Tamarkin Camera offers the very best serviceService is paramount today, as always, and we provide the finest service available – from expert appraisals to helping you choose the perfect gear for you and your style of photography., expertiseWe offer the most extensive knowledge base and have used virtually every piece of Leica gear brought to market since 1925. Ask us – we’ll answer every Leica question you have. and photographic gearTamarkin Camera sells only the best. Period. We offer the finest hand-made state-of-the-art and vintage photographic gear available – Leica camera, Fogg Specialist bags and Tamarkin Camera Leather Straps. on the planet.

(800) BUY-LEICA   (800) 289-5342

300 West Superior Street, Suite 202
Chicago, Illinois 60654

(800) BUY-LEICA    
(800) 289-5342
(312) 642-2255 telephone
(312) 642-2292 fax

Monday-Friday 9 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday 10 am - 2 pm
Also, open by appointment

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Tamarkin Camera is an authorized Leica Camera and Sport Optics dealer with a showroom in the River North Gallery district in downtown Chicago. We are also mail-order Leica dealers. Within our showroom is The Rangefinder Gallery, which showcases images made with the legendary Leica M camera.

Leaders in Leica expertise and service, Tamarkin Camera sells more Leica per square foot than any Leica dealer in the world.

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Buying & Selling

If you would like to buy an item or simply have a question, please call us.

Tamarkin Camera prefers personal contact with our customers, which is why you will not find a shopping cart on our website. We find that direct contact between us and our customers is paramount, especially when a item is used or collectible.

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Leica SOFORT

Introducing the new Leica SOFORT instant film camera. Taken from the German word for “instantly”, the Leica SOFORT harkens back to an earlier day using modern technology: a simple and fun instant Polaroid-style camera, designed by Leica. Available in mint, orange and white with an array of accessories.

  • 60mm Hektor f2,7 lens (34mm in the standard 35mm format)
  • Eight modes to choose from: Automatic, Self-Portrait, People & Party, Action & Sport, Bulb, Macro, Self-Timer, and Double Exposure
  • Three focus steps: macro, standard and landscape, which can function independently of the 8 modes
  • Optical 0,37-magnification viewfinder with parallax compensation for macro
  • Uses ISO 800 “Instax Leica instant film” ($12,95 color and $15,95 monochrome)
  • Produces images with a “warm white frame / border” reminiscent of the Polaroid instant film.
$299

The Leica Q (Typ 116)

The new Leica Q (Typ 116) is the perfect walking around camera, featuring a super-fast 28mm Summilux f1,7 Aspherical lens. Excellent for both macro and street, the Leica Q is the perfect extension of the Leica line.

  • Fast autofocus lens - 28mm Summilux f1,7 ASPH with macro-mode
  • Full-frame 24 megapixel CMOS Sensor
  • Live-View and Focus Peaking
  • Integrated electronic viewfinder & thumb rest
  • Video recordings in Full HD
  • Easy, instinctive use with touch screen control
  • Extremely robust - top plate made of aluminum, body made of magnesium alloy
  • Integrated Wi-Fi and Leica Q-App makes it easy to share pictures
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® available as free download
  • Made in Germany
$4,250

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Fogg Specialist Bags - made for the Leica

Fogg Specialist Bags are made by hand to order in France and are individually numbered. Designed with the Leica system in mind, Fogg offers the very finest camera bag on the planet. "Functional, strong and handsome" has been the guiding motto for more than 25 years.

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  • Fogg B-Sharp $729
  • Fogg B-Laïka $699
  • Fogg Soprano $579
  • B-Major $789