Leica · camera stats

Q (Typ 116)

How 228 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 105 cameras
f/2
median aperture
ISO 360
median · p95 3,200
1/250s
median shutter
49%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Q (Typ 116) photos are shot

228 all-time photos · 159 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 50%
  3. f/2.8 8%
  4. f/4 24%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 9%

Q (Typ 116) shooters live wide open: 50% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 17%
  4. 1600 10%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 4%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 22%
  2. 1/500s 9%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 35%
  5. 1/60s 5%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 49%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 47%
  3. Program AE 3%

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 4%
  2. 2017 3%
  3. 2018 6%
  4. 2019 3%
  5. 2020 4%
  6. 2021 14%
  7. 2022 15%
  8. 2023 5%
  9. 2024 28%
  10. 2025 12%
  11. 2026 4%

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 159 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 -16
  • Highlights -40
  • Shadows +23
  • Blacks +6
  • Clarity -6

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
48%
lower whites
36%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 96%
  2. Highlights 91%
  3. Contrast 91%
  4. Exposure 89%
  5. Blacks 87%
  6. Blue saturation 80%
  7. Clarity 74%
  8. Green saturation 74%
  9. Whites 70%
  10. Orange saturation 69%
  11. Green hue 68%
  12. Orange hue 65%
  13. Yellow saturation 64%
  14. Red saturation 61%
  15. Green luminance 59%
  16. Orange luminance 59%

White balance & profiles

Custom
70%
As Shot
30%
Median temperature
5,250K
Median tint
+2
  1. Adobe Standard 73%
  2. 400H⁺¹ - L 9%
  3. Embedded 8%
  4. Cobalt Modular 4%
  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
11%
Grain
78%
Vignette
21%
Cropped
78%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 46% · sat 61% · lum 47%
  • Orange hue 65% · sat 69% · lum 59%
  • Yellow hue 56% · sat 64% · lum 40%
  • Green hue 68% · sat 74% · lum 59%
  • Aqua hue 32% · sat 54% · lum 36%
  • Blue hue 49% · sat 80% · lum 54%
  • Purple hue 44% · sat 52% · lum 44%
  • Magenta hue 37% · sat 49% · lum 32%

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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 September 21, 2026.