Leica · camera stats
SL (Typ 601)
How 165 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 99 cameras
- f/2.8
- median aperture
- ISO 400
- median · p95 1,600
- 1/641s
- median shutter
- 96%
- shot in Manual mode
Shooting DNA
How SL (Typ 601) photos are shot
165 all-time photos · 77 with Lightroom edits
Aperture
SL (Typ 601) shooters live wide open: 40% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.
ISO
Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.
Shutter speed
Focal length
Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.
Exposure mode
Time of day
When photos are captured, from EXIF timestamps.
- Peak hour
- 16:00 · 12%
- Flash fired
- 1%
Capture year
When the analyzed photos were taken · 2015-2026
What's mounted on the SL (Typ 601)
Lens pairings from the last 90 days, compared with the all-time share.
- 1 LUMIX S 50/F1.8 32% flat
- 2 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8-4/24-90 ASPH. 12% flat
- 3 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/24-70 ASPH. 8% flat
- 4 VARIO-ELMARIT 1:2.8-4.0/24-90mm ASPH. OIS 8% flat
- 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% flat
- 6 Summicron-M 1:2/50 7% flat
- 7 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 6% flat
- 8 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 6% flat
- 9 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
- 10 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
- 11 LUMIX S 24-70/F2.8 2% flat
- 12 Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. 1% flat
The edit fingerprint
How SL (Typ 601) photos are edited
Median Lightroom develop settings across every analyzed edit — data nobody else has.
from 77 Lightroom edits · all time
The typical SL (Typ 601) edit
Dot = median · band = Middle 50% of edits. Neutral sliders are hidden.
Ranges show the middle 50% of edited photos.
The SL (Typ 601) tone curve
Median curve across all custom tone curves, with the middle 50% band.
- Custom curve
- 98%
- lift blacks
- 60%
- lower whites
- 55%
Most-touched sliders
Share of edits where each Lightroom slider was moved away from neutral.
White balance & profiles
- Custom
- 75%
- As Shot
- 25%
- Median temperature
- 6,420K
- Median tint
- +12
The SL (Typ 601) 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
- 9%
- Grain
- 55%
- Vignette
- 1%
- Cropped
- 82%
Color mixer activity
How often each HSL channel gets adjusted, with the hue/sat/lum split.
- Red hue 65% · sat 75% · lum 67%
- Orange hue 66% · sat 69% · lum 77%
- Yellow hue 74% · sat 76% · lum 65%
- Green hue 71% · sat 85% · lum 78%
- Aqua hue 53% · sat 63% · lum 47%
- Blue hue 65% · sat 88% · lum 78%
- Purple hue 61% · sat 58% · lum 65%
- Magenta hue 46% · sat 69% · lum 60%
Shoot with a SL (Typ 601)?
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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.