Dear Leica Readers and Friends, Thank you for a great year! This will be the last blog post for 2011 and regular publishing will resume on Monday, January 2, 2012. The Leica Internet Team will be on holiday next week, but the wait will be worth it because we have a lot of great content in [...]
The countdown to PhotoPlus Expo has begun! Starting on Thursday, October 27, we invite you to join us at Leica Camera’s PhotoPlus Expo Studio Event featuring the Leica S-System. The Leica S Studio will take place at Sun West Studios, close to the Javits Center. During this 2-day expo, you will have the opportunity to enjoy industry presentations [...]
“Winding. Clicking. Winding. Clicking, and so on. That’s what I have been doing the last couple of days. Sitting with the camera between my hands and listening to the sound of the shutter.” – Paal Audestad Worn out Leica cameras are a rare sight, but Paal Audestad managed to do the impossible. Paal started taking pictures [...]
For many Leica enthusiasts around the world, today is a celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. When our friends at MegaPixel, Israel’s largest photo website, asked us to take part in their Jewish New Year photography project we were happy to oblige. So we took a walk around the Leica factory in Solms [...]
The Schloss Bensberg Classics is an event series for vintage cars in the context of which an exclusive selection of spectacular, precious items is showcased. In a rally called Rallye Historique the participants drive through the Bergisches Land. At the Concours D’Elegance, a rare and vintage car contest, the most exquisite models are awarded a [...]
Leica Camera is happy to support this year’s Lens Culture International Exposure Awards organized by Lens Culture, one of the most popular and influential online magazines about contemporary photography today. The deadline is quickly approaching if you want to enter: submissions are due tomorrow, Saturday, September 17! You can find more details about the award [...]
Andrew Parsons is an award-winning photojournalist who is best known for his political work. He has been documenting the British Prime Minister since 2005, from David Cameron’s bid to become leader of the Conservative Party through to victory in the bitterly contested General Election of 2010, including exclusive access behind the scenes to document the [...]
This Friday we’re interrupting our usual photographer interviews due to a fascinating trend that has come to our attention: Leica tattoos! We’ve discovered a handful of Leica enthusiasts that are so dedicated to the brand that they have adorned their bodies in ink with images of the Leica logo, cameras and lenses. And no, they [...]
Since the first post published on Monday, 17 May 2010, the Leica Camera Blog has been dedicated to sharing stories about photographers and Leica news. Until today, the Leica Internet Team has never shared any of the statistics behind the blog. Have you ever wondered which posts are the most popular? We did. The Leica [...]
On Thursday, July 28 Christian Maurer, Team SUI1, landed in Monaco having completed the Red Bull X-Alps race in just under 11 days, 4 hours and 22 minutes. Despite having infringed on a forbidden zone and thus being served a 24-hour penalty, Maurer still managed to finish the race far ahead of the other competitors. [...]
In our latest photo essay created in partnership with Magnum Photos, we follow Dominic Nahr into the 20km zone surrounding the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, Japan. Nahr documents the damage that resulted from the plant’s breakdown.
The Red Bull X-Alps athletes have now been running, hiking and paragliding for ten days through Austria, Italy and Switzerland. As the three leading athletes pass the last turn point into France they are getting ever closer to the finish line in Monaco. At the time this post was published, Christian Maurer of Team SUI1 [...]
Join us in wishing the Red Bull X-Alps Athletes Good Luck! Yesterday, at 11:30am on July 17, thirty athletes started the Red Bull X-Alps adventure race from Salzburg to Monaco. The non-stop race across the Alps spans 864-kilometres that athletes race through on foot or with paragliders. As a sponsor of the race, each athlete [...]
Along with bird and nature lovers from all over the world, the Leica team in the UK is getting ready for the annual Birdfair in Rutland Water that will take place from 19 to 21 August. If you are planning to attend the Birdfair, make sure to say hello to the Leica team. They will [...]
Leica Lenses: A Synonym for Quality, Made in Germany
Every Leica lens is hand-crafted and goes through meticulous manufacturing processes to uphold the quality and precision that Leica defines and customers have come to expect. In the age where technology almost inevitably means mass manufacturing, Leica products are still made with exacting precision by the hands of highly-trained technicians.
In this video, you can get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the craftsmanship and making of Leica lenses in the production facilities of Leica Camera AG.
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