Bentzin Primarette with Makro Plasmat 2.7/7.5cm£4,400
22 Nov 2025 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €5,000 · lot A02187hammer ↗
+ lens
Bentzin Primarette (Makro Plasmat f2.7)
camera
The Bentzin Primarette (Makro Plasmat f2.7) has 2 recorded sales: £4,400 (22 Nov 2025, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £3,973 (10 Mar 2018, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Bentzin Primarette with Makro Plasmat 2.7/7.5cm£3,973
10 Mar 2018 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €4,500 · lot AI_32_35814hammer ↗
+ lens
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 13 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why is the Makro Plasmat version so much more valuable?
The Makro Plasmat f/2.7 is a scarce high-speed lens sought after by collectors, so a Primarette fitted with one is priced as a lens-plus-body package rather than as a general-purpose folding camera.
Facts
- Maker
- Bentzin
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 10 Mar 2018
- Latest sale
- 22 Nov 2025
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Bentzin Primarette (Makro Plasmat f2.7): 2 recorded sales, 2018–2025; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/bentzin/primarette-makro-plasmat-f2-7/