Tag Archives: History of Leica

The history of Leica: from 35mm rangefinder camera to the Huawei P20 triple lens smartphone

By LR admin | Published: August 14, 2018
1954 Leica M3 camera

Check out this report from Ubergizmo on the history of Leica: from 35mm rangefinder camera to the Huawei P20 Pro triple lens smartphone: Previous Leica history posts:

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History of Leica

By LR admin | Published: May 6, 2018

  Meyer Instruments has a detailed history of Leica published on their website:

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Timeline of Leica M analogue (film) cameras

By LR admin | Published: December 3, 2016

Tamarkin has a nice timeline of Leica M analogue (film) cameras on their website:

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History of Leica (video) and “20 fascinating facts you didn’t know about the camera maker”

By LR admin | Published: November 30, 2016

If you have nothing to do for the next 37 minutes, you can watch this History of Leica video by Tony & Chelsea Northrup. Pocket Lint also published 20 fascinating facts you didn’t know about the camera maker.

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Short documentary on the Leica brand

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2015

Magazine B released this short documentary on the Leica brand:

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The History of Leica documentary now available on YouTube

By LR admin | Published: February 10, 2012

The link I posted here last week is no longer available, but The History of Leica documentary is now available on YouTube. Enjoy!

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The History of Leica documentary (in German)

By LR admin | Published: February 5, 2012

Since a large percentage of the readers of this blog are coming from a German speaking country, I will post this excellent video about the history of Leica in German language.

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Brief history of Leica Camera AG

By LR admin | Published: December 4, 2011

A brief history of the major Leica milestones: 1849 The optician Carl Kellner founds an Optics Institute in Wetzlar. 1869 Ernst Leitz becomes managing director. 1914 Oskar Barnack constructs the Ur-Leica. 1924 Ernst Leitz II decides to put the 35 mm Leica (Leitz Camera) into mass production. 1925 The LEICA I with inbuilt lens is […]

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