Is there a camera company with higher technical level than Leica now?

Most old camera drivers and equipment parties are familiar with Carl Zeiss and Leica, two German companies. Although the former no longer produces Contax camera bodies in the digital age, the latter still manufactures high-end medium and full-frame cameras. However, carl zeiss (carl zeiss), also a German optical technology company, is recognized as unparalleled in this field. Carl Zeiss's 35mm lens is now produced by Japanese company Cocina. Previously, it was made of German Schott glass. At present, Japanese HOYA glass raw materials are mainly used to process ordinary civilian lenses for Sony ZA series, or as lenses for consumers in Ze and other sub-factories. Unless there is a very special assembly and calibration process, Zeiss is always in the original factory in Germany. For example, the design difficulty of super wide-angle lens is greater than that of wide-angle lens, and it is also much greater than that of standard lens. Because the ultra-wide-angle lens is easy to cause serious distortion of the image, manufacturers usually use the lens to correct it. Generally speaking, it is common to use multiple or even more than a dozen lenses to correct distorted imaging for ultra-wide angles below 20mm, but Zeiss Hologon lens has reached the level of correcting distorted imaging with only three lenses, which cannot be said to be the world's top optical technology. For example, 15mm f/8 Hologon lens provided by Zeiss for Leica, 300mm f/2.8 SA lens provided by Zeiss for Hasselblad, Sweden, 8-digit high-quality lens specially customized by an oil rich man in the Middle East for Zeiss (interested girls), and optical instruments provided by Zeiss for NASA's moon landing and several space projects. Those DeVille focal planes customized by Hollywood for Zeiss with extraordinary imaging quality (such as hundreds of Zeiss lenses of different specifications used by The Lord of the Rings) and so on fully demonstrate Carl Zeiss' top level in the global optical field.

Now Leica P is not, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning. Except for the M series, the fuselage design and production are all done by Panasonic. Since joining the L-bayonet League, the lens has also become a suitable horse. And Leica's m series. I can't adapt to the fast-paced working style and photography at all. When it is in focus, everyone else will finish shooting and move on to the next round.

If you change the Leica lens to a logo, I'm afraid no one will consider it at all.

Leica is a luxury, yes, the highest level of technology? Metaphysics, right? I don't understand some special techniques. Do a simple analysis, the lens optical design can be previewed by computer. The design of the professional field of lens is not too difficult. What is unsatisfactory is the result of compromise. Lens processing is nano-scale. It is not difficult to meet the design requirements in first-class manufacturers. Whether it is good or bad is a matter of cost. Coating technology should be a precision problem. The professional field of lens is well designed. The world-class factories with these technologies are not limited to Leica, right? So, electronic technology, Leica can't? We're even, okay? The core of digital camera is electronic technology. Leica has no advantage in this respect, right? Then why is Leica still so awesome? Expensive! A symbol of status! The so-called moral taste, personally, is color bias, because it is Leica, and color is metaphysics. Many times people will deliberately adjust! It looks good.

Is there a camera company with higher technical level than Leica now? The core of the main question is: Is there a camera company with higher technical level than Leica? First of all, I personally don't think Leica is the strongest in camera technology, because there are indeed many brands in the camera market at present, such as Sony, Canon, Nikon in Japan and Zeiss in Germany. In fact, they have their own strengths and characteristics. We have no doubt about the strength of Leica, but it is not comprehensive. Let's talk about it in detail:

First of all, there are camera companies with a higher level than Leica. Because no matter which industry there are many brands. Just like mobile phones, although many manufacturers are competing, no mobile phone or brand can make mobile phones perfect or have no shortcomings. Isn't that what the camera market is like?

Let us take Zeiss as an example. He has many advantages over Leica. First of all, from the perspective of development, such as the historical process, Zeiss was founded in 1846. At that time, 30-year-old carl zeiss set up a precision optical instrument processing factory (the predecessor of Zeiss) in Jena, and produced the first microscope in 1847. Of course, the most important part of the microscope is the optical lens module. After 1866, with the assistance of Ernst Abbe and Otto Short, Zeiss began to make great progress in the field of microscope and also began to produce optical glass. 1888, Zeiss began to set foot in the photography industry, including during World War II, Zeiss upgraded telescopes, rangefinders and shooting sights for the German army and navy, and Zeiss's T-coating technology was also used in fighter planes, because this technology can reduce reflections and prevent enemies from discovering it.

Leica was actually founded in 1849, when 23-year-old mathematician Carl kellner set up an optical research institute in Wetzlar, Germany, mainly producing microscopes and camera lenses. This institute is the predecessor of Leica. Ernst Leitz, mechanical engineer, 1865 became the main partner of the institute, and obtained the right to operate 1869, and changed its name to Leitz Company. At the same time, in 19 13, oskar barnack, director of R&D department in Lai Ci, created the legendary Ur, and then in 1954, Leica released M3. Its intergenerational design has influenced the manufacture of most cameras in the next 50 years.

However, we should also understand that although there are many factors that affect taking pictures, the quality of sensors and lenses, including optical algorithms, is the decisive factor. In optics, the strength of Zeiss is beyond doubt. No matter from the development time or his current position, Zeiss's ability is second to none, and he can be said to be an optical giant. For example, many lens structures we use were invented by Zeiss, such as Kirk, Tiansai and Plana. At present, many lens designs are their variants or still use their designs. In addition, in the development of optics, Zeiss produces a variety of photographic lenses with a very long product line, including film, television photographic lenses, medical care, military, surveying and mapping, microscopy, astronomy and other fields. The camera lens is just a branch of it. Of course, we have to talk about a set of data:

1920 Hamburg Observatory 1 meter telescope is made by Zeiss.

1976 Zeiss made the world's first astronomical telescope controlled by a digital computer.

1979, Zeiss completed the construction of the world's first astronomical telescope with gearless friction drive system for right ascension axis and right declination axis. 1985, Zeiss completed the construction of the 3.5m-caliber telescope for Caraatto Observatory ...... Zeiss owns the unique zero-expansion glass "Zerodure" which is not affected by temperature in the world, and its customers include NASA and the European Space Agency. In addition, it also includes mask aligner, which currently produces mobile phone chips, and the optical module is also provided by Zeiss.

Of course, we are not saying that Leica is useless, because we also know that Leica was once a famous film camera manufacturer, and its lens and fuselage processing technology can be said to be unparalleled in the world. In addition, the UR and M3 series we mentioned just now do have a far-reaching impact on the subsequent camera production and design, but they are only limited to the focal lengths commonly used by Leica M and R series ... if they are in telephoto, ultra-wide and focal plane fields. Zeiss killed Leica. In addition, among the factors we just mentioned, Leica's lens and Zeiss's lens do have their own advantages. Including the CCD that many people may mention, that is, the sensor size, but this actually depends on how big you use it, but the optical characteristic algorithm needs technical accumulation and research and development ability, just like algorithm and optimization, not to say that it can be surpassed for a while. This is the advantage of Zeiss.

In addition, it also includes Sony, Canon and Nikon. In fact, they all have their own advantages and characteristics in terms of cameras. Here we will give different examples, because we only need to know that although Leica has advantages at present, it is really not the boss in the camera industry.

Second, is there a great advantage for Leica or Zeiss to cooperate with brand camera manufacturers to take photos on mobile phones? I think this is what many people want to know. After all, mobile phone manufacturers have cooperated with some large camera manufacturers, such as Huawei and Leica, and now there are vivo and Zeiss.

But what we need to understand is that there are still differences between mobile phones and cameras. After all, there are only a few solution companies that manufacture mirror modules, such as Yu Shun Optics and National Taiwan University Optoelectronics. Sensor and mirror module solutions are very mature, they all adopt CMOS…… ... From Sony anyway ... Every mobile phone company can add its own customized functions according to its existing modules, so it depends on your cost.

In addition, no matter how strong Leica or Zeiss are in camera lens or optical algorithm, their advantages will be reduced after they are actually used in mobile phones. So I don't think it's necessary to delve into it. Just like Huawei, although it has the blessing of Leica, in fact, its most important thing is to rely on the IMX600 and IMX700 series lenses jointly developed with Sony.

Vivo is the same, relying on Zeiss's T coating process and the algorithmic strength on the optical lens, which is mainly Sony's after all. Of course, from an objective point of view, with the blessing of big manufacturers, it is indeed better than ordinary mobile phones, which is beyond doubt. However, the size of the mobile phone is limited, and the lens module can't be made very big. More importantly, it depends on the support of its own strength, such as why vivo is so strong in taking pictures. One is the blessing of Zeiss this year, and the other is the anti-shake blessing of the algorithm and micro-pan/tilt module in the last two years.

Summary: First of all, we should know that there are people outside. Although Leica has an influence on the current camera design. However, there are many factors that affect camera shooting. In this respect, with the development of technology, Leica is no longer the boss. It can be said that there is no absolute boss in every industry, because no manufacturer can completely overwhelm the strength of friends. In addition, in terms of mobile phone photography, although many manufacturers are now seeking cooperation with some excellent camera manufacturers, the actual situation mainly depends on their own R&D and innovation ability.

Answer over

Leica's lens is still very good, it can't be said that it is unparalleled in the world, and it is indeed one of the best lenses, but the fuselage, especially the digital fuselage, Leica digital fuselage has no advanced technology in technology, and many autofocus technologies are also Japanese. Speaking of fuselage, Leica M3 camera produced in 1950s and 1960s is a peak of mechanical camera. 8 Emerald, 50F 1.2 film lens is also the optical peak of Leica.

In fact, the core technology of modern digital cameras is in the hands of Japanese production companies, and no matter Hasselblad, Leica, Zeiss and other established camera companies have no advantage.

Leica can't be on the list with pure technical level. Leica mainly sells brands.

Leica cameras can do it, so can other mainstream cameras. What other mainstream cameras can do, Leica may not be able to do.

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