Special Report for Photokina 2014. Revised and updated through September 2014: all about Leica, CW Sonderoptic Leica Cine Lenses, Summilux-C, Summicron-C, Still Moving Pictures (stills shot by cinematographers with Leica cameras), Oskar Barnack’s motion picture camera, history, tour of the factory, and a look at the new Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar. 96 pages. Copyright 2014 Film and Digital Times. Text and photos not to be used without permission. Best viewed in Adobe Acrobat with View-Page Display set to Two Page View, and Show Cover Page in Two Page View.
Contents
- Leica Cine Lens Story 5
- Leica 1912 35mm Cine Camera 6
- Barnack’s Leica 1912 35mm Cine Camera 6-8
- Wetzlar 9
- Leica Camera Returns to Wetzlar: May 2014 10
- Leica Camera and CW Sonderoptic in Wetzlar 11
- Andreas Kaufmann on Leica’s new Wetzlar Home 12-13
- Andreas Kaufmann on Leica 14-16
- Andreas Kaufmann on the Leica Monochrom 17
- Premiere of the Mystery Primes: Dec 2009 18
- They are Leica Lenses: NAB, April 2010 18
- Leica Cine Lens Saga 19-20
- Leica Summilux-C Lenses 21
- The Decisive Moment 22
- Christian Skrein on Leica Cine Lenses 23-26
- Iain Neil 27-28
- Iain Neil at Leica Historical Society 29
- Iain Neil on Designing Summilux-C Lenses 30-31
- Focus on Leica Summilux-C Lenses 32
- Focus Scales 33
- From Che to Cine Lenses 34
- Leica Factory Tour: September 2010 35
- Gerhard and Bernhard at Leica: April 2012 36-37
- How to Build Leica Summilux-C Lenses: July 2012 38-44
- Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses 45
- New Headquarters Announced: Sept 2012 46-47
- Leica Camera Returns to Wetzlar: May 2014 48-49
- Leica Camera and Lens Manufacturing in New Wetzlsr Facility 50-51
- Harris Savides, ASC Tests in NY 52
- Florian Ballhaus, ASC 53
- Zsigmond & Goodich: Sept 2012 54
- Summilux-C on Taylor Swift: Cover Story Sept 2012 55-57
- PhotoCineRent Paris and Leica Summilux-C 59-60
- cinegrell camera rentals: Sept 2013 61
- Summicron-C Concept 62-63
- Origins of the Leica Summicron-C Cine Lenses: April 2014 64
- Christian Skrein, 50 Years a Leica Fan 64
- Leica Summicron-C Cine Lenses (cont’d) 65-66
- Summicron-C and Summilux-C Cine Lenses Compared 67
- Leica Store and Gallery LA: Sept 2013 68
- Yariv Milchan on M and Monochrom 69
- Monochrom on Mary Ellen Mark 70
- Monochrom at Leica Gallery LA Opening 71
- Still Moving Pictures 72
- Still Moving Pictures by Jon Fauer, ASC 73
- Still Moving Pictures by Curt Schaller, BVK 74-75
- Still Moving Pictures by Roberto Schaefer ASC, AIC 76
- Still Moving Pictures by Bob Primes, ASC 77-79
- Still Moving Pictures by Paul Ryan, ASC 80-81
- Still Moving Pictures by David Darby, ASC 82-83
- Still Moving Pictures by E. Gunnar Mortensen 84-85
- Still Moving Pictures by Richard Crudo, ASC 86-87
- Still Moving Pictures by James Chressanthis, ASC, GSC 88-89
- Leica Summicron-C and Leica Summilux-C 91
- Leica Summicron-C and Summilux-C Cine Lenses 92
- Leica Summilux-C 92
- Leica Summilux-C and Summicron-C Comparison 93
- Summilux-C Techical Data 94
- Summicron-C Techical Data 95