Friday, April 26, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNST LEITZ




Ernst Leitz
photograph by Oskar Barnack, made with the Ur-Leica

Today would have been the 170th birthday of Ernst Leitz.  It was his vision to hire Oskar Barnack against his reservations about coming to Wetzlar, and it was his vision that we have to thank for the Leica becoming a reality when against considerable arguments to the contrary, he said, “Barnacks Kamera wird gebaut (Barnack’s camera will be built).”  In a statement today, Leica Camera said that “his influence and passion still shape our products today.”  May he continue to do so.


For more on Ernst Leitz go to:

OSKAR BARNACK AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY



2 comments:

  1. Hello,

    Ernst Leitz I died in 1920. It's his son Ernst Leitz II that said the famous sentence “Barnacks Kamera wird gebaut (Barnack’s camera will be built).” in 1924.

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    1. Oops, of course you are correct. Thank you for letting us know.

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