LEICA M11 · camera stats

LEICA M11

How 167 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

#92
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/3.4
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 8,000
1/180s
median shutter
62%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How LEICA M11 photos are shot

167 all-time photos · 80 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 8%
  2. f/1.8 15%
  3. f/2.8 24%
  4. f/4 20%
  5. f/5.6 13%
  6. f/8+ 20%

ISO

  1. <=200 40%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 5%
  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 13%
  3. 1/250s 29%
  4. 1/125s 30%
  5. 1/60s 4%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 35mm 57%
  2. 50mm 24%
  3. 28mm 12%
  4. 21mm 7%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 62%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 35%
  3. 1 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 18%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2022-2026

  1. 2022 12%
  2. 2023 10%
  3. 2024 48%
  4. 2025 15%
  5. 2026 15%

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. 26% flat
  2. 2 Summicron-M 1:2/35 ASPH. 23% flat
  3. 3 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 12% flat
  4. 4 Summicron-M 1:2/50 11% flat
  5. 5 Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 6% flat
  6. 6 Summicron-M 1:2/35 5% flat
  7. 7 Summicron-M 1:2/28 ASPH. 4% flat
  8. 8 Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 Leitz 4% flat
  9. 9 uncoded lens 3% flat
  10. 10 Summilux-M 1:1.4/28 ASPH. 2% flat
  11. 11 Zeiss C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM 2% flat
  12. 12 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 80 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical LEICA M11 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -8
  • Highlights -44
  • Shadows +25
  • Whites -11
  • Blacks +20
  • Clarity -4

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
81%
lower whites
69%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Whites 98%
  3. Shadows 96%
  4. Blacks 95%
  5. Blue saturation 93%
  6. Green hue 92%
  7. Contrast 86%
  8. Exposure 81%
  9. Red saturation 81%
  10. Blue luminance 81%
  11. Green saturation 79%
  12. Orange saturation 78%
  13. Aqua saturation 76%
  14. Green luminance 75%
  15. Red hue 75%
  16. Yellow luminance 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
63%
As Shot
38%
Median temperature
5,477K
Median tint
+15
  1. Adobe Standard 89%
  2. PROFILE M11 5%
  3. LEICA M11 Neutral 4%
  4. Embedded 1%
  5. LEICA M11 Linear Recipe 1%

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
41%
Vignette
5%
Cropped
90%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 75% · sat 81% · lum 69%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 78% · lum 67%
  • Yellow hue 51% · sat 71% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 92% · sat 79% · lum 75%
  • Aqua hue 61% · sat 76% · lum 61%
  • Blue hue 63% · sat 93% · lum 81%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 64% · lum 49%
  • Magenta hue 56% · sat 68% · 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. Every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated October 26, 2026.