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{{Infobox company
| name = Leica Camera AG
| type = [[Aktiengesellschaft]]
| logo = Leica Camera.svg
| logo_size = 120px
| location = [[Wetzlar]], [[Germany]] {{coord|50|33|9|N|008|32|11|E|region:DE|display=title}}
| industry = [[Rangefinder camera]], [[Photography]], [[Digital Imaging]], [[Still camera]]s, [[SLR camera]]s, [[Digital single-lens reflex camera|DSLR camera]]s, [[binoculars]] / [[Monocular]]s, [[binocular telescope]], [[laser rangefinder]] [[ophthalmic lenses]]
| foundation = 1869 in [[Wetzlar]], Germany (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar); 1986 in [[Solms]], Germany (Leica)
| key_people = Andreas Kaufmann ([[Chairman]], [[Supervisory board]]), Matthias Harsch [[Chief executive officer|(CEO)]]
| owner = ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH (55%)
<br /> [[The Blackstone Group]] (45%)
| revenue = {{profit}}[[Euro|€]] 400 [[million]]<ref name="Kleinezeitung.at">{{cite news|access-date=17 September 2025|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/wirtschaft/wirtschaftktnhp/5689668/Umbrueche-in-Fortoindustrie_Kamerahersteller-Leica-streicht-80-Stellen|date=13 September 2019|title=Umbrüche in Fortoindustrie: Kamerahersteller Leica streicht 80 Stellen|language=de}}</ref>
| products = [[Camera]]s, [[photographic lens]]es, [[binoculars]], [[ophthalmic lenses]] and other optical equipment
| num_employees = 1800<ref name="Kleinezeitung.at"/>
| website = {{URL|leica-camera.com}}
}}
'''Leica''' is a [[company]] in [[Wetzlar]], [[Germany]] that makes [[cameras]], [[optical lens]]es, [[photographic lens]]es, [[binoculars]] and [[Telescopic sight|rifle scopes]]. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the founder's surname (Leitz) and the first two of the word camera: lei-ca (LEItz CAmera).
[[Image:LEI0060 186 Leica I Sn.5193 1927 Originalzustand Front-2 FS-15.jpg|thumb|Leica I (1927)]]
[[Image:LEI0060 186 Leica I Sn.5193 1927 Originalzustand Front-2 FS-15.jpg|thumb|Leica I (1927)]]
[[Image:R4-sl2-600.jpg|thumb|Leica cameras]]
[[Image:R4-sl2-600.jpg|thumb|Leica cameras]]
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File:LeicaIIIf-600.jpg|Leica IIIf (1950), one of the last screw-mount Leicas, with 50mm/f1.5 Summarit
File:LeicaIIIf-600.jpg|Leica IIIf (1950), one of the last screw-mount Leicas, with 50mm/f1.5 Summarit
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{commons category|Leica}}
* {{Official website|leica-camera.com}}
* [https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/cameras-and-apparatus-leica-cameras-nmahphc/zsoyg9TmJizwtm7E Leica Cameras collection] at the [[National Museum of American History|Smithsonian National Museum of American History]]
* [https://www.overgaard.dk/leica_history.html Leica History and Heritage]
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