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Leitz M4-2

The Leitz M4-2 is a 35mm rangefinder camera using the Leica M bayonet mount, introduced in 1977 and produced at Leitz Canada in Midland, Ontario until 1980. It was a simplified, cost-reduced successor to the M4: the self-timer was omitted, while a hot shoe and motor-drive coupling were added, signalling the resumption of M-series production after the M5.

At recent UK auction, standard chrome and black M4-2 bodies have typically sold in a £550–£3,300 band with a median hammer price around £1,300, and clean 2024–2025 results have tended to sit at the lower end near £550–£750. Special variants are a different market: a Gold commemorative example fetched £24,000 at auction in November 2024, so today a headline figure can reflect variant rather than condition. All prices quoted here are UK saleroom hammer results and therefore wholesale — what the M4-2 sells for before buyer's or seller's commission, not a retail asking price.

Variants

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
(pre-series) 1 £1,300 – £1,300
black 6 £550 – £1,200
Cut-Away 0
Gold 8 £2,200 – £3,333
olive 1 £24,000 – £24,000
Panda 0
Safari Prototype 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 £750 Special Auction Services
Nov 2025 EUR 2,000 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 24,000 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 4,000 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 24,000 Leitz Auction olive
Oct 2024 £550 Harper Field Auctions
Nov 2023 EUR 1,500 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 £975 Flints Auctions
Jan 2023 USD 1,500 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Jun 2022 EUR 1,500 Leitz Auction
Dec 2021 £992 Flints Auctions
Jun 2021 EUR 3,000 Leitz Auction
Apr 2021 £3,224 Flints Auctions Gold
Nov 2019 EUR 1,200 Leitz Auction
Jun 2019 EUR 2,600 Leitz Auction Gold
Jun 2019 EUR 2,600 Leitz Auction Gold
Nov 2018 EUR 2,800 Leitz Auction
Nov 2018 EUR 550 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2018 EUR 700 Leitz Auction
Jun 2017 EUR 750 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2016 EUR 2,200 Leitz Auction Gold
Nov 2016 EUR 2,600 Leitz Auction
Nov 2015 EUR 2,800 Leitz Auction
Nov 2015 EUR 1,900 Leitz Auction
Mar 2014 EUR 1,200 Leitz Auction black
Mar 2014 EUR 1,100 Leitz Auction
Nov 2013 EUR 3,000 Leitz Auction Gold
Nov 2013 EUR 950 Leitz Auction
Nov 2013 EUR 2,200 Leitz Auction
May 2013 EUR 700 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2012 EUR 15,000 Leitz Auction
May 2012 EUR 1,200 Leitz Auction
May 2010 EUR 900 Leitz Auction
Dec 2009 EUR 2,600 Leitz Auction
May 2009 EUR 750 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2008 EUR 700 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2007 EUR 600 Leitz Auction
Nov 2006 £384 Christie's
Nov 2006 EUR 1,300 Leitz Auction
May 2006 EUR 660 Leitz Auction
May 2006 EUR 1,300 Leitz Auction (pre-series)
Feb 2006 £504 Christie's
Nov 2005 £840 Christie's
Sep 2005 £504 Christie's
Nov 2004 EUR 2,500 Leitz Auction
Dec 2003 £446 Christie's
Dec 2003 £493 Christie's
Jun 2003 £646 Christie's
Jun 2003 £411 Christie's
May 2003 EUR 3,333 Leitz Auction Gold
May 2003 EUR 2,500 Leitz Auction Gold
Apr 2003 £705 Christie's
Sep 2002 £2,350 Christie's Gold
Jun 2002 £564 Christie's
Jun 2001 £881 Christie's
Oct 2000 £740 Christie's
Jun 2000 £446 Christie's
Jun 2000 £587 Christie's
Jun 1999 £690 Christie's
Jun 1999 £1,610 Christie's
Jun 1999 £2,070 Christie's
Nov 1998 £920 Christie's
Jul 1998 £1,265 Christie's
Jun 1998 £1,495 Christie's
Jan 1998 £1,035 Christie's