How Leica Made It to 100: Gold-Standard Cameras and the "Human Eye"

How Leica Made It to 100: Gold-Standard Cameras and the "Human Eye"

On June 11, 2022, a group of professional photographers, collectors and enthusiasts gathered in Wetzlar, Germany, to attend the 40th Leitz Photographica Auction of equipment and paraphernalia made by Leica, the German camera manufacturer considered by many to be the best in the world. Among the lots was a humble camera, serial number 105, from a run of roughly two dozen hand-assembled prototypes dating to the early 1920s. Constructed by inventor…