Leica copies: Difference between revisions

The '''[[Leica camera]]''' using the [[35mm]] perforated film was launched by [[Ernst Leitz]], Wetzlar in 1925. The design was carried out by [[Oscar Barnack]], beginning in 1913 by building a camera for 24×36mm negatives that by now is called the Ur-Leica; but Ernst Leitz did not decide to manufacture it until 1924. Once started, the [[Leica Camera|Leica]] production volume doubled each year; in 1929, some 16.000 cameras were produced. In 1930, an improved model with interchangeable lens was introduced, followed a year later by the fully developed Leica II with standardized film to lens flange distance, and in 1932 the basic [[Leica Standard]]; the Leica concept was established. This camera's features are the basis for defining a Leica copy. <ref>{{cite book|title=35mm Cameras|author=Brian Long|publisher=The Crowood Press, Wiltshire|year=1997|isbn=978-1-86126-948-5}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|title=Leica Collectors Guide|author=Dennis Laney|publisher=Hove Collectors Books, Hove|year=1992|isbn=1-874707-00-6}}</ref>

*1934 - 1990: The [[FED (camera)|FED]] manufactured in the Kharkov labour commune in USSR <ref name="Russian">{{cite book|title=Russian and Soviet Cameras|author=Jean Loup Princelle|publisher=Hove Foto Books|year=1995|isbn=1-874031-02-9}}</ref>

*1940 - 1961: The Leotax manufactured in Japan by Showa Kogaku, Tokyo <ref name="Rosetta">{{cite book|title=The Collectors Guide to Japanese Cameras "The Rosetta Stone.."|author=K. Sugiyama, H. Naoi and J.R. Bullock|publisher=The Quarter Planning Co., Ltd. Tokyo|year=1985|isbn=0-87011-743-2}}</ref>

*1947 - 1959: The [[Minolta 35|Minolta-35]] manufactured by Chiyoda Kogaku, Osaka (24×32mm at first). <ref>{{cite book|title=Minolta's Kamera Technik - Von der Nifcalette bis zu Riva und Dynax|author=A.R. und J. Scheibel|publisher=G+G Urban-Verlag, Ahrensburg|year=1990|isbn=3-925334-47-5}}</ref>

*1947 - 1954: Kardon manufactured by Premier Instrument Corp., New York, USA <ref name="Copies"/>

*1948 - 1959: [[Nicca]] manufactured in Japan by Nippon Camera Co. Ltd, Tokyo <ref name="Copies"/>

*1948 - 1977: [[Zorki]] manufactured in USSR by KMZ, Krasnogorsk. <ref name="Russian"/>

*1953 - 1959: Tanack IIC manufactured in Japan by Tanaka Optical Co., Tokyo <ref name="Rosetta"/>

*1958 - 1963: Shanghai 58-I manufactured in Shanghai China.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cameras of the peoples republic of China|author=Douglas St Denny|publisher=Jessop Specialist Publishing|year=1989|isbn=0-9514392-0-0}}</ref>

*1959 - 1960: [[Yashica]] YE manufactured by Yashica as a continuation of the Nicca range <ref name="Copies"/>