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Leica IIf

The Leitz IIf is a 35mm screw-mount (LTM) rangefinder camera produced by Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar during the early 1950s. It is a simplified sibling of the IIIf, sold as a lower-priced option without the slow-speed dial, and sits within the Barnack-bodied family that preceded the bayonet-mount M series.

At recent UK auction in 2024 and 2025, hammer prices for IIf bodies have clustered in the £160–£240 band, with a median close to £200 — wholesale saleroom levels rather than dealer retail. Earlier results from 2009–2016 reached £300–£650, so today's market sells for noticeably less than the peak collector years, and condition, originality and the presence of a matching screw-mount lens make the biggest difference to what a IIf is worth.

Variants

Select a variant to filter the sales history below.

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
Betriebskamera 0
black dial 4 £180£300
Leitz-Eigentum 0
red dial 18 £130£557
sharkskin 0
upgraded 0
w/SABRE 400 Telyt 1 £4,901£4,901

Sales History

Prices shown are realised prices — auction results and completed eBay sales, never asking prices. Most saleroom figures are hammer prices, before commission; some houses publish a premium-inclusive figure, and we do not adjust for condition. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher. How this figure is calculated.

Based on 141 recorded sales.

Last checked on eBay: 15 August 2026. Most recent sale: August 2026.

Date Price Value GBP Source Variant
Aug 2026 £333 £333 🇬🇧 eBay red dial
Aug 2026 £98 £98 🇬🇧 eBay
Aug 2026 £171 £171 🇬🇧 eBay red dial
Jun 2026 £215 £215 🇬🇧 eBay black dial
May 2026 £222 £222 🇬🇧 eBay red dial
Apr 2026 £350 £280 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £260 £260 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services black dial
Nov 2025 £190 £190 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services red dial
Nov 2025 EUR 650 £572 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 EUR 2,800 £2,464 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 £1,225 £980 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
May 2025 £190 £190 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services red dial
May 2025 £180 £180 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services black dial
May 2025 £200 £200 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services red dial
Dec 2024 £312 £250 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2024 £260 £260 🇬🇧 Harper Field Auctions
Jun 2024 £162 £130 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2024 £130 £130 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services red dial
Apr 2024 £220 £220 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2024 £160 £160 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services red dial
Feb 2024 £400 £320 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions red dial
Jan 2024 £238 £190 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Dec 2023 £90 £90 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Nov 2023 EUR 650 £566 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 EUR 12,000 £10,445 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 £250 £200 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jan 2023 £525 £420 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2022 EUR 500 £429 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction red dial
Dec 2021 £335 £270 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Dec 2021 £273 £220 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 EUR 1,000 £848 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2021 £558 £450 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 £322 £260 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 £521 £420 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 USD 500 £378 🇺🇸 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Jun 2020 EUR 700 £629 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2020 £514 £420 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2019 EUR 1,200 £1,029 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2019 EUR 5,500 £4,901 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction w/SABRE 400 Telyt
Nov 2018 EUR 1,100 £969 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2018 EUR 340 £300 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Apr 2018 £288 £240 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2018 £312 £260 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2017 £160 £160 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Nov 2016 EUR 500 £434 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction red dial
Nov 2016 £180 £180 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Sep 2016 £750 £750 🇬🇧 Bonhams
Oct 2015 £130 £130 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Oct 2015 £130 £130 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Jun 2015 EUR 1,200 £865 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2014 £150 £150 🇬🇧 Bonhams
Nov 2014 USD 390 £247 🇺🇸 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Feb 2014 £260 £260 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Feb 2014 £160 £160 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
Dec 2013 USD 180 £110 🇺🇸 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Jul 2013 £220 £220 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services (archive)
May 2010 EUR 650 £557 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction red dial
May 2010 £180 £180 🇬🇧 Bonhams
May 2010 £150 £150 🇬🇧 Bonhams
Dec 2009 EUR 480 £432 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction red dial
May 2009 EUR 300 £265 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction red dial
Sep 2008 £360 £360 🇬🇧 Bonhams
Sep 2008 £180 £180 🇬🇧 Bonhams
Jun 2007 £192 £160 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2007 £156 £130 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £264 £220 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £120 £100 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £336 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £192 £160 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2006 £168 £140 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2006 £180 £150 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2006 EUR 430 £294 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2006 EUR 250 £171 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2005 £300 £250 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2005 £300 £250 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2005 £216 £180 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2005 £360 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £191 £160 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £203 £170 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £358 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £358 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2004 EUR 573 £385 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2004 £200 £200 🇬🇧 Bonhams
May 2004 £501 £419 🇬🇧 Christie's red dial
May 2004 £179 £150 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2004 £1,314 £1,100 🇬🇧 Christie's
Dec 2003 £164 £140 🇬🇧 Christie's red dial
Nov 2003 £329 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2003 £1,645 £1,400 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £188 £160 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2002 EUR 9,375 £5,973 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2002 EUR 44,275 £28,207 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2002 EUR 625 £398 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Sep 2002 £293 £249 🇬🇧 Christie's red dial
Jul 2002 £117 £100 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2002 £188 £160 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £352 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2002 £329 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2002 £258 £220 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2002 £164 £140 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £2,232 £1,900 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2001 £352 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's black dial
Jun 2001 £258 £220 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £493 £420 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2001 £352 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2001 £329 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £129 £110 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £199 £169 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £235 £200 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £293 £249 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £376 £320 🇬🇧 Christie's red dial
Jun 2000 £352 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £364 £310 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2000 £141 £120 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2000 £517 £450 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2000 £977 £850 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1999 £195 £170 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1999 £322 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1999 £253 £220 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1999 £437 £380 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 1999 £345 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £345 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £276 £240 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £276 £240 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 1999 £149 £130 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1999 £747 £650 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1998 £368 £320 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1998 £161 £140 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £172 £150 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £161 £140 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £322 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £322 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £218 £190 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £414 £360 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £345 £300 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 1998 £253 £220 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £368 £320 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £368 £320 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £460 £400 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £322 £280 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £977 £850 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov -0001 £475 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions

Frequently asked questions

What is a Leitz IIf worth today?

In today's UK auction market a clean IIf body typically sells for around £160–£240 at hammer, with outliers above and below depending on cosmetics and whether a lens is included.

How much does a Leitz IIf sell for at UK auction?

Recent hammer prices in 2024 and 2025 have ranged from £160 to £238, giving a median value close to £200 before buyer's premium.

Is the red-dial IIf worth more than the black-dial version?

Both red-dial and black-dial variants appear in the sales record at broadly similar price levels, so condition and completeness tend to influence value more than dial colour alone.

Why is a IIf cheaper than a IIIf?

The IIf omits the slow-speed dial fitted to the IIIf, so collectors generally pay a premium for the fuller-featured IIIf while the IIf offers a lower entry price into the screw-mount Leica family.