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Leica Q2

How 1,468 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 105 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,500
1/250s
median shutter
76%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica Q2 photos are shot

1,468 all-time photos · 740 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 27%
  3. f/2.8 18%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 15%
  6. f/8+ 17%

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 2,500.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 32%
  2. 1/500s 14%
  3. 1/250s 20%
  4. 1/125s 19%
  5. 1/60s 10%
  6. slower 5%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 76%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 21%
  3. Program AE 3%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
16:00 · 12%
Flash fired
6%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2019-2026

  1. 2019 4%
  2. 2020 1%
  3. 2021 5%
  4. 2022 11%
  5. 2023 29%
  6. 2024 30%
  7. 2025 16%
  8. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Leica Q2

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

Last 90 days · 128 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 66 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.58
  • Contrast -1
  • Highlights -38
  • Shadows +17
  • Whites -11
  • Blacks -4

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
50%
lower whites
71%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Highlights 99%
  2. Exposure 94%
  3. Whites 91%
  4. Contrast 91%
  5. Blacks 89%
  6. Shadows 83%
  7. Orange hue 68%
  8. Clarity 67%
  9. Yellow saturation 63%
  10. Red saturation 63%
  11. Blue saturation 63%
  12. Orange saturation 62%
  13. Red hue 60%
  14. Blue hue 57%
  15. Green saturation 57%
  16. Green hue 57%

White balance & profiles

Custom
74%
As Shot
26%
Median temperature
5,625K
Median tint
+20
  1. Adobe Standard 100%

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
55%
Vignette
12%
Cropped
99%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 60% · sat 63% · lum 48%
  • Orange hue 68% · sat 62% · lum 52%
  • Yellow hue 50% · sat 63% · lum 45%
  • Green hue 57% · sat 57% · lum 55%
  • Aqua hue 40% · sat 53% · lum 46%
  • Blue hue 57% · sat 63% · lum 54%
  • Purple hue 48% · sat 53% · lum 44%
  • Magenta hue 45% · sat 57% · lum 38%

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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 September 28, 2026.