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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 1,371 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#27
most analyzed of 98 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

1,371 all-time photos · 679 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 31%
  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.

Last 90 days · 117 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 43 Lightroom edits · last 90 days

The typical Leica Q2 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.5
  • Contrast -2
  • Highlights -41
  • Shadows +36
  • 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
100%
lift blacks
74%
lower whites
41%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 100%
  2. Blacks 98%
  3. Highlights 98%
  4. Exposure 95%
  5. Contrast 91%
  6. Orange hue 81%
  7. Green saturation 79%
  8. Yellow saturation 78%
  9. Blue saturation 78%
  10. Whites 77%
  11. Blue hue 75%
  12. Orange saturation 71%
  13. Red hue 71%
  14. Yellow hue 68%
  15. Blue luminance 67%
  16. Aqua hue 64%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
30%
Median temperature
5,400K
Median tint
+19
  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
14%
Grain
35%
Vignette
12%
Cropped
95%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 71% · sat 63% · lum 56%
  • Orange hue 81% · sat 71% · lum 62%
  • Yellow hue 68% · sat 78% · lum 59%
  • Green hue 63% · sat 79% · lum 54%
  • Aqua hue 64% · sat 59% · lum 62%
  • Blue hue 75% · sat 78% · lum 67%
  • Purple hue 56% · sat 63% · lum 53%
  • Magenta hue 60% · sat 55% · lum 57%

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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 August 10, 2026.