Leica
Leica Camera AG is a German manufacturer of premium cameras, lenses, sport optics, and microscopy products, with origins dating to 1849 when the Optical Institute was founded by Carl Kellner in Wetzlar, Germany. The Leica brand name, derived from Leitz Camera, was established in 1925 when the company introduced the Leica I, the first commercially successful 35mm camera, which revolutionized photography by making compact, portable cameras viable. Leica Camera AG is majority-owned by the Blacks...