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and and and and and and and and so and so and and so that and and that and and and that and Hey, it's me, James Stacey, with a special like-a-themed episode of Hodinke Radio featuring two chats that were recorded last week at

Likas headquarters in Vetsler, Germany, while myself and Hodincki's category

manager for luxury watches Miles Kusaba were attending a press conference surrounding an award show called the

Lika Oscar Barnack Awards. I've been shooting Lika for a few years and their cameras

have become crucial to the way that I like to photograph watches and do my work, but the brand is a lot more than just a red dot on an old school looking camera.

Much like Ferrari in Madna or Rolex in Geneva, Lika has a long and incredibly influential past in Vetsler.

The brand is known all over the world for its cutting edge and uncompromising production of

optics, but this trip would show me the human and craftsman element native to their of course

big fans of like a lot of

craftsmen element native to their home in the hills north of Frankfurt.

We here at Hodinke are of course big fans of Lika.

We've produced a limited edition camera with them

and we carry some of their models in the hooding key shop.

It's unquestionably great product, but we also see it as a link for many other passions within the space,

be it watches, architecture, cars, fine art, or more.

Miles and I kick off this episode with New York-based director and photographer Mark DePalo,

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