A Nicca Tower 3-F Rangefinder Camera Body£80
4 Mar 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 91 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Nicca 3-F (knob wind)
camera
The Nicca 3-F (knob wind) sells for about £252 (median of only 8 recorded sales, 2000–2025; indicative).
See all 8 recorded sales: the date, saleroom or eBay listing, version and price of each →
Typical sale price
about£252
median of only 8 sales, 2000–2025
Indicative
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£249
Without the lowest sale£255
Every sale
A Nicca Camera Company 3-F Rangefinder Body£80
24 Sep 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 40 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
A Nicca Co. Nicca 3-F Rangefinder Camera£290
18 Nov 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 126 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
Nicca 3-F£261
19 Nov 2016 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_30_34115hammer ↗
+ lens
Nicca 3-F£255
25 May 2013 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_23_10136hammer ↗
+ lens
Nicca 3-F (knob wind)£340
25 May 2013 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €400 · lot AI_23_14867hammer ↗
+ lens
Nicca 3F£249
30 Nov 2008 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_14_17945hammer ↗
+ lensboxed
Nicca 3-F no. 156604£249
24 Aug 2000 · Christie's · lot 161premium removed ↗
+ lens
What it is
The Nicca 3-F (knob wind) is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder camera, part of the Leica-derived screw-mount line built by Nicca Camera Works in the 1950s. It was positioned as a working photographer's tool offering Leica-pattern handling at a lower cost than the German originals.
Inspect the cloth focal-plane shutter for pinholes, capping and accurate slow speeds, and check the rangefinder for a bright, aligned patch, as the beamsplitter can fade with age. Confirm the knob-wind mechanism advances cleanly and that the removable back seats correctly; service support is limited to independent Leica-screw specialists.
Generated summary, 3 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Nicca 3-F a Leica copy?
It is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder built in the Leica screw-mount tradition, sharing the general layout and lens-mount concept of the contemporary Leica bodies.
Facts
- Maker
- Nicca
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 8
- First sale
- 24 Aug 2000
- Latest sale
- 4 Mar 2025
- Median
- £252
- Middle half
- £207–£268
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nicca 3-F (knob wind): about £252, the median of 8 recorded sales, 2000–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 29 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nicca/3-f-knob-wind/
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