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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 108 real photos.

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

#98
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/3.8
median aperture
ISO 300
median · p95 1,600
1/200s
median shutter
79%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How LEICA SL3 photos are shot

108 all-time photos · 31 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 4%
  2. f/1.8 9%
  3. f/2.8 31%
  4. f/4 25%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 25%

ISO

  1. <=200 44%
  2. 400 30%
  3. 800 9%
  4. 1600 13%
  5. 3200 4%
  6. 6400+ 1%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 20%
  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 20%
  2. 35mm 14%
  3. 45mm 6%
  4. 28mm 5%
  5. 39mm 5%
  6. 34mm 4%
  7. 42mm 4%
  8. 50mm 4%
  9. 70mm 3%
  10. 80mm 3%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 79%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 19%
  3. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
15:00 · 15%
Flash fired
3%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2023-2026

  1. 2023 4%
  2. 2024 52%
  3. 2025 39%
  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. 33% 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 12% flat
  4. 4 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 6% 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 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 2% flat
  11. 11 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/28-70 ASPH. 2% flat
  12. 12 17-40mm F1.8 DC | Art 025 1% flat

The edit fingerprint

How LEICA SL3 photos are edited

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

from 31 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical LEICA SL3 edit

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

  • Exposure +0.35
  • Contrast +6
  • Highlights -16
  • Shadows +47
  • Whites -10
  • Blacks -18

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 97%
  2. Highlights 97%
  3. Shadows 94%
  4. Whites 87%
  5. Exposure 87%
  6. Red hue 86%
  7. Orange saturation 76%
  8. Contrast 74%
  9. Orange luminance 72%
  10. Yellow saturation 66%
  11. Green saturation 62%
  12. Clarity 61%
  13. Red luminance 59%
  14. Orange hue 59%
  15. Red saturation 55%
  16. Dehaze 55%

White balance & profiles

Custom
82%
As Shot
18%
Median temperature
6,158K
Median tint
+25
  1. Adobe Standard 81%
  2. Embedded 19%

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
36%
Vignette
26%
Cropped
100%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 86% · sat 55% · lum 59%
  • Orange hue 59% · sat 76% · lum 72%
  • Yellow hue 41% · sat 66% · lum 41%
  • Green hue 52% · sat 62% · lum 45%
  • Aqua hue 17% · sat 52% · lum 24%
  • Blue hue 31% · sat 48% · lum 31%
  • Purple hue 41% · sat 48% · lum 35%
  • Magenta hue 41% · sat 48% · lum 41%

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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 July 20, 2026.