2021 Interview with Dr.Andreas Kaufmann of Leica Camera AG. What was his first camera?
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2022
- In 2021 Leica Camera USA invited me to the Celebration of Photography event held at Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany. I invited Juan Martinez of Beers and Cameras as my assistant and videographer to help me capture the event. We were super excited to be given the opportunity to interview Dr.Andreas Kaufmann, but we were also nervous. I sat on the footage for almost a year because I was worried it wasn't good enough. Looking back at the interview a year later, I don't know why I was worried about launching it. Dr.Kaufmann was a gracious interviewee, and his charismatic personality really shows through in this video. A special thanks to Kiran Karnani of Leica Camera USA for the invitation, as well as for arranging this interview.
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Thanks a lot!!
Great job Take...... Dr K is a great guy....So glad he's at the helm at Leica.
Great interview, super interesting! Could listen to Mr Kaufmann for hours. He knows what he‘s talking about, super charesmatic - simply awesome. Thank you so much for the interview!
thanks for watching. Looking forward to inteview Dr.Kaufmann again in the near future.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Would love to see a continuation of your discussion with Dr. Kaufmann, as well as candid discussions with other Leica executives going forward on a regular basis. 😊
Thanks for watching. Another one coming up soon…. Mr.M
Wonderful! Dr. Kaufman seems to be a very personable man.
Excellent interview. Leica is the best! Thanks.
Thanks for the unique perspective, both in terms of questions & answers.
Excellent interview.
Thanks for watching!!
Wow! Great job.
Mr Kaufmann thank you for amazing camera and amazing optics!
And thanks Taco for the interview🫡
Awesome. Made me smile.
always a pleasure to hear Andreas talk
He was a pleasure to interview. I had to cut 10 min out as we organically went off topic (watch talk). Perhaps I’ll use it some time in the future :-)
Congrats for two great interviews, this one and the one with Mr M. - So, Peter Karbe next?
Interesting to hear his comments on analog photography after the M6 (2020) release.
Nice interview. I always interchange M lenses on my M, M10-M, and SL2 pending on occasion. Haven’t touched my M6 for over 20 years.
Great interviews! Leica needs a left-EYED rangefinder!
Sad about the aps-cs - I hope L2 expands them. I already picked up a scuffed second TL2 demo so I can keep using them.
I also liked the APS-C Leica’s, but I guess they weren’t popular enough to keep in the line-up.
To people who understand German: There is awesome Podcast with Dr. Kaufmann from last year aswell. And it dropped my jaw.
Oh man, would love to listen to it and get someone to translate :-)
@@bigheadtaco basicly the he got really really technical and talks a lot of know-how what you never expect from someone in his position. And when I was in Wetzlar 3 weeks ago in the Store they also told me that Dr. Kaufmann can talk to any developer or engineer on the same level. So that man has my respect in that regard.
@@xsgt_silverx I guess that's why he has the title of Dr, well deserved. We talked about watches off-camera for about 10 minutes, and his knowledge of the industry and technology is very deep.
@@bigheadtaco He has no technical education, and his Dr thesis is about a history topic. Great interview!
I had a nice time watching this Interview :)
Greatly inspiring video
Wonderful interview! Very pleasant and informative! Loved the format too!
I don't have a Leica (haven't even touched one lol) but appreciate all that the staff and brand work for!
thanks for watching. Yes the entire staff, from the executive team to the people in production and service, all are passionate about their work. It was a pleasure to visit them.
My first Leica was a family camera. Ye Olde Leica IIIa was weighed down with a 50mm f/1.5-9 Taylor-Hobson Xenon pre-war "speed lens" that produced fuzzy, low contrast images due to dirt and clouded lens elements. As soon as I could, I replaced it with a 1950's 50mm f/3.5 Collapsible Elmar, which produced great black-and-white negatives/prints and Kodachrome slides. This was in the late 1960's, when I was a poor college student, so I got what was available. 50mm f/2 Summars and Summitars had Leica Collector price tags. Later on, I bought a Canon P, a 28mm f/2.8 Canon and 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor, all for the cost of an M-series Leica. I bought film and darkroom supplies instead of "optical collector's items.";)
Thanks for sharing your camera history. Always fun to hear everyone’s unique journey :-)
A photographer using an M is like someone who likes watches and wears a Reverso. People who know look at it and know that you know what you’re doing, but most people won’t even notice.
I was lucky. Only had to wait a couple of weeks for my new black paint MP.
Congrats!!
I am just going to say it, thanks to Instagram I have 7 M Leica cameras and 14 Leica M lenses. I will say too that I do print my photos and I never really stopped shooting film since ... 1978.
Nice interview
Thanks for watching!
Fabulous
Thanks :-)
I’m left handed but I never have felt the need for a left handed camera. However, my Exakta Varex is pretty cool!
ha ha, I guess you get used to the right-handed world with some things right? My father was left-handed but was forced to be right-handed, and my older brother is left-handed but can do many things with his right. I'm sure he's happy with all his right-handed cameras too!!
If you ever get to interview a Leica engineer, please let me know. I have some questions for them!
Upcoming video with Stefan Daniel :-)
Analog M cameras have no technology in them. Why can’t they produce a new film point and shoot for us?
Leica has always partnered with a Japanese manufacturer to make any of their compact film point and shoot cameras. Even their digital compact point and shoot cameras are made in partnership with Panasonic. It’s not impossible for Leica to make a compact film point and shoot today, but it’s a lot harder since the majority of manufacturers that use to be subcontracted to make some of the smaller components are no longer in existence. You would basically have to design and manufacture every component yourself, which Leica didn’t even do back in the film days, let alone any Japanese camera manufacturer. I think if Leica partnered with a company like Fujifilm or Seiko-Epson, it may be possible.
@@bigheadtaco perhaps Sony who bought out Minolta could work with Leica - again. But definitely not Fujifilm; they are anti-film company. Speaking of them I think they should take up a new name - Fujidigital! I had no idea that the M7 and it’s electronics were solely Japanese based. No wonder that model was extinguished. We can only fathom the a wishful future when an announcement from a Japanese company to bravely come out with a new film point and shoot camera!😇
Audio is so bad
I hope Leica remembers its roots and makes down-to-earth tools for photographers again and not one expensive luxury special model after the other...
The prices that Leica charges have always been high. But the prices photographers get for their work have fallen sharply and Leica's prices are going up and up and up...
Leica is now on the way to becoming a luxury bling bling brand only for wealthy privateers and collectors. Which I really think is a shame…