Yashica Pentamatic camera body with Yashinon 1:1.8 f=5.5 lens, Afga Isolette II, Minolta R...£55
28 Feb 2025 · David Duggleby · lot 5025hammer ↗
+ lens
Yashica Pentamatic
camera
The Yashica Pentamatic has 1 recorded sale: £55 (28 Feb 2025, David Duggleby). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 2 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Yashica Pentamatic a good buy as a user camera?
It can be, provided the shutter and meterless operation suit you, but the proprietary lens mount limits lens choice and makes it less practical than later Yashica SLRs that use the M42 or Contax/Yashica mount.
Facts
- Maker
- Yashica
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 28 Feb 2025
- Latest sale
- 28 Feb 2025
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Yashica Pentamatic: 1 recorded sale, February 2025; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/y/yashica/pentamatic/