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Leica HISTORICA e.V. is a photo-historical society in Wetzlar, founded in 1975 by Theo Kisselbach, Georg Mann, and other gentlemen. The community aims 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 has more than 400 members, a fifth of whom live 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, the VIDOM Magazin, has had over 125 issues. The magazine is written by our members and published in German. Copies 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 our members can use when researching VIDOM articles.
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”.
Are you interested in Leica HISTORICA? Please don’t hesitate to contact us directly or one of our representatives. We look forward to hearing from you.
As an association, we are increasingly receiving inquiries regarding the assessment of Leica cameras. We are not in a position to answer them, and it is also challenging to assess without seeing the item in question. In addition, we are committed to fairness and do not want to give any reference addresses that could disadvantage anyone. If you come to our meetings or become a member of our association, you will have every opportunity to find expert and knowledgeable dialogue partners!