Leica · camera stats

Q (Typ 116)

How 262 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

#78
most analyzed of 113 cameras
f/2.2
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/250s
median shutter
46%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Q (Typ 116) photos are shot

262 all-time photos · 165 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 48%
  3. f/2.8 8%
  4. f/4 23%
  5. f/5.6 9%
  6. f/8+ 12%

Q (Typ 116) shooters live wide open: 48% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 47%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 3%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 3,200.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 12%
  3. 1/250s 23%
  4. 1/125s 32%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Aperture-priority AE 49%
  2. Manual 46%
  3. Program AE 4%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 13%
Flash fired
2%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2015-2026

  1. 2015 5%
  2. 2017 3%
  3. 2018 5%
  4. 2019 3%
  5. 2020 2%
  6. 2021 18%
  7. 2022 13%
  8. 2023 10%
  9. 2024 26%
  10. 2025 11%
  11. 2026 5%

What's mounted on the Q (Typ 116)

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

The edit fingerprint

How Q (Typ 116) photos are edited

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

from 165 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Q (Typ 116) edit

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

  • Exposure +0.2
  • Contrast -10
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +23
  • Blacks +6
  • Clarity -5

Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.

The Q (Typ 116) tone curve

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

Custom curve
100%
lift blacks
47%
lower whites
34%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 95%
  2. Highlights 90%
  3. Contrast 90%
  4. Exposure 89%
  5. Blacks 87%
  6. Blue saturation 80%
  7. Green saturation 73%
  8. Whites 72%
  9. Clarity 70%
  10. Green hue 69%
  11. Orange saturation 66%
  12. Orange hue 65%
  13. Yellow saturation 65%
  14. Red saturation 61%
  15. Orange luminance 61%
  16. Green luminance 59%

White balance & profiles

Custom
67%
As Shot
33%
Median temperature
5,200K
Median tint
+2
  1. Adobe Standard 73%
  2. Embedded 10%
  3. 400H⁺¹ - L 9%
  4. Cobalt Modular 2%
  5. DVLOP X 2%

The Q (Typ 116) 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
12%
Grain
76%
Vignette
21%
Cropped
77%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 45% · sat 61% · lum 48%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 66% · lum 61%
  • Yellow hue 56% · sat 65% · lum 42%
  • Green hue 69% · sat 73% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 34% · sat 57% · lum 38%
  • Blue hue 46% · sat 80% · lum 55%
  • Purple hue 46% · sat 54% · lum 45%
  • Magenta hue 39% · sat 50% · lum 34%

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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.