The Kardon (Civilian) is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced in the United States during the late 1940s by Premier Instrument Co. The civilian version was sold to the consumer market following Kardon's wartime contract work, positioned as a Leica-pattern screw-mount rangefinder built domestically.

At UK auction in recent years, hammer prices for the Kardon (Civilian) have ranged from around £600 to £930, with the two recorded sales averaging roughly £770 at saleroom level (wholesale, before commissions). With only a handful of results to draw on, what one of these sells for in 2026 depends heavily on cosmetic condition, completeness of the original lens, and whether the rangefinder and shutter are still working — clean, functional examples sit at the top of the range while incomplete bodies are worth considerably less.