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Leica Summilux-C lenses received the Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Just received this press release from Leica Camera – the development team off the Leica Summilux-C line of cinema lenses has been honored with the Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Development Team of the Leica Summilux-C Lenses Receives the Scientific and Engineering Award® The development team at CW […]

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Leica Camera AG is expanding their global sales organization

Leica Camera AG is expanding their global sales organization and announced some changes in their management:

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2015: cash prize for the winner has been raised to 25,000 Euros

INVITATION TO SUBMIT ENTRIES FOR THE LEICA OSKAR BARNACK AWARD – WITH EVEN MORE VALUABLE PRIZES The cash prize for the winner of the main category has been raised to 25,000 euros Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, invites professional photographers and newcomers to the profession to submit their work for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2015 […]

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The glass facade for the Wold of Leica experience at Leitz Park was designed by Alfons Alt

Alfons Alt, the art photographer who lives in France, has designed and constructed a work of art in glass especially for the Leica headquarters in the Leitz Part in Wetzlar. The installation across the three-part window on the northern side of the foyer is a particularly eye-catching work and is a fascinating enrichment to the […]

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Colorful Leica cameras for a good cause

Dortmund’s primary school children Small Kielstrasse and Diesterweg Primary School have left to the initiative of children’s laughter eV unleash their creativity. You have Pappvarianten the Leica M rangefinder camera according to their own ideas painted and decorated. The result: 140 small works of art that are currently issuing the Leica Camera AG Leitz Wetzlar […]

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Leica Camera acquires Rahn AG Foto & Fine Art

Through its subsidiary Leica Camera Frankfurt GmbH, Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, has acquired the business operations of Rahn AG Foto & Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main. The business activities of Rahn AG will be continued as before. Together, the directors of Rahn AG up to now, Qaiser R. Malik and Nicolas Uhl, the grandson of […]

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Leica Camera AG licenses patent portfolio of Intellectual Ventures

Leica Camera AG has licensed a patent portfolio of Intellectual Ventures™ (IV) to strengthen the existing intellectual property (IP) strategy and position of Leica Camera.The agreement provides the Wetzlar based manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products with a license to IV’s patent portfolio of nearly 40,000 IP assets in more than 50 technology areas, […]

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Oliver Kaltner is the new Leica Camera AG board member for marketing, sales and retail

Starting September 1, Oliver Kaltner (45) will be the new Leica Camera AG board member for marketing, sales and retail. Here is the translated press release:

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