Leica HISTORICA e.V. is a photo-historical society seated in Wetzlar and founded in 1975 by Theo Kisselbach, Georg Mann and other gentlemen. The aim of the community is to research the history of the Leica and the Leica system. Leica HISTORICA e.V. is a registered association based in Wetzlar (District Court Wetzlar, register number VR 852). Today, the club counts more than 400 members, a fifth of which is living abroad.

(The beautiful black-and-white images shown in this website were provided to us by our member Jan Scheffner. This is much appreciated.)

 

Our periodic publication is the VIDOM Magazin with more than 110 issues so far. The magazine is written by our members and published in German. Copies that are sent abroad include an English synopsis. VIDOM cannot be purchased from newsagents. Members receive two issues per year.
Furthermore, Leica HISTORICA e.V. has published several books and maintains an extensive archive that can be used by our members when researching for VIDOM articles.

Mitgliederzeitschrift VIDOM

 

Members meet twice a year, in spring and autumn. Interested guests are always welcome. We additionally plan and go on a society journey once a year which is open for members only. Presentations, camera fairs and technology seminars complete our club activities.

Leica Historica is seen as an official brand-oriented association which was first evinced in 1995, for our 20-year-anniversary, by an exclusive limited-edition model of an engraved Leica M6 with blue leather trim and a silver-chrome finish Summicron-M 1:2/50. Later according versions of a silver TRI-Elmar-M 1:4/28-35-50 mm ASPH., a Leicavit-M and eventually (in 2015) the Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) and an APO-Summicron-M 1:2/90 mm ASPH followed. Leica Historica e.V. has regularly participated at the “Leica Akademie Erlebnistage”.

 

You are interested in Leica HISTORICA? Please, don’t hesitate to Kontakt us directly or one of our representatives. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

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