The Leotax Special B is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder camera built by Showa Kogaku, part of the Leotax line of Leica screw-mount bodies produced in the post-war era. It was a domestic Japanese answer to the Leica II/III pattern, aimed at photographers seeking a compact coupled-rangefinder 35mm camera.

The Leotax Special B is a thinly traded collector item, and the two UK auction hammer results on record sit at £1,488 (2021) and £1,700 (2016), giving a median around £1,600. At this saleroom level — wholesale prices excluding buyer's premium — today's value is highly condition- and completeness-sensitive, with clean working examples at the upper end and cosmetically tired bodies worth noticeably less. Because surviving sales data is sparse, any price a Special B sells for in 2026 should be read as an indicative guide rather than a firm market.