Leican.

1925 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 26 June 387/2 New apparatus... Leica cine film camera... Quite an innovation in pocket cameras is one just issued by the well-known firm of Leitz, designed to take about 5 feet of ordinary standard perforated cinematograph film.

1930 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 July 1135/1 Leica... Photographic cameras. Ernst & Leitz Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, (a Company organised under the laws of Germany),..London,..and Wetzlar, Germany; Manufacturers.

1933 W. Alexander Mod. Photogr. with Mod. Miniature Cameras ii. 29 Leica and Contax have now become words..familiar in the mouths of men throughout..the earth.

1934 H. Nicolson Let. 9 Oct. (1966) 184 Lindbergh..helped me to unload my Leica camera.

1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary v. 36 The Leicas turned out very satisfactorily.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway v. 136 The print was an enlargement from a Leica frame.

1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit v. 53 Armed with good taste, a Leica and a guide.

1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana i. iii. 25 The victim's Leica had been smashed as well.

1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton vii. 57 An American..was photographing the swans with his Leica.

1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) iii. 28 Using..an old Leica with some fast film, Sarah turned out striking, informal portraits.