The Asahiflex I is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera made by Asahi Optical Co. of Japan, introduced in the early 1950s as the first Japanese-built 35mm SLR. It used a waist-level reflex viewing system rather than a pentaprism, placing it among the earliest entries in the postwar Japanese SLR market.

With only one tracked UK auction record, pricing data is thin: a Christie's hammer result from 2007 reached £204, and that figure remains the sole reference point for what an Asahiflex I sells for at saleroom level. Because hammer prices reflect wholesale levels rather than retail, dealer asking prices today in 2026 typically sit higher than this auction figure, and condition, completeness with original lens, and working shutter are the main factors that move the value of any given example.