'The goal is to blur the barriers between smartphones and professional cameras,' says Leica on its collaboration with Xiaomi.

When you use your smartphone to take images, it's probably not the same as when you use a professional camera in the studio. You can still tell the difference, but our ultimate goal is to obliterate the distinction." Marius Eschweiler, Vice-President, Business Unit Mobile at Leica Camera AG, describes how the collaboration between Leica and Xiaomi may alter the concept of mobile photography as we know it today. Eschweiler, who has bee....