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Carl Zeiss serial numbers

Serial Numbers of Zeiss Lenses by Year of Manufacture. YEAR: SERIAL RANGE: 1912: 173418-200520: 1913: 208473-249350: 1914: 249886-252739: 1915: 282820.

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Carl Zeiss Jena

Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Carl Zeiss Jena 1

Serial nº

Year

137,418-200,520

1912

208,473-249,350

1913

249,886-282,739

1914

282,800-284,500

1915

285,200-288,100

1916

289,087-298,157

1917

298,215-322,748

1918

322,799-351,611

1919

375,194-419,823

1920

433,273-438,361

1921

422,899-498,006

1922

561,270-578,297

1923

578,297–631,501

1924

631,500-648,500

1925

666,790-703,198

1926

722,196-798,251

1927

903,100-908,150

1928

919,794-1,016,885

1929

922,488-1,239,697

1930

1,239,699-1,365,582

1931

1,364,483-1,389,279

1932

1,436,671-1,456,003

1933

1,500,474-1,590,000

1934

1,615,764-1,752,303

1935

1,674,882-1,942,806

1936

1,930,150-2,219,775

1937

2,267,991-2,527,984

1938

2,527,999-2,651,211

1939

2,652,000-c2,678,000

1940

2,678,326-2,790,346

1941

2,800,000- .

1942

Post-War Production

3,000,000-3,200,000

1945-1949

3,200,000-3,470,000

1949-1952

3,470,000-4,000,000

1952-1955

4,000,000-5,000,000

1955-1958

5,000,000-6,000,000

1958-1961

6,000,000-6,000,000

1961-1964

7,000,000-8,000,000

1964-1967

8,000,000-9,000,000

1967-1970

9,000,000-10,000,000

1970-1975

Carl Zeiss Oberkochen

Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Zeiss after World War II at Oberkochen/ West Germany 1

10,000-500,000

1946-1951

500,000-1,100,000

1951-1953

1,100,000-2,600,000

1953-1959

2,600,000-3,000,000

1959-1961

3,000,000-4,000,000

1961-1965

1965-1969

1969-1971

6,000,000-7.300,000

1971-1975

Notes

1.0 1.1 Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield. 2001. A Lens Collector s Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F. Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates. Chapter 7, Page 99-101.

Carl Zeiss serial numbers. From Camera-wiki.org. Jump to: navigation, search. The serial number of a Zeiss Triotar 7.5cm f/4.5 fitted in this Art Deco Rolleicord.

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The following is a collection of

serial numbers for large format lens manufacturers. For the most

part, the information has been culled from Wilkinson, Glanfield and

Wrights magisterial Lens Collector s Vade Mecum, a data

base available on CD-rom. Other sources of information include web-pages

and anonymous information passed down to me through others.

There is a real absence of information

on large format lenses. Of the contemporary makers, only Schneider has

made a great effort to provide information, the other lens makers

have been less forthcoming. However Rodenstock serial

numbers, the other major European manufacturer, have been posted

by Kerry

Thalman. There are a few web-pages, both official and unofficial,

for other three manufacturers, Congo,

Nikon, Unofficial and Official and Fuji, also here.

However, serial numbers are, to my knowledge, entirely lacking.

Zeiss no longer

makes large format lenses, and consequently has little interest

or incentive to provide this information. Goerz, and Ross are long

gone, and Voigtländer

exists only in name. Taylor, Taylor Hobson is also gone, although

its one time subsidiary, Cooke, has recently returned to the fold,

and is now making a 4x5 portrait lens. In any case, none of these

companies provides any sort of information regarding the lenses they

once made. This page is a modest attempt to provide one form of information,

serial number-year correspondences.

Caveat: While I

would like to make this collection as accurate as possible, I

cannot make any claims as to the accuracy of any of the information. If

you find something which you find of questionable validity, please

do not hesitate to contact me. Or, if you have any information on

large format lens serial numbers, for the manufactures list above,

or any other, kindly forward them to me, and I will attempt to incorporate

them.

Compur

From: Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield.

2001. A Lens Collector s Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F.

Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates.

Pages 65-66, Chapter 12

214,000

1912

2,700,000

1934

250,000

1914

3,200,000

1935

450,000

1920

3,750,000

1936

500,000

1922

4,250,000

1937

600,000

1925

4,850,000

1938

750,000

1926

5,400,000

1939

850,000

1927

6,000,000

1947

950,000

1928

6,200,000

1948

1,000,000

1929

6,500,000

1949

1,150,000

1930

7,000,000

1950

1,500,000

1931

7,700,000

1951

1,800,000

1932

8,500,000

1952

2,250,000

1933

From: animato/lumiere/lumiere.html

450000

1920

500000

600000

750000

850000

950000

1928

1000000

1150000

1930

1500000

1800000

1932

2250000

1933

2700000

3200000

5400000

Goerz

American Optical Company

70001-140935

1902-1903

150000-190170

1903-1905

200941-224267

1906-1908

223775-226630

1908-1909

310001-315734

1911-1914

315735-320000

1914-1918

751240-756909

1927-1937

755300

1934

756910-765730

1937-1945

765730-771199

1945-1948

771200-780169

1948-1954

791500

1955

Ross

ibid, Pages 87-88, Chapter 11

100

1840

86,000

1918

3,000

1850

95,000

1921

6,500

1860

100,000

1924

12,500

1870

105,000

1925

20,000

1875

110,000

1927

44,430

1880

115,000

1930

47,31x

1885-1890

120,000

1931

50,000

1890-1895

125,000

1933

81,96x

1911

140,000

1939

200,000

1947

213,000

1946-7

1960

Taylor, Taylor Hobson

From: Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield. ibid, Page 71, Chapter

100

1895

5,000

1900

19,500

1914

71,000

117,xxx

1926-7

250,000

303,xxx

1944

300,xxx

688,03x

1965

Voigtländer

From: Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield. ibid, Pages 6-9, Chapter

Carlos Alberte, there are many lists of Zeiss serial numbers with dates of manufacture. What is your lens serial number. Regards, Dan.

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