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Leica Q2

How 1,736 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

#26
most analyzed of 111 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 200
median · p95 2,000
1/250s
median shutter
78%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica Q2 photos are shot

1,736 all-time photos · 886 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 26%
  3. f/2.8 18%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 16%
  6. f/8+ 17%

ISO

  1. <=200 52%
  2. 400 23%
  3. 800 12%
  4. 1600 9%
  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+ 29%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 9%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 78%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 18%
  3. Program AE 3%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 11%
Flash fired
8%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 5%
  2. 2020 1%
  3. 2021 4%
  4. 2022 10%
  5. 2023 27%
  6. 2024 28%
  7. 2025 18%
  8. 2026 7%

What's mounted on the Leica Q2

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

Last 90 days · 220 photos

  1. 1 Leica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH. 100% flat

The edit fingerprint

How Leica Q2 photos are edited

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

from 113 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.55
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +15
  • Whites -3

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Leica Q2 tone curve

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

Custom curve
95%
lift blacks
46%
lower whites
67%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Exposure 94%
  2. Highlights 94%
  3. Contrast 90%
  4. Whites 85%
  5. Shadows 85%
  6. Blacks 83%
  7. Clarity 63%
  8. Orange hue 62%
  9. Green hue 62%
  10. Blue saturation 60%
  11. Blue luminance 60%
  12. Blue hue 59%
  13. Aqua saturation 59%
  14. Orange luminance 58%
  15. Red saturation 57%
  16. Green luminance 56%

White balance & profiles

Custom
72%
As Shot
28%
Median temperature
5,750K
Median tint
+20
  1. Adobe Standard 94%
  2. DVLOP FILM II 4%
  3. Embedded 3%

The Leica Q2 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
10%
Grain
60%
Vignette
4%
Cropped
97%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 56% · sat 57% · lum 55%
  • Orange hue 62% · sat 54% · lum 58%
  • Yellow hue 40% · sat 56% · lum 39%
  • Green hue 62% · sat 45% · lum 56%
  • Aqua hue 41% · sat 59% · lum 54%
  • Blue hue 59% · sat 60% · lum 60%
  • Purple hue 55% · sat 56% · lum 50%
  • Magenta hue 49% · sat 55% · lum 41%

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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 19, 2026.