Leica Leitz Wetzlar

Alles fefthalten with the Leica?

Alles fefthalten with the Leica is an Old Leica Advertisement Ernst Leitz. Wetzlar

And why are you telling us this? Is there a question hiding in all this that I’m not seeing?
By the way, the word “fefthalten” doesn’t exist, it would need to be “festhalten” . “Alles festhalten” means “capture everything”

Leica 35mm f/2 SUMMICRON-M Leitz Wetzlar 8 Elements $2,750.00

GENUINE LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR 400mm F6.8 TELYT M MOUNT $2,499.99

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Super-Angulon M 21mm f/3.4 Lens $2,086.00

LEICA DRP Ernst Leitz Wetzlar # 401376 $2,000.00

Leica Leitz Leicaflex SL2 50 Jahre WETZLAR EXC+ IN BOX $1,995.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Telyt 400mm F5 Lens **RARE** $1,799.00

Black Leitz Wetzlar Summilux 50mm 1:1.4 Leica M Lens $1,600.00

DRP LEICA IIIC ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR SUMMITAR LENS CASE $988.99

Leica GmbH Ernst Leitz Wetzlar + Summicron f=5cm 1:2 $890.00

Leica R 24mm f/2.8 ELMARIT-R Leitz Wetzlar Lens MINT- $799.00

Leica R 75-200mm f/4.5 VARIO-ELMAR-R Leitz Wetzlar MIB $750.00

LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR TELE-ELMAR 1:4/135 LENS *W GERMANY* $699.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Summicron 50mm f2 lens $689.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Telyt L 200mm f/4 Lens”SCREW MOUNT” $676.00

180mm f4 LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR ELMAR -R w/ 7d adapter $599.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar 28mm Elmarit-R f/2.8 3-CAM SLR Lens $524.99

LEITZ Wetzlar Summicron-C 40 f 2 ( Leica M ) $500.00

Leica Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Camera $499.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Telyt 400mm f5 Lens w/Canon adapter $499.00

Leitz Leica Summarit 1,5/50 1025506 Wetzlar M39 LTM $499.00

LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR 35mm MDa CAMERA BODY NO RESERVE NR $499.00

LEICA IC RANGEFINDER CAMERA,#459264,LEITZ WETZLAR 1949 $489.00

Camera Leica IIIa 1938 #274727 Ernst Leitz Wetzlar $450.00

Leitz Wetzlar-Beautiful 1940/50s Leica Sllde Projector $428.00

GENUINE LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR EXTENSION BELLOWS MINT! $396.90

GENUINE LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR EXTENSION BELLOWS R SL $389.99

LEITZ WETZLAR ELMARIT -R 90 2375908 LEICA $376.00

RARE LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR SUMMILUX 1:1.4 50mm f1.4 LENS $365.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Super Angulon R 21mm 4.0 NR 134907 $305.00

Leica Visoflex Body M39 screw mount Leitz Wetzlar $299.00

OLD LEICA DRP ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR 35MM CAMERA & CASE $295.00

ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR lens ELMAR 90mm f:4 camera LEICA $280.00

LEITZ WETZLAR PRISM FINDER GREAT CONDITION LEICA PIECE $250.00

LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR 13.5CM F4.5 ELMAR IN NIKON MOUNT $234.56

LOT 3: ORIGINAL LEITZ WETZLAR CASES FOR LEICA $208.00

Leica Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-R 35mm f/2 Lens $202.50

GENUINE CHROME LEITZ LEICA WETZLAR ZOOM VIEWFINDER $199.99

LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR HEKTOR 135mm F4.5 LENS M2 M3 M4 M6 $199.99

GENUINE ERNST LEITZ LEICA WETZLAR ZOOM FRAME VIOOH $199.99

LEICA E.LEITZ WETZLAR BLACK NICKLE ELMAR LENS HOOD MINT $199.00

Leica Elpro 1 Code 16541. Leitz Wetzlar Germany. E55. $199.00

ANTIQUE E.LEITZ WETZLAR LEICA FILM CAMERA LEATHER CASE $195.00

Leica Elpro 2 Code 16542. Leitz Wetzlar Germany. E55. $195.00

D454 Russia camera Leica -1S Standard Leitz Wetzlar WW2 $189.99

D448 Russia camera LEICA -1S Standard Leitz Wetzlar WW2 $189.99

LOT 2: ORIGINAL LEITZ WETZLAR CASES FOR LEICA $158.00

VOOI LEITZ WETZLAR black body VIEWFINDER camera LEICA $155.00

NEW LEICA LEITZ WETZLAR ADAPTER CAT.No 16466 M VISOFLEX $149.99

LEITZ WETZLAR PROJ. 4x EYEPIECE NEW MINT RARE LEICA NR $149.00

German Leica lens SUMMAR ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR $138.57

Leica Cameras derive their name from a shortening of “Leitz Camera”. While on the staff at the Leitz Wetzlar Factory in 1911, Oskar Barnack set out to create a portable camera. The Wetzlar works dated back to 1849, founded by Carl Kellner, a mathematician and optician, for the purpose of developing lenses and microscopes.

Barnack had begun his career as an engineer at Carl Zeiss lens manufactory at Jena. He actually conceived of the Leica camera design as early as 1905, but for many years the design existed only in his brain. He made a 1914 photo with his ur-Leica, a compact predecessor with a retracting brass lens, that chronicled the coming of World War I. The picture depicts a German soldier posting an early mobilization order from Kaiser Wilhelm.

The result of his work formed the basis for the 35mm camera. Together with the highly-acclaimed lenses developed by Max Berek, the Ernst Leitz Company, located in the small German town of Solms (near Frankfurt), was able to bring the new Leica Camera to the commercial market in the form of the Leica I at a trade show at Leipzig.

When the Leica I was introduced, photographers were accustomed to lugging around suitcase-sized photography paraphernalia. The cameras enclosed used 13 inch by 16 inch plates, rather than the present-day 35mm film on rolls.

Because these portable cameras were so small and lightweight by current standards, Leica cameras were at first perceived as toys for a lady’s purse. That first impression was soon dispelled when the public came to appreciate the stunning images the camera produced and their extreme durability.

Carl Wolff, who bought the company in 1926, is largely credited with expanding the fame of the Leica brand. Leica was also famous for high-quality binoculars, dating back to 1907. Leica camera sales totalled 90,000 by 1932, and a million by 1961.

These rugged cameras were witness to two world wars, often from both sides of the conflict. Not only the Americans, but also the Russians, were fond of the Leica in World War II. The Soviets viewed the Leica as a guilty pleasure, despite its capitalist “fascist” origins. Ironically, many of The Leica family were Jews.

Russian Aleksandr Rodchenko, also a sulptor and a painter, shot many memorable pictures, including the 1934 “Girl with a Leica”. Fellow Russian, Ilya Ehrenburg, created a series of 1930’s images that depict the raw underbelly of France between the World Wars.

In the 1930’s, French painter Henri Cartier-Bresson migrated his art to photography. The means of his transformation was the Leica camera. His often candid black and white photos are among the finest in the illustrious Leica legacy.

The famous Times Square kiss on V-J Day was shot by Alfred Eisenstaedt on a Leica.

Photographers the world over have praised various Leica Cameras, such as the Leica I, Leica M3, Leica M3, and later the Leicaflex SL (its first SLR camera). Enthusiasts have made the brand a cult favorite, to the extent that a Leica Number 107 test market model from 1923 sold in 2007 for a world record price of nearly a half million dollars US.

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