Leica
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A make of camera.
"Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art."
Example
More examples"A Leica camera from 1923 was sold for €2.4 million in Vienna."
Etymology
A portmanteau of Leitz (the company's founder) and camera.
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