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Leica Q2 sample images

Sample images from the Leica Q2, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 1,274 real photos.

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 2,500
1/250s
median shutter
77%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica Q2 photos are shot

1,274 all-time photos · 641 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 28%
  3. f/2.8 19%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 15%
  6. f/8+ 16%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 24%
  3. 800 13%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 2,500.

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 20%
  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.

  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 641 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +25
  • Blacks +1

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
98%
lift blacks
67%
lower whites
59%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 95%
  3. Blacks 90%
  4. Exposure 89%
  5. Green saturation 87%
  6. Red hue 85%
  7. Whites 84%
  8. Contrast 84%
  9. Green hue 84%
  10. Orange luminance 81%
  11. Blue luminance 81%
  12. Yellow saturation 81%
  13. Orange hue 80%
  14. Blue saturation 79%
  15. Orange saturation 77%
  16. Red saturation 76%

White balance & profiles

Custom
78%
As Shot
22%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,941K
Median tint
+20
  1. Adobe Standard 91%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 3%
  4. DVLOP X 2%
  5. Smart Standard 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
6%
Grain
63%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 85% · sat 76% · lum 64%
  • Orange hue 80% · sat 77% · lum 81%
  • Yellow hue 74% · sat 81% · lum 68%
  • Green hue 84% · sat 87% · lum 73%
  • Aqua hue 73% · sat 71% · lum 61%
  • Blue hue 73% · sat 79% · lum 81%
  • Purple hue 64% · sat 68% · lum 54%
  • Magenta hue 61% · sat 67% · 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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.