More than eighty years ago, most of the cameras that people saw were still huge machines: the fuselage of the wood shell was stupid and heavy, fixed lens, fixed shutter speed, large glass champion of 8 x 13 cm, and also also, and also There must be a heavy tripod, which is extremely inconvenient to carry. At that time, taking pictures was a hard work for photographers, and for ordinary people, it was a tedious and expensive thing. In central Germany, there is a small town named "Witzler". Between the green hills, there are high and low ancient towers, wooden structures, narrow streets and quiet life. At the end of the nineteenth century, this area was an important base for German optics and precision manufacturing industries. The world -renowned Leitz and Leica cameras were born here. The history of the Leica camera started when the Oscar Banak (see the picture) in 1911 became the director of the Leitz Company's research department. Oscar Banak is a very talented mechanical engineer and an enthusiastic photography "enthusiast". He likes to take a bulky large camera and tripod to take pictures, and prefers to shoot short films with a movie machine. At that time, he was addicted to the movie machine, so he was familiar with the 35mm movie film used by filming. In order to carry it convenient, he deliberately designed a small camera with a 35mm movie film and a 24 x 36mm specification negative for trial shooting as a reference when shooting the movie exposure. Unexpectedly, after the film was enlarged by this camera, the effect was very good. And its lightness and dexterity made him love him. Therefore, he began to consider the development and development of a new generation of cameras that are easy to carry, using 35 mm films with tooth holes. This one uses a 42mm lens. L/40 seconds shutter speed, you can shoot 40 negative "metering machines", which becomes the world's first 135 camera. At that time, the camera had no brand. Later, it was called "UR -Leica". In fact, Oscar Banak is not the first person to make a small practical camera, but he is a mechanical engineer. He is lucky and finds a job in a company that can play his genius. This is where he is different from those people. Banak hand -made two (some people say that it is three) prototypes (one is still stored in the Museum of the Leica factory to this day; and another one used by Banak has been preserved in Munich In the museum, after the war was auctioned), it was not for the needs of work, but just for your own hobbies and use. But the owner of Lez Company, Earnest Leitz, was quite appreciated by his "hobby". Banak's street view (see picture), which was taken with "prototype Leica" in 1914, is still clear and moving. At that time, it was not easy for photographers to use large format cameras to accept such small cameras. Essence , and due to the outbreak of World War I, the camera failed to put into operation. As soon as the war ended, Ernest Leitz began to put this camera designed by Banak into production. It was not until ten years later at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Expo that 30 A -type Leica cameras were officially launched. Many photographers also have skeptical and unacceptable attitudes. This camera is too small, but it can be installed in a pocket, which has great temptation. It enables photographers to take pictures in a new, dynamic way without having to be subject to the three tripods. Leica i -type camera and accessories (including: leather bags, viewfinder, hood, shutter line) and the famous "Leica Handbook" written by Ferz Wish. In fact, since 1924, the Leitz Factory has created a Type A Leica (also known as the Leica I, see the figure) on the basis of "Type Leica". Type A Leica is equipped with a 50mm focal length. F3.5 Elmar lens. The lens is fixed on the fuselage and cannot be replaced; there is no ranging device in the fuselage. When taking pictures, the distance must be focused. B of Leica's main feature is that the COMPUR Shutter uses the focus plane shutter, the shutter speed is from 1 second to 1/300 seconds. This is the only model in Leica history, which is equipped with a model of mirror, and was later called "Kangban Leica" by camera collectors. The production of Type B Leica has been maintained for 5 years, and about 1,500 units have been manufactured. In 1930, the C -Leica came out. The important step of Type C Leica is: the lens is no longer fixed on the fuselage, but can be replaced. The 35mm focal length, F3.5 Elma wide -angle lens and 135mm focal length, F4.5 Elma telephoto lens also came out at the same time. Type A, B, and C Leica, as the first phase of the Leica development process, collectively referred to as the Leica I. From 1914 to 1923, the "prototype Leica" made a total of 31 units, and the fuselage number started from 100. Between 1924 and 1925, the Leitz factory was produced under the guidance of typical German philosophy, and cautiously created more than 800 type A Leica with a fuselage number of 1,000. The name Leica is combined from the two groups of English words (Lei -CA) of LEITZ and camera Camera. Initially, it was also composed of "Leca" (Leca) according to pronunciation, but because of the "EKA (Aika)" camera using a 35 -dollar tooth hole film launched in 1924 in 1924 It was changed to "Leica" (Leica). Therefore, the camera's name is late than the manufacturing camera. Although the camera's brand was determined to be "Leica", it has not carved the brand on the camera. It was not until the Leica II dual -screen camera that was released in 1932 that the name was engraved. The previous name on the camera was "Ernst Leitz Wetzler", as well as the abbreviation of the letter "DEUTSCHE Reichs Patent, which means" German patent "). "Leica" not only represents a new camera model, it was also the name of the first set of photography systems (including camera amplifiers and projectors) at that time. For more than 80 years, the development of Leica cameras has shown the historical trajectory of world camera development. At the same time, many photographers recorded countless important moments in human life with a Leica camera. Therefore, the invention of the Leica camera not only promoted the development of human photography history, but also made great contributions to the development of human society. 1954 The 135 camera of Leica's endibilities was born, and it was Leica M3. Since M3, M2, M4, M4-2, M4-P, M6, and M6 TTL launched by Leica have almost all followed the evolution and improvement of basic design concepts in 1954. Moreover, the emergence of M3 also established the unshakable position of Leica in the continuous ranging camera. The M3 is beyond the design of the Leica snail camera, which becomes more perfect and more precise, and has improved significantly in all aspects of mechanical and optical properties. As the first pumping camera, the M3 greatly improved the speed of replacing the lens, allowing photographers to increase the shooting speed to a greater extent, and at the same time, it further reduced the damage rate of the lens snail mouth. At the same time, the M3 also uses the viewfront window that can automatically appear the corresponding frame for the first time, including 50mm, 90mm, and 135mm. Only one rotating button controls all the shutter speeds, including the design concept of Gate B, which is recognized by many mechanical camera manufacturers later and is recognized and recognized by many mechanical camera manufacturers. So far, it has become a major feature of Leica mechanical cameras. Leica M6 is considered a classic model after M3 by many Leica fans. Not only because it is the only camera in the Leica M series, it is also known as: "the most powerful continuous pitch camera in the history of the camera", and it is also the highest sales in the history of Leica camera sales in the history of sales in the history of Leica camera sales. Model. And Leica M7 can be seen as an electronic version of M6. The Leica M7 uses the horizontal shutter of the electronic worm, the AE exposure mode with the aperture priority, the flash function of the shutter, the super high -speed flash function, the DX code recognition system, and the display information can be displayed in the viewfront window. Essence These have brought us a lot of surprises. With the rapid development of digital cameras, Leica, which has launched a manual focusing traditional camera by leaning and meticulousness, has gradually escaped from the pace of the troops. Digital cameras have snatched most of the image equipment market. And Leica's high -quality prices have also made many photography enthusiasts discouraged. The high -quality and expensive cameras produced by Leica, each plane, buttons, and seams are as perfect as ever, but in order to adapt to the digital era, Leica must also fight for survival. After cooperating with Panasonic, Leica launched several retro digital cameras with a very Leica charm with the help of Panasonic appliances with electronic products. It is not difficult to find that C-LUX1, D-LUX3, V-LUX1, and Digilux3 are the Leica versions of Panasonic FX01, LX2, FZ50 and Panasonic's first SLR digital camera L1. Regardless of function, characteristics, or appearance design, Leica has copied Panasonic's models and replaced its all -metal logo, which became a new Leica digital camera. However, the price of thousands of yuan from Panasonic models makes many consumers dare not compliment. A Leica brand LOGO makes Leica's digital camera and Panasonic's digital camera so much price. Presumably many consumers must not understand it. Perhaps this is the so -called brand effect. c-lux1 uses a 6-megapixel CCD, equipped with 3.6 times optical zoom lens, a wide-angle end of 28mm, and a 2.5-inch LCD display on the back of the fuselage. The Leica version of FX01 on the screen. D-LUX3 uses 16: 9 CCD, which is the Leica version of the 10 million pixels launched by Panasonic 16: 9CCD. With a 4x optical zoom lens, it also has MAGE O.I.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S. With 16: 9ccd, the LCD on the back of the fuselage also uses a 2.8 -inch 16: 9 specification. Give users greater visual enjoyment. v-lux1 comes from the Panasonic FZ50 OEM, using the 10 million pixel CCD and 12x optical zoom Leica lens, which has Mage O.I.S. stabilization function with Panasonic characteristics. Digilux3 comes from the Panasonic SLR DMC-L1. It is also a loyal supporter of the 4/3 system. It uses a 7.5 million pixel Live MOS to achieve LCD views. It only adopts the design closer to the Leica M series in appearance. However, the price of Panasonic L1 has been difficult to climb. Leica Digilux3 Hong Kong in Hong Kong has a price of up to 20,000 yuan. The M8 digital version of Leica's expectations finally went public like the stars, becoming a powerful weapon for Leica to enter the digital field. The M8 uses APS-H to have a full-frame pixel Kodak CCD, with a magnification of 1.3X. In terms of the highest shutter speed, the M8 increased from 1/1000 seconds of the original M7 to 1/8000 seconds, and the metering also had a set of non -TTL type optical meters, so that after comparing with the TTL metering in the machine accurate data. On the basis of ensuring the original all -manual design, the M8 also guarantees the compatibility of the Leica lens compatibility with the post -1954. The M8's lens interface is equipped with 6 inductive points. You can get information such as lens models and join the EXIF information. It should be said that Leica M8 has brought us a new era of Leica Digital. Unlike the OEM design of Panasonic in the past, the M8 has more Leica's unique charm. However, the listing price of Hong Kong is as high as HK $ 20,000. 09 LEICA launched the full -frame M9. The size of the fuselage is the same as the M8, but the number of compatible lenses is large. progress. The initial price is about 65,000 yuan. The Leica camera is strong, durable, and excellent in performance, which is fully reflected during World War II. Leica became the first choice for military cameras and was an important shooting tool for reporters at the time. Wars around the world have continued fires, harsh environment, lightweight, and solid Leica 135 cameras have become their helping assistants. But the development of the times has long been far away from the era of war. More light and small digital cameras have become a necessity for people's daily life, and luxurious Leica has gradually become a treasure in the collection cabinet. I. As photography enthusiasts, we naturally hope that Leica can play a better style in the digital age. It comes from the rigorous and excellent workmanship from Germany. It has always been the focus of people's chasing. Perhaps Leica is also trying to change this situation. I hope that Leica's tomorrow is no longer just a collection of collectibles in the cabinet, which can bring us a new significance Leica.
More than eighty years ago, most of the cameras that people saw were still huge machines: the fuselage of the wood shell was stupid and heavy, fixed lens, fixed shutter speed, large glass champion of 8 x 13 cm, and also also, and also There must be a heavy tripod, which is extremely inconvenient to carry. At that time, taking pictures was a hard work for photographers, and for ordinary people, it was a tedious and expensive thing. In central Germany, there is a small town named "Witzler". Between the green hills, there are high and low ancient towers, wooden structures, narrow streets and quiet life. At the end of the nineteenth century, this area was an important base for German optics and precision manufacturing industries. The world -renowned Leitz and Leica cameras were born here.
The history of the Leica camera started when the Oscar Banak (see the picture) in 1911 became the director of the Leitz Company's research department. Oscar Banak is a very talented mechanical engineer and an enthusiastic photography "enthusiast". He likes to take a bulky large camera and tripod to take pictures, and prefers to shoot short films with a movie machine. At that time, he was addicted to the movie machine, so he was familiar with the 35mm movie film used by filming. In order to carry it convenient, he deliberately designed a small camera with a 35mm movie film and a 24 x 36mm specification negative for trial shooting as a reference when shooting the movie exposure.
Unexpectedly, after the film was enlarged by this camera, the effect was very good. And its lightness and dexterity made him love him. Therefore, he began to consider the development and development of a new generation of cameras that are easy to carry, using 35 mm films with tooth holes. This one uses a 42mm lens. L/40 seconds shutter speed, you can shoot 40 negative "metering machines", which becomes the world's first 135 camera. At that time, the camera had no brand. Later, it was called "UR -Leica". In fact, Oscar Banak is not the first person to make a small practical camera, but he is a mechanical engineer. He is lucky and finds a job in a company that can play his genius. This is where he is different from those people.
Banak hand -made two (some people say that it is three) prototypes (one is still stored in the Museum of the Leica factory to this day; and another one used by Banak has been preserved in Munich In the museum, after the war was auctioned), it was not for the needs of work, but just for your own hobbies and use. But the owner of Lez Company, Earnest Leitz, was quite appreciated by his "hobby". Banak's street view (see picture), which was taken with "prototype Leica" in 1914, is still clear and moving. At that time, it was not easy for photographers to use large format cameras to accept such small cameras. Essence
, and due to the outbreak of World War I, the camera failed to put into operation. As soon as the war ended, Ernest Leitz began to put this camera designed by Banak into production. It was not until ten years later at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Expo that 30 A -type Leica cameras were officially launched. Many photographers also have skeptical and unacceptable attitudes. This camera is too small, but it can be installed in a pocket, which has great temptation. It enables photographers to take pictures in a new, dynamic way without having to be subject to the three tripods.
Leica i -type camera and accessories (including: leather bags, viewfinder, hood, shutter line) and the famous "Leica Handbook" written by Ferz Wish. In fact, since 1924, the Leitz Factory has created a Type A Leica (also known as the Leica I, see the figure) on the basis of "Type Leica". Type A Leica is equipped with a 50mm focal length. F3.5 Elmar lens. The lens is fixed on the fuselage and cannot be replaced; there is no ranging device in the fuselage. When taking pictures, the distance must be focused.
B of Leica's main feature is that the COMPUR Shutter uses the focus plane shutter, the shutter speed is from 1 second to 1/300 seconds. This is the only model in Leica history, which is equipped with a model of mirror, and was later called "Kangban Leica" by camera collectors. The production of Type B Leica has been maintained for 5 years, and about 1,500 units have been manufactured. In 1930, the C -Leica came out. The important step of Type C Leica is: the lens is no longer fixed on the fuselage, but can be replaced. The 35mm focal length, F3.5 Elma wide -angle lens and 135mm focal length, F4.5 Elma telephoto lens also came out at the same time. Type A, B, and C Leica, as the first phase of the Leica development process, collectively referred to as the Leica I.
From 1914 to 1923, the "prototype Leica" made a total of 31 units, and the fuselage number started from 100. Between 1924 and 1925, the Leitz factory was produced under the guidance of typical German philosophy, and cautiously created more than 800 type A Leica with a fuselage number of 1,000. The name Leica is combined from the two groups of English words (Lei -CA) of LEITZ and camera Camera. Initially, it was also composed of "Leca" (Leca) according to pronunciation, but because of the "EKA (Aika)" camera using a 35 -dollar tooth hole film launched in 1924 in 1924 It was changed to "Leica" (Leica). Therefore, the camera's name is late than the manufacturing camera. Although the camera's brand was determined to be "Leica", it has not carved the brand on the camera. It was not until the Leica II dual -screen camera that was released in 1932 that the name was engraved. The previous name on the camera was "Ernst Leitz Wetzler", as well as the abbreviation of the letter "DEUTSCHE Reichs Patent, which means" German patent ").
"Leica" not only represents a new camera model, it was also the name of the first set of photography systems (including camera amplifiers and projectors) at that time. For more than 80 years, the development of Leica cameras has shown the historical trajectory of world camera development. At the same time, many photographers recorded countless important moments in human life with a Leica camera. Therefore, the invention of the Leica camera not only promoted the development of human photography history, but also made great contributions to the development of human society.
1954 The 135 camera of Leica's endibilities was born, and it was Leica M3. Since M3, M2, M4, M4-2, M4-P, M6, and M6 TTL launched by Leica have almost all followed the evolution and improvement of basic design concepts in 1954. Moreover, the emergence of M3 also established the unshakable position of Leica in the continuous ranging camera. The M3 is beyond the design of the Leica snail camera, which becomes more perfect and more precise, and has improved significantly in all aspects of mechanical and optical properties. As the first pumping camera, the M3 greatly improved the speed of replacing the lens, allowing photographers to increase the shooting speed to a greater extent, and at the same time, it further reduced the damage rate of the lens snail mouth. At the same time, the M3 also uses the viewfront window that can automatically appear the corresponding frame for the first time, including 50mm, 90mm, and 135mm. Only one rotating button controls all the shutter speeds, including the design concept of Gate B, which is recognized by many mechanical camera manufacturers later and is recognized and recognized by many mechanical camera manufacturers. So far, it has become a major feature of Leica mechanical cameras.
Leica M6 is considered a classic model after M3 by many Leica fans. Not only because it is the only camera in the Leica M series, it is also known as: "the most powerful continuous pitch camera in the history of the camera", and it is also the highest sales in the history of Leica camera sales in the history of sales in the history of Leica camera sales. Model. And Leica M7 can be seen as an electronic version of M6. The Leica M7 uses the horizontal shutter of the electronic worm, the AE exposure mode with the aperture priority, the flash function of the shutter, the super high -speed flash function, the DX code recognition system, and the display information can be displayed in the viewfront window. Essence These have brought us a lot of surprises.
With the rapid development of digital cameras, Leica, which has launched a manual focusing traditional camera by leaning and meticulousness, has gradually escaped from the pace of the troops. Digital cameras have snatched most of the image equipment market. And Leica's high -quality prices have also made many photography enthusiasts discouraged. The high -quality and expensive cameras produced by Leica, each plane, buttons, and seams are as perfect as ever, but in order to adapt to the digital era, Leica must also fight for survival.
After cooperating with Panasonic, Leica launched several retro digital cameras with a very Leica charm with the help of Panasonic appliances with electronic products. It is not difficult to find that C-LUX1, D-LUX3, V-LUX1, and Digilux3 are the Leica versions of Panasonic FX01, LX2, FZ50 and Panasonic's first SLR digital camera L1. Regardless of function, characteristics, or appearance design, Leica has copied Panasonic's models and replaced its all -metal logo, which became a new Leica digital camera. However, the price of thousands of yuan from Panasonic models makes many consumers dare not compliment. A Leica brand LOGO makes Leica's digital camera and Panasonic's digital camera so much price. Presumably many consumers must not understand it. Perhaps this is the so -called brand effect.
c-lux1 uses a 6-megapixel CCD, equipped with 3.6 times optical zoom lens, a wide-angle end of 28mm, and a 2.5-inch LCD display on the back of the fuselage. The Leica version of FX01 on the screen. D-LUX3 uses 16: 9 CCD, which is the Leica version of the 10 million pixels launched by Panasonic 16: 9CCD. With a 4x optical zoom lens, it also has MAGE O.I.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S. With 16: 9ccd, the LCD on the back of the fuselage also uses a 2.8 -inch 16: 9 specification. Give users greater visual enjoyment.
v-lux1 comes from the Panasonic FZ50 OEM, using the 10 million pixel CCD and 12x optical zoom Leica lens, which has Mage O.I.S. stabilization function with Panasonic characteristics. Digilux3 comes from the Panasonic SLR DMC-L1. It is also a loyal supporter of the 4/3 system. It uses a 7.5 million pixel Live MOS to achieve LCD views. It only adopts the design closer to the Leica M series in appearance. However, the price of Panasonic L1 has been difficult to climb. Leica Digilux3 Hong Kong in Hong Kong has a price of up to 20,000 yuan.
The M8 digital version of Leica's expectations finally went public like the stars, becoming a powerful weapon for Leica to enter the digital field. The M8 uses APS-H to have a full-frame pixel Kodak CCD, with a magnification of 1.3X. In terms of the highest shutter speed, the M8 increased from 1/1000 seconds of the original M7 to 1/8000 seconds, and the metering also had a set of non -TTL type optical meters, so that after comparing with the TTL metering in the machine accurate data. On the basis of ensuring the original all -manual design, the M8 also guarantees the compatibility of the Leica lens compatibility with the post -1954. The M8's lens interface is equipped with 6 inductive points. You can get information such as lens models and join the EXIF information. It should be said that Leica M8 has brought us a new era of Leica Digital. Unlike the OEM design of Panasonic in the past, the M8 has more Leica's unique charm. However, the listing price of Hong Kong is as high as HK $ 20,000.
09 LEICA launched the full -frame M9. The size of the fuselage is the same as the M8, but the number of compatible lenses is large. progress. The initial price is about 65,000 yuan.
The Leica camera is strong, durable, and excellent in performance, which is fully reflected during World War II. Leica became the first choice for military cameras and was an important shooting tool for reporters at the time. Wars around the world have continued fires, harsh environment, lightweight, and solid Leica 135 cameras have become their helping assistants. But the development of the times has long been far away from the era of war. More light and small digital cameras have become a necessity for people's daily life, and luxurious Leica has gradually become a treasure in the collection cabinet.
I. As photography enthusiasts, we naturally hope that Leica can play a better style in the digital age. It comes from the rigorous and excellent workmanship from Germany. It has always been the focus of people's chasing. Perhaps Leica is also trying to change this situation. I hope that Leica's tomorrow is no longer just a collection of collectibles in the cabinet, which can bring us a new significance Leica.