Canon L1 Navy£748
30 Nov 2008 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €900 · lot AI_14_17954hammer ↗
+ lens
Canon L1 'Navy'
Canon rangefinder screwmount
The Canon L1 'Navy' has 1 recorded sale: £748 (30 Nov 2008, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Canon L1 is a 35mm rangefinder camera with a Leica screw mount (M39) lens fitting, produced by Canon in the late 1950s.
Generated summary, 18 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why does the 'Navy' version command a higher price than a standard L1?
The 'Navy' L1 was produced in small numbers for military supply, and that scarcity, combined with collector interest in marked military variants, lifts its value above an unmarked L1 body in comparable condition.
Facts
- Maker
- Canon
- Type
- Canon rangefinder screwmount
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 30 Nov 2008
- Latest sale
- 30 Nov 2008
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Canon L1 'Navy': 1 recorded sale, November 2008; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/l1-navy/