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  2. Leica Camera - Wikipedia

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    Leica Camera AG (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə /) is a German company that manufactures cameras, optical lenses, photographic lenses, binoculars, and rifle scopes.The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany.

  3. Leica Geosystems - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of Leica Camera models - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Ernst Leitz II - Wikipedia

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    Ernst Leitz II (1 March 1871 – 15 June 1956) was a German business person and humanitarian. He was the second head of the optics company now known as Leica Camera and organized the Leica Freedom Train to allow people, most of whom were Jewish, to escape from Germany during Nazi times.

  6. Oskar Barnack - Wikipedia

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    Leica's first suitable lens was a 50 mm f/3.5 design based on the "Cooke triplet"; this would later evolve into the famous Leica Elmar series of lenses. In 1923 Barnack convinced his boss, Ernst Leitz II , to make a series of 31 pre-production cameras for the factory and for outdoor photographers.

  7. Leica Freedom Train - Wikipedia

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    Ernst Leitz II (1871–1956), Industrialist and director of the Leitz Camera company (later Leica). Elsie Kuehn-Leitz (1903–1985), daughter of Ernst Leitz II. The Leica Freedom Train was a rescue effort in which hundreds of Jews were smuggled out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust by Ernst Leitz II of the Leica Camera company, and his ...

  8. Camera - Wikipedia

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    Leica camera (1950s) Hasselblad 500 C/M with Zeiss lens. A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. As a pivotal technology in the fields of photography and videography, cameras have played a ...

  9. Leica Microsystems - Wikipedia

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    Leica Microsystems GmbH is a German microscope manufacturing company. It is a manufacturer of optical microscopes , equipment for the preparation of microscopic specimens and related products. There are ten plants in eight countries with distribution partners in over 100 countries.