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The brand Leica, better known for Leica Cameras, was formed on 2 April 1990 after the merger of several companies.In 2005, the company was acquired by Hexagon AB.Leica was listed on the Swiss stock exchange until the 7 August 2006 which saw the cancellation of all publicly held registered shares in Leica Geosystems Holdings Ltd and delisting of all listed registered shares of a par value of ...
Followed by Leica Luxur and Leica Compur (a total of 60,586 of the Leica I, Luxur, and Compur models were made). Interchangeable lenses for these were introduced in 1930. Leica Standard: 1932. The first Leica camera was designed with a film-to-lens flange distance of 28.8 millimeters. Leica II: 1932. The first Leica camera with a rangefinder.
The Leica was the first practical 35 mm camera that used standard cinema 35 mm film. The Leica transports the film horizontally, extending the frame size to 24×36mm with a 2:3 aspect ratio, instead of the 18×24 mm of cinema cameras, which transport the film vertically.
Leica Society International (formerly LHSA - The International Leica Society and Leica Historical Society of America) [1] is an independent, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to everything regarding the Leica camera. It changed its name in 2023 to Leica Society International.
The camera is fitted with a Leica Vario Summicron lens of f/2 with a zoom function of 28mm - 90mm in 35mm format. The main selling point of the Digilux 2 is that it functions in a manner reminiscent of a rangefinder camera ; the Leica lens features manual zoom, aperture and focus rings and the shutter speed can be manually adjusted via a dial ...
Leica 250: 1933–1946: Leica III or IIIa with 250-image magazines (10 metres of film) Leica G (Leica IIIa) 1935–1940: adds 1/1000 speed: Leica IIIb: 1938–1940: Rangefinder and view windows closer together: Leica IIIc: 1940–1951: die-cast body, slightly longer, redesigned shutter featuring ball bearings: Leica IIId: 1940–1945: Very rare ...
The Leica MP is a 35 mm film camera manufactured by Leica Camera AG that was introduced in 2003. It is an all-mechanical rangefinder focusing camera that follows in a long line of cameras since the Leica M3 was introduced in 1954.
The Leica M-A (Typ 127) is a purely mechanical 35 mm rangefinder camera released by Leica Camera AG in 2014. [1] The camera has no exposure meter, no electronic control, and no battery is required to operate it. The camera is Leica's first purely mechanical camera since the release of the Leica M4-P in 1981. [2]