Leica multimedia
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The 12 minutes Leica Movie "Fascination and Precision" (English version) produced at the occasion of Photokina in September 1998 is available here in QuickTime format and has been split into 9 parts for ease of viewing. |
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Download QuickTime here.
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| part 1 (1.9 MB) | creative freedom and photography |
| part 2 (1.6 MB) | pictures and emotions, domain of the silent camera |
| part 3 (4.7 MB) | introduction to Leica, history, philosophy |
| part 4 (4.9 MB) | making of the M6 camera body |
| part 5 (4.9 MB) | making of the R8 camera body |
| part 6 (5.2 MB) | lens design and manufacturing |
| part 7 (3 MB) | lens design and manufacturing (cont'd) |
| part 8 (3.2 MB) | lens design and manufacturing (cont'd), testing |
| part 9 (2.2 MB) | investing in creativity |
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Here is also an interesting snippet on Wetzlar and Leica (QuickTime, 1.8 MB, in German) |
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Here is the Leica Song from the 1930s (0.5 MB) |
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Leica made two TV ads that appeared on German television in the Fall of 2000, one on the M6 (3.4 MB), the other on the C1 compact camera (3.4 MB), both in MPEG file format. |
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An interesting feature appeared on the German TV Station DW in March 2008, showing insights into the Leica factory and an interview with CEO Andreas Kaufmann. According to this, Leica's current monthly production is about 1000 digital M8 bodies and about 500 analogue M bodies (QuickTime, 19.3 MB). |
The following "making of" movie showcases the Leica S2 camera (QuickTime, 35.5 MB).
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