Leica Camera Logo — The Leica Camera AG ( Leica: Abbreviation for Lei tz (magnetic) Ca camera ) is a publicly traded German companies in the optical industry with headquarters in Solms . The company specializes in the manufacture of cameras and binoculars. Leica Camera AG was formed in 1986 from the Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH , the successor company of the Carl Kellner 1849 in Wetzlar , founded Optical Institute .
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With the Leica cameras became established, the small format 24×36 mm. In comparison with other available medium format cameras with roll film or bulky large-format cameras can be transported much more easily and quickly used. This advantage was first described by an artistic and journalistic vanguard detected. It developed a new kind of dynamic reportage photography . Leica cameras have been widely copied around the world, or copied. One of the first serious rival companies was Zeiss Ikon with the Contax . More