the little game changer. photograph © Leitz Photographica Auction and is courtesy of José M. S. Esparza, Madrid, Spain
Toronto. When 35mm movie film ‘ends’ were common, various cameras using the ends were sold, but failed to gain traction – until a century ago when a little German camera from a optical house specializing in microscopes introduced the Leica and the saying “small negative, big picture“.
Until that time, for the most part a camera size would be chosen so the negative could be contact printed to see the final positive image. A decade later minicams and enlargers had taken off and photography was for ever changed.
Recently we received an email from José Manuel Serrano Esparza in Madrid, Spain. In the email, José says in part, “The reason to send you this email is because a few weeks ago, Alexander Sedlak (Managing Director of Leica Camera Austria and Leica Camera Classics) and Dennis Iwaskiewicz (Head of Sales of Leica Camera Classics), two world-class experts on analogue Leica cameras, lenses and accessories, as well as featuring many years of experience in this highly specialized scope, imparted a milestone lecture at the Leica Store Madrid (Spain), presenting the upcoming 47th Leitz Photographica Auction, which will be held on November 22, 2025 inside the Imperial Hotel in Vienna (Austria), as gold brooch of the Leica Centenary Celebration, and will be highly probably the most important one ever celebrated in the world.”
José offered the following link to a blog that Heinz Richter posted in late September titled, “PRESENTATION OF THE 47TH LEICA AUCTION CLASSIC VIENNA AT THE LEICA STORE MADRID (SPAIN)“.
The auction is in Vienna this coming Saturday. It’s also on line if a trip is out of the question.
