The Voigtländer Bessa R3 A is a 35mm rangefinder camera body using the Leica M bayonet mount, produced for Cosina under the Voigtländer name. It pairs aperture-priority automatic exposure with a 1:1 viewfinder designed for use with both eyes open.

Sales evidence for the Bessa R3 A is thin: a single UK auction hammer result of £400 in 2023 is the only confirmed data point available, so any sense of what the body is worth in 2026 should be treated as indicative rather than settled. Hammer prices at saleroom level reflect wholesale outcomes before commission, and clean working examples with the original viewfinder optics intact tend to sell for more than scuffed bodies with worn frame-line illumination.