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LEICA SL3 sample images

Sample images from the LEICA SL3, with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 100 real photos.

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

#102
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/3.9
median aperture
ISO 300
median · p95 1,600
1/200s
median shutter
78%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How LEICA SL3 photos are shot

100 all-time photos · 30 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 3%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 29%
  4. f/4 26%
  5. f/5.6 7%
  6. f/8+ 26%

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 32%
  3. 800 10%
  4. 1600 12%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 1%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 19%
  2. 1/500s 19%
  3. 1/250s 18%
  4. 1/125s 13%
  5. 1/60s 12%
  6. slower 19%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 24mm 19%
  2. 35mm 13%
  3. 45mm 6%
  4. 28mm 5%
  5. 39mm 5%
  6. 34mm 4%
  7. 42mm 4%
  8. 70mm 4%
  9. 50mm 3%
  10. 80mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 78%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 19%
  3. Program AE 2%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 16%
Flash fired
3%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 4%
  2. 2024 53%
  3. 2025 38%
  4. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the LEICA SL3

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

  1. 1 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/24-70 ASPH. 34% flat
  2. 2 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8-4/24-90 ASPH. 21% flat
  3. 3 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 11% flat
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 4% flat
  5. 5 SUPER-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/14-24 ASPH. 4% flat
  6. 6 SUPER-VARIO-ELMAR-SL 1:3.5-4.5/16-35 ASPH. 3% flat
  7. 7 SUMMICRON-SL 1:2/35 ASPH. 3% flat
  8. 8 APO-SUMMICRON-SL 1:2/35 ASPH. 3% flat
  9. 9 28-45mm F1.8 DG DN | Art 024 3% flat
  10. 10 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/28-70 ASPH. 2% flat
  11. 11 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 2% flat
  12. 12 APO-SUMMICRON-SL 1:2/50 ASPH. 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How LEICA SL3 photos are edited

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

from 30 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical LEICA SL3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Contrast +7
  • Highlights -18
  • Shadows +49
  • Whites -20
  • Blacks -19

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The LEICA SL3 tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
89%
lower whites
44%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Blacks 100%
  2. Highlights 100%
  3. Shadows 97%
  4. Whites 90%
  5. Exposure 87%
  6. Red hue 86%
  7. Orange saturation 75%
  8. Contrast 73%
  9. Orange luminance 71%
  10. Yellow saturation 68%
  11. Green saturation 64%
  12. Clarity 63%
  13. Red luminance 61%
  14. Orange hue 57%
  15. Dehaze 57%
  16. Aqua saturation 54%

White balance & profiles

Custom
82%
As Shot
19%
Median temperature
5,854K
Median tint
+26
  1. Adobe Standard 83%
  2. Embedded 17%

The LEICA SL3 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
7%
Grain
37%
Vignette
27%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 86% · sat 54% · lum 61%
  • Orange hue 57% · sat 75% · lum 71%
  • Yellow hue 43% · sat 68% · lum 39%
  • Green hue 54% · sat 64% · lum 46%
  • Aqua hue 18% · sat 54% · lum 25%
  • Blue hue 32% · sat 50% · lum 32%
  • Purple hue 43% · sat 50% · lum 36%
  • Magenta hue 43% · sat 50% · lum 43%

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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 17, 2026.