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What Leica means to me: How I became a “collector extraordinaire”

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The author reflects on his upbringing by antique-dealer mother and how this influenced his later passion for collecting Leica cameras.

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The rebranding of Olympus to OM Systems is a good opportunity to look at the legacy of OM cameras which featured ground-breaking innovations until Olympus messed up. And there even are some very interesting connections to Leica...
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Everyone needs a favourite bit of the world. And for Dave, the North Yorkshire Jurassic coast hits all the buttons. Here he takes a scenic view with the Nikon Df and the Leica X.
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