Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Leica: Snap Shot of a Survivor

Digital shift...



Leica in the digital age
                
Booming smartphone sales are eating into the digital camera market, but the inventor of the 35mm film camera isn’t blinking, Ellen Emmerentze Jervell reports on wsj.com.

High-end camera producer Leica Camera AG celebrated its first camera’s 100th anniversary last year with a limited-edition model emblematic of its effort to bridge old and new: a digital camera with no display—just an old-style viewfinder. The retro-chic design, which sold for €15,000 ($16,545), was a hit, she wrote.

For more of Leica's fascinating story and its shift to digital photography:  http://www.wsj.com/articles/camera-maker-leica-survives-the-digital-shift-1426295228?mod=e2tw

Some Leica fans over the years: 


Pablo Picasso


Henri Cartier-Bresson
 
 
Alfred Eisenstaedt and Eli Wallach
 
 
Georgia O'Keeffe 
 

 Queen Elizabeth
 
 
Toni Garrn
 


Charlotte Rampling


Julia Roberts


Penelope Cruz


Scarlett Johansson
 

 Audrey Tautou
   
 

Ali and Malcolm X
 

Jude Law
 

Daniel Craig


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