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LEICA CAMERA AG I 05 04 I LEICA CAMERA AG
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Leica M9 Leica X1Leica S2
2012
LEICA CAMERA AG
Passionate photography.
sheer joy of documenting life, one thing binds all Leica cameras together: they all help the photographer to con-
centrate on the essentials that comprise a great photograph. Each one is a small masterpiece. Leica cameras are
compact, ageless, elegant, easy to use, and yet uncompromising in their optical, mechanical, and technical quality.
They are the perfect tools for everyone who understands the fascination of photography and who loves a unique
photograph.
Leica Camera shares something with countless people around the world: a love of, and a passion for, photogra-
phy. It’s the fascination of capturing a moment in time; shaping it, transforming it into something timeless, and
experiencing it again and again as a unique photograph. This is what has driven Leica for almost 100 years: we
create cameras using the best possible materials and assemble them meticulously by hand, so that every Leica
delivers unwavering reliability and quality over a lifetime. Whether it’s used professionally, artistically, or for the
Sketched construction diagram by Oskar Barnack.Oskar Barnack (1879–1936).
“Kissing in the rearview mirror,” by Magnum photographer
Elliot Erwitt, 1955.
The Leitz Optics building, Wetzlar. Lens element and assembled lens testing.
Leica X camera: fitting the shutter
speed dial.
Leica I with a fixed
lens is presented at
the Leipzig Spring
Fair.
Leica M3 with
combined bright-line
viewfinder/rangefinder
and bayonet lens mount.
The first Leica with
interchangeable
thread-mount lenses
appears on the market.
Leica II: the first
camera with a coupled
rangefinder.
Leicaflex: the first
Leica single lens reflex
camera goes into
production.
Leica Noctilux-M 50 mm
f/1.2: the first lens with
an aspherical element.
Leica M5: the first
rangefinder camera
with selective metering
through the lens.
Leica M6 with elec-
tron ic metering and
LED viewfinder display.
Leica M8: the first
digital rangefinder
camera.
Leica Noctilux-M
50 mm f/0.95 ASPH.:
the world’s fastest ever
aspherical lens.
Leica S2: the professional digital
camera sets new standards in
medium-format photography.
Leica M9: the smallest digital system
camera with a full-format sensor.
Leica X1: the first compact camera
with an APS-format sensor.
Oskar Barnack
constructs the
Ur-Leica.
Leica X2: the trailblazer of
its class in picture quality.
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