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).

Typical sale price
£410

median of 28 sales, 1998–2026

Fairversion mix
£100£1k£10k£100k

Middle half of sales: £262–£617

Which version was it?
8matched5listing doesn’t say15not yet checked
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗

Price by version

Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.

Version not stated£36020 sales
Post£4556 sales£265–£480
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Gray Hammertone finish£34,818, £111,489

Not in the typical price

Listed apart, never blended in.

Over time

£100£1k£10k£100k200020102020

Every sale since 1998; no trend line.

Latest sales All 29 →

Leica MD Scientific Vintage Film Camera. From the Early 1960s£278
23 Jul 2026 · eBayas sold ↗
○ version not yet checked
Vintage Leica Camera Leica MD Body Shutter Button Stuck Read Description£299
21 May 2026 · eBayas sold ↗
○ version not yet checked
A Leica MD Camera Body£400
29 Apr 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 57 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
○ version not yet checked
Leica MD Camera Body #1160 306.£300
16 Jul 2025 · Chiswick Auctions · lot 251 · Photographicapremium removed
○ version not yet checked

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

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/

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