Ernemann Minaitur Ernoflex
The Ernemann Miniatur Ernoflex is a small-format single-lens reflex camera made by the Dresden firm Ernemann in the 1920s. It uses a waist-level reflex viewing system with a focal-plane shutter, in a compact leather-covered wooden body aimed at photographers who wanted SLR handling in a pocketable size.
At recent UK auction, hammer prices for the Miniatur Ernoflex have ranged from around £60 to £430, with two November 2025 results of £60 and £160 suggesting a current median value near £160 for average examples. A stronger 2020 sale reached £434, and an older 2002 result of £1,000 shows that exceptional, complete examples have historically sold for much more. As of today the camera is thinly traded, and the price a given example sells for depends heavily on shutter condition, the state of the leather covering, and whether the original lens and plate holders are present — all figures quoted here are saleroom hammer results, not retail asking prices.
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
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| Nov 2025 | £160 | Special Auction Services | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 79) Title: An Ernemann Minaitur Ernoflex 4,5x6cm Reflex Camera
Description:
An Ernemann Minaitur Ernoflex 4,5x6cm Reflex Camera, serial no 1172548, shutter cocks, sticking, not working, body G, some paint wear to front |
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| Nov 2025 | £60 | Special Auction Services | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica & Cameras Auction (Lot 80) Title: An Ernemann Minaitur Ernoflex 4,5x6cm Reflex Camera
Description:
An Ernemann Minaitur Ernoflex 4,5x6cm Reflex Camera, serial no 1193219, shutter not working, shutter creases on runner, not loading onto top spool, |
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| Nov 2020 | £434 | Flints Auctions | |
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Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science (Lot 438) Title: An Ernemann Miniature Ernoflex (Ernon) 4.5x6cm Folding Strut Camera
Description:
1924-26, black, serial no. 1213716, with Ernemann Ernon f/3.5 75mm lens, serial no. 106084, body, VG, shutter requires attention, lens, VG, some |
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| Nov 2002 | EUR 1,000 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 1 (Lot AI_1_21366) Title: ERNEMANN ERNOFLEX 4,5x6 cm
Description:
Miniatur-Ernoflex 4,5x6cm in good condition with Ernon 3,5/7,5cm, scarce |
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