Tag: Ur-Leica

Oskar Barnack: His first photograph taken with the Ur Leica camera in 1914

The first photograph taken with a Leica camera, by its inventor Oskar Barnack, is of a scene in the town of Wetzlar, home of Leica. The scene, the Eisenmarkt, looks almost the same today as it did then, over a hundred years ago. So, naturally, any self-respecting Leica photographer wants to stand in the same spot that Barnack did, and take the same photo.

Oskar One Zero Five comes in loud and clear

No, this is not a wireless call sign. It represents an example of what is today called the Leica...