Leica · camera stats

Q (Typ 116)

How 208 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

#74
most analyzed of 99 cameras
f/2
median aperture
ISO 400
median · p95 3,200
1/250s
median shutter
51%
shot in Manual mode

Shooting DNA

How Q (Typ 116) photos are shot

208 all-time photos · 137 with Lightroom edits

Aperture

  1. f/1.4 or wider 0%
  2. f/1.8 53%
  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: 53% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 43%
  2. 400 22%
  3. 800 20%
  4. 1600 9%
  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+ 24%
  2. 1/500s 8%
  3. 1/250s 25%
  4. 1/125s 34%
  5. 1/60s 6%
  6. slower 3%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 28mm 100%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 51%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 45%
  3. Program AE 2%
  4. Shutter speed priority AE 1%

Time of day

When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.

Peak hour
18:00 · 12%
Flash fired
2%

Capture year

When the analyzed photos were taken · 2015-2026

  1. 2015 4%
  2. 2016 1%
  3. 2017 3%
  4. 2018 6%
  5. 2019 3%
  6. 2020 8%
  7. 2021 12%
  8. 2022 13%
  9. 2023 3%
  10. 2024 29%
  11. 2025 13%
  12. 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 137 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 +22
  • Blacks +7
  • Clarity -10

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
54%
lower whites
45%

Most-touched sliders

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

  1. Shadows 99%
  2. Contrast 92%
  3. Highlights 90%
  4. Blacks 89%
  5. Exposure 86%
  6. Blue saturation 83%
  7. Green saturation 75%
  8. Clarity 75%
  9. Green hue 72%
  10. Whites 72%
  11. Orange saturation 70%
  12. Orange hue 68%
  13. Red saturation 64%
  14. Green luminance 63%
  15. Vibrance 62%
  16. Yellow saturation 62%

White balance & profiles

Custom
68%
As Shot
32%
Median temperature
5,250K
Median tint
+2
  1. Adobe Standard 75%
  2. 400H⁺¹ - L 11%
  3. Embedded 10%
  4. DVLOP X 2%
  5. DVLOP V2 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
10%
Grain
84%
Vignette
23%
Cropped
85%

Color mixer activity

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

  • Red hue 45% · sat 64% · lum 52%
  • Orange hue 68% · sat 70% · lum 61%
  • Yellow hue 58% · sat 62% · lum 42%
  • Green hue 72% · sat 75% · lum 63%
  • Aqua hue 34% · sat 59% · lum 39%
  • Blue hue 54% · sat 83% · lum 61%
  • Purple hue 49% · sat 57% · lum 50%
  • Magenta hue 41% · sat 54% · lum 37%

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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. No photos are shown — every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 04, 2026.