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You’re Invited to the New Leica Fotopark: A Photo Platform for Passionate Photographers to Discover, Exchange, Organise, Create

The Leica Fotopark is a digital premium service for the secure storage, processing and archiving of pictures – is now available online.

Leica announces the start of a truly special innovation: Leica Fotopark. Register today and be one of the first to discover the new photo platform that brings everything together : Discover. Exchange. Organise. Create.

WE ARE HERE!
Leica Fotopark is aimed at everyone who sees more in a picture than just a simple image of a moment in time: A discovery. A story. A form of personal expression.  Even now, numerous acclaimed and prominent contemporary photographers acknowledge Leica Fotopark and their love of the perfect picture.

WHERE ARE YOU?
Become a part of the unique Fotopark community and let yourself be inspired. Discover new photographers and their work, as well as new tools for image creation and management. And, above all, showcase yourself and your own work.

Be one of the first to explore the Leica Fotopark.

Here are the key highlights of the Leica Fotopark.

  • Discover:
    • Constantly discover new and inspiring photos from the community.
    • Follow the work of prominent photographers.
    • Subscribe to photos from interesting categories like reportage, street and portraits.
  • Exchange:
    • Show and discuss your best works with like-minded people and professionals around the world.
    • Set up private groups for interesting topics and share your pictures with selected members.
    • Take advantage of the community messaging system for person-to-person exchange.
    • Post your favourite photos on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest.
  • Organise:
    • Choose from several upload options: browser import, upload clients, drop box import or with the Fotopark iOS app.
    • Place your trust in maximum security against data loss and unauthorised third-party access, with servers located in Europe.
    • Registration on www.leica-fotopark is FREE, as is the use of the platform for data volumes of up to ten gigabytes (GB). Paid membership provides 100 GB of storage space for photos.
    • Take advantage of intuitive processing tools and sort your photos according to keywords, projects and categories.
    • You decide who is allowed view your photos: you alone, the community or the whole world.
  • Create:
    • You get exceptional print quality. Leica uses only carefully selected materials from prominent brand manufacturers.
    • You can order prints on premium paper or on Hahnemühle paper for fine-art prints.
    • You can choose from an extensive selection of frames and hanging options in Leica Galerie quality.
    • Receive your personalised photo product – whether for your home, your office or as a gift – by convenient delivery to your door.

Enjoy! / Profitez-en!

PRESS RELEASE

19/11/2014

Leica Fotopark gets green light: The platform for image archiving and high-quality prints is now online

The Leica Fotopark (www.leica-fotopark) – a digital premium service for the secure storage, processing and archiving of pictures – is now available online.

The premium Web platform is aimed at customers who expect the highest standards and have a particular passion for photography – from beginners and ambitious amateurs to professionals – and offers a multitude of intuitive functions, from the storage, processing, management and archiving of digital images to a premium print service for ordering photos and fine-art prints. Another essential part of the Leica Fotopark is a community that serves as a virtual meeting place where photographers can find inspiration and exchange their views and opinions on photography. Registration on www.leica-fotopark is free, as is the use of the platform for data volumes of up to ten gigabytes.

In terms of quality, reliability and security, Leica Fotopark is the virtual counterpart of the Leica Camera AG product universe. It is user-friendly, offers an extensive range of functions and guarantees comprehensive data privacy. Even before its official launch, this Leica online service concept was ranked winner in the category ‘cloud-enabling infrastructure’ at the Best in Cloud 2014 awards. The Leica Fotopark convinced the expert jury with its innovative infrastructure that enables excellent performance despite high data volumes and simultaneously gives utmost priority to the users’ security needs.

About Leica Camera

Leica Camera AG is an internationally operating, premium-segment manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products. The legendary status of the Leica brand is founded on a long tradition of excellence in the construction of lenses. And today, in combination with innovative technologies, Leica products continue to guarantee better pictures in all situations in the worlds of visualisation and perception. Leica Camera AG has its headquarters in Wetzlar, in the state of Hesse in Germany, and a second production site in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal. The company operates branch offices in England, France, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea, Italy, Australia and the USA. New and innovative products have been the driving force behind the company’s positive development in recent years.