Leica MD
Leica M mount · 1964 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
The Leica MD typically sells for £410 (median of 28 recorded sales, 1998–2026; fair evidence, version mix).
median of 28 sales, 1998–2026
Middle half of sales: £262–£617
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 29 →
What it is
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Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Mount
Other MDs
85 sales£350SolidMD-2
20 sales£443FairMD-22 'Betriebskamera'
3 salesabout £8,571IndicativeMD-1 black
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Why does the Leitz MD have no viewfinder?
The MD was built as a specialist body for technical and reproduction work where framing is controlled by the apparatus rather than by an eye-level finder, so the rangefinder and viewfinder assemblies were deliberately omitted.
Facts
- Maker
- Leica
- Type
- Leica M mount
- Years made
- 1964 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
- Sales in the typical price
- 28
- First sale
- 29 Jan 1998
- Latest sale
- 23 Jul 2026
- Median
- £410
- Middle half
- £262–£617
- Evidence
- Fair · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Leica MD: typical sale price £410, the median of 28 recorded sales, 1998–2026, middle half £262–£617 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/md/