Leitz
Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany
- The Leitz until 1937, he devoted himself exclusively to the production of cameras, becoming with the famous trademark of Leica (Leitz Camera), with which one can really say, the German company revolutionized the "system" of photographs, with fine machinery, precise, with excellent optics, easy to handle. With the death of the old Ernst Leitz, in 1920, and the takeover of his son, Ernst Leitz II, gave new impetus to the factory, still pointing esclsuivamente the production of cameras. For the history of film cameras, one needs to wait until 1937, when he experienced a Leitz Double-8 small form factor. It was a box-shaped camera and immediately was called "Leicina. The production was not very lucky because you have to wait until 1960 to see a camera that broke on the European and international markets, the "S Leicina 8. Two years later he was svluppata a variant, the "Leicina 8 R", which nmontava a turret with three goals. Not many types of cameras have been produced by the house that we deal with, but all of extreme beauty and perfection. Recall, in addition to the aforementioned Leicina 8 S and 8 R, 8 SV subsequent Leicina of 1962, the Super Leicina, a Super-8 of 1969 and the next Super Model RT 1, 1970, the Special Leicina, a Super-8 of 1972, the Special High Speed \u200b\u200bLeicina 1973. The factory ceased production of film cameras in 1975, after the company Swiss Wild Heerbrugg AG acquired the majority shareholding of Leitz.
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