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Leitz 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

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
Betriebskamera 0
black dial 3 £180 – £352
Leitz-Eigentum 0
red dial 7 £160 – £650
sharkskin 0
upgraded 0
w/SABRE 400 Telyt 0

Sales History

Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.

Date Price Source Variant
Nov 2025 £260 Special Auction Services black dial
Nov 2025 £190 Special Auction Services red dial
Nov 2025 EUR 2,800 Leitz Auction
May 2025 £190 Special Auction Services
May 2025 £200 Special Auction Services red dial
May 2025 £180 Special Auction Services black dial
Dec 2024 £312 Flints Auctions
Oct 2024 £260 Harper Field Auctions
Jun 2024 £162 Flints Auctions
Apr 2024 £130 Special Auction Services
Apr 2024 £160 Special Auction Services red dial
Apr 2024 £220 Special Auction Services
Jan 2024 £238 Flints Auctions
Dec 2023 £90 Special Auction Services
Nov 2023 EUR 650 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 EUR 12,000 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 £250 Flints Auctions
Dec 2021 £273 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 EUR 1,000 Leitz Auction
Nov 2021 £558 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 £521 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 £322 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 USD 500 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Jun 2020 EUR 700 Leitz Auction
Nov 2018 EUR 1,100 Leitz Auction
Nov 2018 EUR 340 Leitz Auction
Apr 2018 £312 Flints Auctions
Nov 2016 EUR 500 Leitz Auction red dial
Jun 2015 EUR 1,200 Leitz Auction
May 2010 EUR 650 Leitz Auction red dial
Dec 2009 EUR 480 Leitz Auction red dial
May 2009 EUR 300 Leitz Auction red dial
Mar 2007 £156 Christie's
Nov 2006 £192 Christie's
Nov 2006 £336 Christie's
Jul 2006 £168 Christie's
Jul 2006 £180 Christie's
May 2006 EUR 430 Leitz Auction
May 2006 EUR 250 Leitz Auction
Nov 2005 £300 Christie's
Nov 2005 £300 Christie's
Feb 2005 £360 Christie's
Nov 2004 £203 Christie's
Jun 2004 £358 Christie's
May 2004 EUR 573 Leitz Auction
May 2004 £179 Christie's
Feb 2004 £1,314 Christie's
Sep 2003 £1,645 Christie's
Jun 2003 £188 Christie's
Nov 2002 EUR 625 Leitz Auction
Nov 2002 EUR 44,275 Leitz Auction
Jul 2002 £188 Christie's
Jul 2002 £117 Christie's
Jun 2002 £352 Christie's
Feb 2002 £164 Christie's
Feb 2002 £258 Christie's
Jul 2001 £352 Christie's black dial
Jun 2001 £493 Christie's
Oct 2000 £199 Christie's
Oct 2000 £129 Christie's
Aug 2000 £293 Christie's
Jun 2000 £364 Christie's
Jun 2000 £352 Christie's
May 2000 £141 Christie's
Jan 2000 £977 Christie's
Nov 1999 £195 Christie's
Oct 1999 £437 Christie's
Sep 1999 £345 Christie's
Jun 1999 £276 Christie's
Jun 1999 £276 Christie's
May 1999 £149 Christie's
Jan 1999 £747 Christie's
Jul 1998 £161 Christie's
Jul 1998 £322 Christie's
Jul 1998 £322 Christie's
Jul 1998 £218 Christie's
Jun 1998 £345 Christie's
May 1998 £253 Christie's
Jan 1998 £977 Christie's
Jan 1998 £322 Christie's
Nov -0001 £475 Flints Auctions