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LEICA Q3 43

How 100 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

#113
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.8
median aperture
ISO 100
median · p95 2,500
1/250s
median shutter
43%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How LEICA Q3 43 photos are shot

100 all-time photos · 21 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 23%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 33%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 7%

ISO

  1. <=200 71%
  2. 400 13%
  3. 800 10%
  4. 1600 1%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 30%
  2. 1/500s 11%
  3. 1/250s 28%
  4. 1/125s 20%
  5. 1/60s 8%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 43mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Aperture-priority AE 52%
  2. Manual 43%
  3. Program AE 5%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 17%
Flash fired
0%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 6%
  2. 2024 11%
  3. 2025 25%
  4. 2026 58%

What's mounted on the LEICA Q3 43

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

  1. 1 APO-SUMMICRON 1:2/43 ASPH. 99% flat
  2. 2 Leica Q3 43 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How LEICA Q3 43 photos are edited

Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.

from 21 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical LEICA Q3 43 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.65
  • Contrast +13
  • Highlights -33
  • Shadows +18
  • Whites -14
  • Blacks -19
  • Dehaze +2
  • Vibrance +20
  • Saturation +1

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The LEICA Q3 43 tone curve

Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
53%
lower whites
65%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Vibrance 100%
  2. Blacks 100%
  3. Highlights 100%
  4. Whites 100%
  5. Shadows 100%
  6. Contrast 100%
  7. Exposure 95%
  8. Orange saturation 90%
  9. Blue saturation 85%
  10. Saturation 85%
  11. Yellow saturation 85%
  12. Orange hue 80%
  13. Aqua saturation 80%
  14. Blue hue 80%
  15. Green saturation 75%
  16. Yellow luminance 75%

White balance & profiles

Custom
95%
As Shot
5%
Median temperature
5,781K
Median tint
+9
  1. Adobe Standard 52%
  2. DVLOP X 43%
  3. Embedded 5%

The LEICA Q3 43 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
0%
Grain
24%
Vignette
14%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 65% · sat 55% · lum 65%
  • Orange hue 80% · sat 90% · lum 60%
  • Yellow hue 65% · sat 85% · lum 75%
  • Green hue 65% · sat 75% · lum 60%
  • Aqua hue 65% · sat 80% · lum 45%
  • Blue hue 80% · sat 85% · lum 55%
  • Purple hue 50% · sat 55% · lum 30%
  • Magenta hue 55% · sat 55% · lum 6%

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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 October 26, 2026.