Showa Kogaku Leotax Special D III

camera

The Showa Kogaku Leotax Special D III has 1 recorded sale: £620 (29 Apr 2021, Flints Auctions). That is too few for a typical price.

Recorded sales

Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.

A Showa Kogaku Leotax Special D III Rangefinder Camera£620
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 131 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗

What it is

{"overview":"The Leotax Special D III is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Showa Kogaku in the post-war era, following the Leica screw-mount tradition that several Tokyo workshops adopted in the late 1940s and 1950s.

Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

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Questions

Is the Leotax Special D III a Leica copy?

It is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder built in the Leica screw-mount tradition by Showa Kogaku, so it shares the general layout of that lineage rather than being a direct clone of any one Leica model.

Facts

Maker
Showa Kogaku
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
1
First sale
29 Apr 2021
Latest sale
29 Apr 2021
Evidence
Sales only · old
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Showa Kogaku Leotax Special D III: 1 recorded sale, April 2021; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/showa-kogaku/leotax-special-d-iii/

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