Leica and CW Sonderoptic Report (PDF)

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

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