
  2. 50mm 29%
  3. 28mm 9%
  4. 21mm 6%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 59%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 42%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 19%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 12%
  2. 2023 12%
  3. 2024 53%
  4. 2025 13%
  5. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the LEICA M11

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

  1. 1 Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. 24% flat
  2. 2 Summicron-M 1:2/35 ASPH. 23% flat
  3. 3 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 20% flat
  4. 4 Summicron-M 1:2/50 8% flat
  5. 5 Summicron-M 1:2/28 ASPH. 7% flat
  6. 6 Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 6% flat
  7. 7 Summicron-M 1:2/35 6% flat
  8. 8 uncoded lens 2% flat
  9. 9 Zeiss C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM 2% flat
  10. 10 Noctilux-M 1:0.95/50 ASPH. 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How LEICA M11 photos are edited

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

from 68 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical LEICA M11 edit

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

  • Contrast -8
  • Highlights -43
  • Shadows +26
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks +18
  • Clarity -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The LEICA M11 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
77%
lower whites
65%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 99%
  2. Highlights 99%
  3. Blacks 97%
  4. Whites 97%
  5. Green hue 93%
  6. Blue saturation 92%
  7. Contrast 91%
  8. Green luminance 84%
  9. Blue luminance 84%
  10. Green saturation 82%
  11. Orange saturation 79%
  12. Red saturation 79%
  13. Orange luminance 75%
  14. Exposure 72%
  15. Red hue 69%
  16. Red luminance 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
59%
As Shot
41%
Median temperature
5,450K
Median tint
+16
  1. Adobe Standard 78%
  2. LEICA M11 Neutral 12%
  3. PROFILE M11 6%
  4. Embedded 3%
  5. LEICA M11 Linear Recipe 2%

The LEICA M11 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
35%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
96%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 69% · sat 79% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 67% · sat 79% · lum 75%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 64% · lum 64%
  • Green hue 93% · sat 82% · lum 84%
  • Aqua hue 53% · sat 67% · lum 53%
  • Blue hue 69% · sat 92% · lum 84%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 61% · lum 39%
  • Magenta hue 61% · sat 66% · lum 53%

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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.