While the name Leica was first applied to the Leica I camera in 1925, Ernst Leitz GmbH did not officially change its company name to Leica Camera AG until 1986.
While the name Leica was first applied to the Leica I camera in 1925, Ernst Leitz GmbH did not officially change its company name to Leica Camera AG until 1986.
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Lleica cameras are primarily produced Solms, Deutschland. Being
a German optics company, Leica also manufactures geo-survey
equipment and microscopes in it's sister branches Leca Geosystems
and Leica microsystems respectively.