FILM STARS Just like a Leica
Mar 19, 2019
3 minutes
‘The Russians began making copies of the Leica II as early as 1934’
The Leica: has any other make of camera been so often replicated, copied and faked? How, why and when did it happen? Was it even legal? How do you differentiate between a replica, a copy and a fake? And if you find one today, is it still usable? So many questions, but first, a little history.
In 1911, Oskar Barnack joined the Leitz Optical Works as Director of Research, and began work on a quality
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