Canon 85mm f/1.5

L39 Mount

The Canon 85mm f/1.5 typically sells for £800 (median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026; fair evidence, wide spread).

Typical sale price
£800

median of 13 sales, 1999–2026

Fairwide spread
£200£500£1k£2k£5k

Middle half of sales: £500–£1,700

6 of the records are from 1999–2020, when an 85mm f/1.5 sold for about £498; since 2022 the typical price is about £1,700 (7 sales).

Which version was it?
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Price by version

Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.

Version not stated£1,2604 sales
Serenar£6339 sales£500–£1,638

Over time

£200£1k£5k200020102020

Every sale since 1999; no trend line. 1999–2020: £498 (6) · 2022–2026: £1,700 (7)

Latest sales All 13 →

A Canon f/1.5 85mm Lens£820
29 Apr 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 186 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
○ version can’t tell
A Canon f/1.5 85mm Lens£1,700
12 Nov 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 117 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
○ version can’t tell
A Canon 85mm f/1.5 Lens£2,300
10 Oct 2023 · Special Auction Services · lot 238 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
○ version can’t tell

What it is

1960

Versions and how to tell them apart

Serenar
9 sales£633Indicative

Other 85mms

85mm f/1.8
57 sales£166Solid85mm f/1.2
30 sales£518Solid85mm f/2
17 sales£140Fair85mm f/1.9
12 sales£150Fair85mm f/1.4L
6 salesabout £747Indicative

Facts

Maker
Canon
Type
L39 Mount
Sales in the typical price
13
First sale
14 Jan 1999
Latest sale
29 Apr 2026
Median
£800
Middle half
£500–£1,700
Evidence
Fair · wide spread
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Canon 85mm f/1.5: typical sale price £800, the median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026, middle half £500–£1,700 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/

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