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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by GuiA on Monday April 22, 2019 @12:27AM (#19716525)
Like many “classic” camera companies (Polaroid, Voigtländer, etc), “Leica” today is a name controlled by various holding entities and private equity firms. While it might bear the same name, it has very little in common with the original company (the one that saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish employees).
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by frostburg on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:50AM (#19717041)
This is not actually true. I mean, it's not under the ownership of the Leitz family, but it's basically steered around by Kaufmann and is more or less in continuity with its past (to the point that they moved back to Wetzlar).

Voigtlander is a brandname used by Cosina.

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