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Leica Camera
Leica Camera is a German optics company based in Wetzlar, Hesse, which grew from the optical works of Ernst Leitz. The first Leica camera, designed by Oskar Barnack and sold from 1925, used 35 mm cinema film and launched compact photography. Leica cameras became the tool of many leading photojournalists.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Leica Camera. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/leica-camera
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