Market pace19 listed now · half are gone within
34 days, a slow used market.
A quick gut-check for any listing below — condition
and accessories shift the line, so always read the listing. Special edition, special finish, and camera plus lens/accessory bundle
pricing is not included in the fair price calculation.
The Leicaflex SL2 (1974-1976) is the last and most refined of the hand-built Wetzlar Leicaflex bodies. It kept the SL’s selective TTL metering but made the meter markedly more sensitive in low light, brightened the viewfinder, and redesigned the mirror box to accept the new 16mm and 19mm R lenses. The mechanical shutter runs to 1/2000s plus Bulb, X-sync 1/100, and it accepts 3-cam R lenses. Production lasted only about two years because the SL2 was so expensive to build that Leica reportedly sold it at a loss, which is what pushed the company into the cost-sharing Minolta partnership that produced the R3. That short run and apex-of-Wetzlar status make it the most sought-after Leicaflex; a commemorative ‘50 Jahre’ edition of 1,750 was made in 1975.
