Leica camera was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869, in Wetzlar, Germany.
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20 Facts About Leica camera
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The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the founder's surname and the first two of the word camera: lei-ca (LEItz CAmera).
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At this time, Leica camera relocated its factory from Wetzlar to the nearby town of Solms.
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Some say the original Leica was intended as a compact camera for landscape photography, particularly during mountain hikes, but other sources indicate the camera was intended for test exposures with 35mm motion picture film.
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The Leica was the first practical 35 mm camera that used standard cinema 35 mm film.
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Leica camera II was first produced in 1932, with a built in rangefinder coupled to the lens focusing mechanism.
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The new Leica camera combined the rangefinder and viewfinder into one large, bright viewfinder with a brighter double image in the center.
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Single-lens reflex cameras From 1964, Leica produced a series of single-lens reflex cameras, beginning with the Leicaflex, followed by the Leicaflex SL, the Leicaflex SL2, and then the R series from R3 to R7, made in collaboration with the Minolta Corporation.
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Leica camera was slow to produce an auto-exposure model, and never made a Leica camera R model that included auto-focusing.
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Rather than using the Leica camera's rangefinder, focusing was accomplished via a groundglass screen.
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Leica camera offered focusing systems, such as the Focorapid and Televit, that could replace certain lenses' helicoid mounts for sports and natural-life telephotography.
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At this time, Leica camera relocated its factory from Wetzlar to the nearby town of Solms.
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In 1996, Leica Camera separated from the Leica Group and became a publicly owned company.
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In September 2022, Leica camera announced Cine 1, a laser projector, slated for release in 2023.
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Leica became an expensive type of camera bought largely by professional or serious photographers.
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Leica camera has remained a notable trade-name into the 21st Century.
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On September 8, 2013, Leica announced the Leica C, a compact camera with an electronic viewfinder based on the Panasonic DMC-LF1.
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Leica camera makes a line of cine lenses used for cinematic projects.
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In 2020, Leica camera entered a strategic partnership with Insta360 to help produce the ONE R 1-Inch Edition.
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Leica camera was traded as LCA1 on the Frankfurt stock exchange until October 2012.
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