A Yashica Kyocera Samurai Z2 Half Frame Automatic Camera£60
27 Aug 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 102 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
Yashica Samurai Z2 (transparent)
camera
The Yashica Samurai Z2 (transparent) has 1 recorded sale: £60 (27 Aug 2024, 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.
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Yashica Samurai Z2 is a 35mm half-frame bridge camera with an SLR-style body and a built-in zoom lens, produced in the early 1990s. On the transparent version, also check the clear plastic housing for cracks, yellowing and stress marks around the screws, as cosmetic damage materially affects value on a display-oriented variant.
Generated summary, 15 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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Questions
How much does a transparent Samurai Z2 sell for compared to the standard version?
There is not enough auction data to give a firm price gap, but clear-shell novelty variants of 1990s compacts typically carry a premium over their opaque equivalents when the housing is undamaged.
Is the Yashica Samurai Z2 a half-frame camera?
Yes, the Samurai series uses the 35mm half-frame format, exposing vertical frames that are roughly half the size of a standard 35mm negative, which is why the body is held in a portrait-orientation grip.
Facts
- Maker
- Yashica
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 27 Aug 2024
- Latest sale
- 27 Aug 2024
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Yashica Samurai Z2 (transparent): 1 recorded sale, August 2024; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/y/yashica/samurai-z2-transparent/