Leica · camera stats

Q (Typ 116)

How 237 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

#72
most analyzed of 102 cameras
f/2
median aperture
ISO 320
median · p95 3,200
1/250s
median shutter
48%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Q (Typ 116) photos are shot

237 all-time photos · 152 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 52%
  3. f/2.8 9%
  4. f/4 21%
  5. f/5.6 8%
  6. f/8+ 9%

Q (Typ 116) shooters live wide open: 52% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 46%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 18%
  4. 1600 8%
  5. 3200 3%
  6. 6400+ 5%

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

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 9%
  3. 1/250s 27%
  4. 1/125s 31%
  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 48%
  3. Program AE 2%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 11%
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 7%
  6. 2021 11%
  7. 2022 12%
  8. 2023 5%
  9. 2024 27%
  10. 2025 17%
  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 152 Lightroom edits · all time

The typical Q (Typ 116) edit

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

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -20
  • Highlights -35
  • Shadows +20
  • 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
51%
lower whites
40%

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 87%
  5. Blacks 86%
  6. Blue saturation 79%
  7. Green saturation 75%
  8. Clarity 72%
  9. Green hue 71%
  10. Whites 69%
  11. Orange saturation 67%
  12. Orange hue 66%
  13. Red saturation 62%
  14. Green luminance 62%
  15. Yellow saturation 60%
  16. Orange luminance 60%

White balance & profiles

Custom
68%
As Shot
32%
Median temperature
5,250K
Median tint
+2
  1. Adobe Standard 76%
  2. 400H⁺¹ - L 10%
  3. Embedded 9%
  4. DVLOP X 2%
  5. DVLOP V2 1%

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
78%
Vignette
22%
Cropped
83%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 45% · sat 62% · lum 51%
  • Orange hue 66% · sat 67% · lum 60%
  • Yellow hue 57% · sat 60% · lum 42%
  • Green hue 71% · sat 75% · lum 62%
  • Aqua hue 33% · sat 58% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 53% · sat 79% · lum 59%
  • Purple hue 47% · sat 53% · lum 47%
  • Magenta hue 40% · sat 52% · lum 35%

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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 August 31, 2026.