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Leica Q2

How 1,265 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

#27
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.2
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,000
1/250s
median shutter
77%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica Q2 photos are shot

1,265 all-time photos · 638 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 29%
  3. f/2.8 19%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 15%
  6. f/8+ 16%

ISO

  1. <=200 49%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 13%
  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+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 21%
  4. 1/125s 18%
  5. 1/60s 10%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 77%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 19%
  3. Program AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 12%
Flash fired
5%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 1%
  3. 2021 5%
  4. 2022 12%
  5. 2023 31%
  6. 2024 30%
  7. 2025 15%
  8. 2026 2%

What's mounted on the Leica Q2

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

Last 90 days · 105 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 46 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.75
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -39
  • Shadows +27
  • Clarity -0.5

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
100%
lift blacks
69%
lower whites
51%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 98%
  2. Exposure 96%
  3. Blacks 94%
  4. Highlights 91%
  5. Orange hue 91%
  6. Yellow saturation 91%
  7. Blue hue 91%
  8. Green saturation 89%
  9. Blue saturation 88%
  10. Whites 85%
  11. Blue luminance 84%
  12. Red hue 82%
  13. Orange saturation 82%
  14. Contrast 80%
  15. Green hue 80%
  16. Aqua hue 80%

White balance & profiles

Custom
67%
As Shot
33%
Median temperature
5,500K
Median tint
+20
  1. Adobe Standard 98%
  2. Embedded 2%

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
13%
Grain
44%
Vignette
9%
Cropped
94%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 82% · sat 75% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 91% · sat 82% · lum 73%
  • Yellow hue 75% · sat 91% · lum 61%
  • Green hue 80% · sat 89% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 80% · sat 67% · lum 66%
  • Blue hue 91% · sat 88% · lum 84%
  • Purple hue 68% · sat 71% · lum 58%
  • Magenta hue 76% · sat 61% · lum 61%

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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.