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Leica Store returns to Harrods with more space and access to Akademie activities

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Leica Camera UK has reopened its expanded Harrods store, featuring various product categories and a private classroom for workshops, enhancing customer engagement and creating a unique shopping experience.

Top Winners of the 2025 AOP Photography Awards

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The 40th AOP Photography Awards comprise ten individual subject categories, plus additional Awards for Best Commissioned and Best Personal work selected by key industry figures from all the selected finalists.

Voigtländer camera sells for half a million among record prices secured at the Wetzlar Camera Auction

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The WCA this year spotlit a rare Voigtländer camera from the earliest days of photography, which sold for a remarkable €500,000.

Leica Oskar Barnack 2025 Award Winners

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The Oskar Barnack Awards (LOBA) are the highly prestigious photographic awards, with winners selected from over 300 submissions and judged by 120 experts in 50 countries. The winners were honoured at a celebration at the Leica headquarters in Wetzlar.

Celebrating the Art of Photography in “Motion”: Auction and exhibition at the Leica Gallery Vienna

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Leitz Photographica Auction celebrates the Leica I's centenary with an auction titled “Motion,” featuring significant photographs embodying dynamic social and aesthetic transformations, set for 30 October 2025.

New battery flight restrictions. And a self-imposed restriction of a different kind

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We don’t give much thought to batteries when we travel. But all that is about to change as airlines...

185-year-old camera and more at the seventh Wetzlar Camera Auction

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William Fagan looks at the forthcoming Wetzlar Auction featuring vintage cameras, notably a rare Voigtländer Metal Daguerreotype Camera from 1840 and various Leica models, showcasing their historical significance and estimated values.

Leica Camera continues to grow in the financial year 2024/25

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Leica Camera Group achieved record sales in the 2024/25 financial year, driven by growth in multiple segments, innovative products, and an expanded global sales network, celebrating its 100th anniversary.
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185-year-old camera and more at the seventh Wetzlar Camera Auction

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William Fagan looks at the forthcoming Wetzlar Auction featuring vintage cameras, notably a rare Voigtländer Metal Daguerreotype Camera from 1840 and various Leica models, showcasing their historical significance and estimated values.

Leica Camera continues to grow in the financial year 2024/25

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Leica Camera Group achieved record sales in the 2024/25 financial year, driven by growth in multiple segments, innovative products, and an expanded global sales network, celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Finalists announced for the 2025 AOP Emerging Talent Awards

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For talented photographers to succeed, they need recognition to create momentum and opportunities to advance their careers. The AOP Emerging Talent Awards does just that and spotlights talent when it emerges and needs most support.

Finalists announced in this year’s AOP Photography Awards

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The 40th AOP Photography Awards celebrate human creativity in photography, with finalists announced ahead of the live winners' presentation on October 9, 2025, recognising excellence across various categories.

This autumn, Leitz Photographica will auction the late Pope Francis’ Leica M-A for charity: the most extraordinary lot in its history to date

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This unique Leica M-A was given to the late Pope Francis by Leica AG and will go up for auction in November at Leitz Photographica in Vienna to raise money for his personal charity. Bidding will open at 30,000 Euros.

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