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SL (Typ 601) sample images

Sample images from the SL (Typ 601), with camera settings and source attribution, plus shooting and editing patterns aggregated from 165 real photos.

Aggregated from photos analyzed on PixelPeeper · no spec sheets, only observed behavior

#79
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

  1. f/1.4 or wider 28%
  2. f/1.8 12%
  3. f/2.8 21%
  4. f/4 16%
  5. f/5.6 5%
  6. f/8+ 18%

SL (Typ 601) shooters live wide open: 40% of photos are at f/2 or brighter.

ISO

  1. <=200 42%
  2. 400 32%
  3. 800 13%
  4. 1600 9%
  5. 3200 2%
  6. 6400+ 2%

Real-world ISO ceiling: 95% of photos stay at or below ISO 1,600.

Shutter speed

  1. 1/1000s+ 45%
  2. 1/500s 16%
  3. 1/250s 18%
  4. 1/125s 17%
  5. 1/60s 1%
  6. slower 4%

Focal length

Most common focal lengths recorded in EXIF.

  1. 50mm 46%
  2. 35mm 10%
  3. 90mm 8%
  4. 17mm 6%
  5. 41mm 3%
  6. 43mm 3%
  7. 85mm 3%
  8. 24mm 2%
  9. 45mm 2%
  10. 47mm 2%

Exposure mode

  1. Manual 96%
  2. Aperture-priority AE 3%

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

  1. 2015 1%
  2. 2016 4%
  3. 2017 7%
  4. 2018 5%
  5. 2019 3%
  6. 2020 7%
  7. 2021 11%
  8. 2022 8%
  9. 2023 18%
  10. 2024 13%
  11. 2025 15%
  12. 2026 10%

What's mounted on the SL (Typ 601)

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

  1. 1 LUMIX S 50/F1.8 32% flat
  2. 2 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8-4/24-90 ASPH. 12% flat
  3. 3 VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8/24-70 ASPH. 8% flat
  4. 4 VARIO-ELMARIT 1:2.8-4.0/24-90mm ASPH. OIS 8% flat
  5. 5 Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art 7% flat
  6. 6 Summicron-M 1:2/50 7% flat
  7. 7 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L 6% flat
  8. 8 Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. 6% flat
  9. 9 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art 5% flat
  10. 10 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art 3% flat
  11. 11 LUMIX S 24-70/F2.8 2% flat
  12. 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.

  • Exposure +0.15
  • Contrast -9
  • Highlights -28
  • Shadows +14
  • Whites -25

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.

  1. Exposure 96%
  2. Whites 94%
  3. Highlights 92%
  4. Blue saturation 88%
  5. Green saturation 85%
  6. Contrast 83%
  7. Green luminance 78%
  8. Blue luminance 78%
  9. Orange luminance 77%
  10. Shadows 77%
  11. Yellow saturation 76%
  12. Red saturation 75%
  13. Yellow hue 74%
  14. Green hue 71%
  15. Orange saturation 69%
  16. Magenta saturation 69%

White balance & profiles

Custom
75%
As Shot
25%
Median temperature
6,420K
Median tint
+12
  1. Adobe Standard 97%
  2. RNI Films 4.0.3 3%

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%

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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. Gallery previews are reduced thumbnails from attributed public sources; every chart and swatch is derived from aggregate numbers. generated July 20, 2026.