Canon 400mm f/4.5

L39 Mount

The Canon 400mm f/4.5 sells for about £245 (median of only 8 recorded sales, 1999–2025; indicative).

Typical sale price
about£245

median of only 8 sales, 1999–2025

Indicative
£90£150£150£190£300£350£557£1,503

Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.

Which version was it?
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Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗

How much does one sale move this?

Without the highest sale£190
Without the lowest sale£300
Without the flagged sales£190

Price by version

Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.

Version not stated£1,0302 sales
FD£1504 sales£135–£160
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
R£350, £300

Every sale

A Les Bosher Converted Canon FD f/4.5 400mm S.S.C. Telephoto Lens£150
15 Jul 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 414 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
● FD
A Canon FD S.S.C f/4.5 400mm Prime Lens£190
4 Jun 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 817 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
● FD
A Canon f/4.5 400mm 'Reflex' Lens£350
21 May 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 109 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
● R

What it is

1960

Versions and how to tell them apart

FD
4 sales£150IndicativeR
2 salesSales only

Other 400mms

400mm f/2.8
24 sales£2,845Fair400mm f/5.6
9 salesabout £486Indicative400mm f/4
4 salesabout £2,374Indicative

Facts

Maker
Canon
Type
L39 Mount
Sales in the typical price
8
First sale
2 Sep 1999
Latest sale
7 Jan 2025
Median
£245
Middle half
£150–£402
Evidence
Indicative
Method
v1

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“Canon 400mm f/4.5: about £245, the median of 8 recorded sales, 1999–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/400mm-f-4-5/

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