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Leica Q2

How 1,387 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 102 cameras
f/3.5
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 2,000
1/250s
median shutter
76%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Leica Q2 photos are shot

1,387 all-time photos · 693 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 16%
  6. f/8+ 16%

ISO

  1. <=200 48%
  2. 400 25%
  3. 800 13%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 3%
  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 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 30%
  6. 2024 29%
  7. 2025 16%
  8. 2026 4%

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 693 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.25
  • Contrast -5
  • Highlights -32
  • Shadows +25
  • Blacks +2

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
60%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 94%
  3. Blacks 90%
  4. Exposure 89%
  5. Contrast 85%
  6. Green saturation 84%
  7. Whites 82%
  8. Red hue 81%
  9. Green hue 81%
  10. Orange luminance 78%
  11. Blue luminance 78%
  12. Yellow saturation 78%
  13. Orange hue 77%
  14. Blue saturation 76%
  15. Orange saturation 74%
  16. Red saturation 73%

White balance & profiles

Custom
79%
As Shot
21%
Auto
0%
Median temperature
5,850K
Median tint
+20
  1. Adobe Standard 92%
  2. Embedded 3%
  3. DVLOP FILM II 2%
  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
60%
Vignette
8%
Cropped
93%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 81% · sat 73% · lum 62%
  • Orange hue 77% · sat 74% · lum 78%
  • Yellow hue 71% · sat 78% · lum 66%
  • Green hue 81% · sat 84% · lum 71%
  • Aqua hue 70% · sat 69% · lum 59%
  • Blue hue 70% · sat 76% · lum 78%
  • Purple hue 61% · sat 65% · lum 52%
  • Magenta hue 58% · sat 65% · lum 51%

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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 August 31, 2026.