What is Leica M11-P — First Camera with Content Credentials (C2PA)?

Digital images are easy to edit and share, so it is increasingly hard to tell where a picture came from or whether it was changed. Content provenance is the field that tackles this by attaching a verifiable history to digital content, and the open standard for it, from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), is called Content Credentials, which works like a nutrition label showing the content's history. The Leica M11-P is a digital camera from Leica Camera AG that can attach Content Credentials at the moment a photo is taken. According to Leica, when the function is switched on in the camera menu, each image receives a digital signature backed by a certificate that is compliant with the Content Authenticity Initiative (an initiative to preserve public trust in digital images). The aim is to let anyone later check a photograph's origin and history.

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