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Leitz R5

The Leitz R5 is a 35mm SLR camera from Leica's R-series, introduced in the mid-1980s as a successor to the R4. It offered multi-mode metering with aperture-priority, shutter-priority, programme and manual exposure, and used the Leica R bayonet mount shared across the R-series bodies.

At recent UK auction, hammer prices for the Leitz R5 body have clustered broadly between £100 and £370, with a median around £250 across the last several years. One outlier example fetched £1,364 in 2021, likely reflecting an unusually clean or outfit-grouped lot; as of 2026 the typical saleroom value for a working chrome or black body sits comfortably within that lower band, and condition, cosmetics and a functioning electronic shutter are what decide where within the range an example sells for.

Variants

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
black 1 £150 – £150
Cut-away 0
Dummy 0
Elcovision 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
Apr 2026 £262 Flints Auctions
Jan 2026 £600 Flints Auctions
Sep 2025 £119 Flints Auctions
Sep 2025 £100 Flints Auctions
Oct 2024 £238 Flints Auctions
Oct 2024 £150 Harper Field Auctions
Jun 2024 £180 David Duggleby
Apr 2024 £150 Special Auction Services black
Apr 2024 £150 Flints Auctions
Feb 2024 £400 Flints Auctions
May 2023 £325 Flints Auctions
Apr 2023 £288 Flints Auctions
Apr 2023 £62 Flints Auctions
Apr 2023 £100 Special Auction Services
Mar 2023 £325 Flints Auctions
May 2022 £112 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 £1,364 Flints Auctions
Nov 2018 £264 Flints Auctions
Nov 2006 £312 Christie's
Feb 2006 £300 Christie's
May 2004 EUR 365 Leitz Auction
May 2004 EUR 417 Leitz Auction
Dec 2003 £282 Christie's
Dec 2003 £199 Christie's
Nov 2003 £211 Christie's
Sep 2003 £329 Christie's
Sep 2003 £329 Christie's
May 2003 EUR 500 Leitz Auction
Feb 2002 £293 Christie's
Jun 2001 £352 Christie's
Mar 2001 £528 Christie's
Sep 1998 £368 Christie's