Looking back over the past century of Leica, it’s hard to believe that many of the defining features of the earliest Leica cameras were so revolutionary and innovative at the time that they were granted patents under the Deutsches Reich Patent (DRP) system.

Binoculars are optical observation devices that (with rare exceptions like the Cambinox and Ricoh Teleca, both camera/binocular combos) have nothing directly to do with taking pictures per se. However, binoculars can be very useful devices for locating and identifying potential subjects, which is why many experts consider them essential accessories for nature and wildlife photography.