Oskar Barnack, who was in charge of research and development at Leitz, decided to investigate using 35 mm cine film for still cameras while attempting to build a compact camera capable of making high-quality enlargements.
Leica Microsystems, manufacturer of microscopes and owner of the Leica brand
Their use in long focal length lens assemblies was pioneered by Leitz.
The XE uses a Leitz-Copal electronic, vertically traveling, metal blade focal plane shutter supporting exposure times of 1/1000 of a second to four seconds, plus bulb setting.
In 1911, he was in charge of microscope research for Ernst Leitz at Wetzlar.
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Between 1913 and 1914 he was head of development of the camera company Leitz in Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany.
His company, Leitz subsequently became known in Germany as the inventor of the ring binder.
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Leitz business administration school and the Kerschensteinerschule for business technology.
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Leitz's activities intensified after the Kristallnacht of November 1938, during which synagogues and Jewish shops were burned across Germany.
Some Standard cameras were assembled at Leitz New York during the 1940s from spare parts using Leica III body shells and equipped them with Wollensak lenses.
German Louis Leitz, founder of Leitz later made some important changes in development of ring binders in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.