Leica Camera AG announces strategic partnership with Capture One
Wetzlar, 11th December 2025

Leica Camera AG is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Capture One, one of the world’s leading developers of professional imaging software. This collaboration is centered on delivering the most powerful and reliable tethered shooting experience and editing tools for Leica photographers — from studio professionals to on-location creators.

The integration between Leica cameras and Capture One ensures direct, stable, and high-speed tethered connectivity. Photographers benefit from instant image transfer, precise Live View functionality, and real-time adjustments, allowing them to shoot and edit to meet the highest professional standards.

Beyond tethering, Capture One continues to extend the experience with its renowned color science and color profiles optimized for Leica cameras, refined tonal control, and unmatched editing precision. Whether capturing in a studio or in the field, Leica photographers can enjoy a complete workflow built to match their standards of premium craftsmanship.

To mark the beginning of this expanded partnership, Leica and Capture One are launching an exclusive Trial Program, providing Leica users three months’ complimentary access to Capture One’s All in One plan. This allows photographers to discover the optimized Leica workflow and experience the precision, speed, and creative flexibility that Capture One brings to image creation, from real-time tethering to detailed editing in post. Participants can register via https://club.leica-camera.com to receive their personal three month trial license and setup guide.

Nico Koehler, Head of Product Experience at Leica Camera AG: “We are pleased to continue our collaboration with Capture One following our initial agreement. Capture One remains the best tethering solution on the market, and together we’re enabling Leica photographers to experience the most reliable and seamless tethered workflow available today.”

Mathieu Bourlion, Director of Product Management at Capture One: “Leica has a long and distinguished legacy of shaping the art of photography for over a century. We’re proud to continue this collaboration by bringing our world-class tethering and workflow solutions to Leica image creators. Together, we’re supporting the next generation of photographers to carry that 100-year tradition forward, with greater speed, precision, and creative freedom.”

About Capture One

Capture One is the professional choice for photographers and studios worldwide. Known for the industry’s fastest and most reliable tethered shooting, it supports over 550 cameras and 700 lens profiles. With intuitive workflows, true-to-life color processing, and precision editing, every image can be refined to perfection. Built for collaboration, Capture One enables photographers to connect seamlessly with clients and teams, achieve exceptional results, and bring their creative visions to life.

About Leica Camera

Leica Camera AG is an international, premium manufacturer of cameras, lenses and sports optics. As part of its growth strategy, the company has expanded its portfolio to include mobile imaging (smartphones) and the manufacture of high-quality spectacle lenses and watches, and is also represented in the home cinema segment with its own projectors.

Leica Camera AG, having its headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany, and a second production site in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, operates a global network of its own distribution companies with around 120 Leica Stores worldwide.

The Leica brand stands for excellence in quality, German craftsmanship and industrial design, combined with innovative technologies. An integral aspect of the brand culture is the promotion of the culture of photography, with around 30 Leica Galleries worldwide, the Leica Akademie and international awards such as the Leica Hall of Fame Award and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA).

Please find further information at: 

Leica Camera AG 

Global Corporate Communications 

E-Mail:  press@leica-camera.com  

Internet:  www.leica-camera.com 

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Leica Camera 소개

Leica Camera AG는 150년 이상의 역사를 자랑하는 세계적인 프리미엄 카메라, 렌즈 및 스포츠 광학 제품 제조업체입니다. 회사의 성장 전략의 일환으로 모바일 이미징(스마트폰), 고급 안경 렌즈 및 시계로 사업을 확장했으며, 자체 프로젝터를 통해 홈 시어터 부문에 진출했습니다.

Leica Camera AG는 베츨라(독일, Wetzlar)에 본사를 두고, 빌라 노바 드 파말리캉(Vila Nova de Famalicão, 포르투갈)에 두 번째 생산 시설을 운영하며, 전 세계 120개 이상의 라이카 스토어를 포함한 자체 유통 네트워크를 보유하고 있습니다. 라이카에서는 2,400여 명의 직원이 근무하고 있으며 회계 연도 2023/24에는 5억 5,400만 유로의 매출을 달성했습니다.

라이카 브랜드는 우수한 품질, 독일의 장인 정신과 산업 디자인과 함께 혁신적인 기술을 상징합니다. 라이카의 브랜드 문화에는 사진 문화를 지원하는 활동이 포함되어 있으며, 전 세계 약 30여 개의 라이카 갤러리, 라이카 아카데미, 그리고 Leica Hall of Fame Award 및 Leica Oskar Barnack Award(LOBA)와 같은 국제 어워드가 이를 뒷받침합니다.