Leica presented a camera with built-in photo authenticity protection – Kommersant

Leica Company presented a new digital camera – the M11-P camera, which became the world’s first device with a built-in system for protecting the authenticity of images. The camera costs €8.9 thousand.

A special feature of the new product is Content Credentials technology, which uses the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) standard to protect frames with a digital signature and a CAI-compatible certificate. The camera has a separate chip for storing digital certificates from the German Federal Printing Office, which, when the Content Credentials mode is activated, writes a certificate of authenticity to the metadata of each image. The image receives immutable and verifiable confirmation of the camera make and model, the photographer’s name, and the image’s EXIF ​​metadata. The authenticity of these certificates can be verified at any time using free and open source CAI tools.

“In the era of digital photography, determining the authenticity of visual content has become increasingly difficult and important. Now, with the opportunity to provide this proof, we are once again reinforcing trust in digital content and restoring the reputation of Leica cameras as authoritative tools for documenting world events,” said Leica Camera CEO Andreas Kaufmann.

Technically, the new camera is unified with the previously presented Leica M11 Monochrom model, but supports the creation of color photographs. The new Leica M11-P is already on sale.