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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.
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 ...
This is a list of Leica cameras. Leica Camera AG is a German optics company which produces Leica cameras . The predecessor of the company, formerly known as Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey equipment, and microscopes, respectively.
Amkor Technology - moved from West Chester, Pennsylvania to Chandler, Arizona Bell Atlantic - after merger with NYNEX , headquarters moved from Philadelphia to New York City ; a significant workforce remains in the area
Former and current brands are included in this list. With some of the brands, the name is licensed from another company, or acquired after the bankruptcy of an older photographic equipment company. The actual manufacture of a camera model is performed by a different company in many cases. In many cases brands are limited to certain countries.
Leica Society International (formerly LHSA - The International Leica Society, and formerly 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. Before then, It changed its name in 2012 to "LHSA ...
Some camera makers design lenses but outsource manufacture. Some lens makers have cameras made to sell under their own brand name. A few companies are only in the lens business. Some camera companies make no lenses, but usually at least sell a lens from some lens maker with their cameras as part of a package.
Leica Biosystems GmbH, a cancer diagnostics company; Leica Camera AG, a German camera and optics manufacturer; Leica Geosystems AG, a Swiss manufacturer of surveying and geomatics equipment; Leica Microsystems GmbH, a German manufacturer of microscopes and other precision optics